This cascading staircase not only moves people, it can display books and other trinkets too.

These remarkably realistic forms are produced using densely rolled strips of old newsprint.

Intended for short-term stays in nature, these prefab units can be transported and 'dropped into' almost any location.

This impressive home features a lot of great multifunctional ideas, plus a custom-built cat run for two felines in the back.

Even armageddon has a silver lining.

A new process for seeing how electricity flows at the surface of electrodes will give a boost to efforts to improve rechargeable batteries

Paying homage to Denmark's historical relationship with wind, these public art sculptures would generate music and power from wind.

Here's a bright idea for alternative energy -- a megabattery to smooth the peaks and troughs for a reliable power grid

Tiny houses are a hot topic these days, but is working or living in a tiny home (or building one) for you? Dawn Higgins, of Full Moon Tiny Shelters, has some great advice.

This little shelter, which can be built in less than two days, is designed to be suspended between two trees, without leaving a trace on them.

Modern building codes and zoning regulations, while helping to set safety standards that can save lives, can also serve as big barriers to building small, sensible, and affordable dwellings with alternative materials and techniques.

There's much more to public libraries than book stacks; they're a treasure trove of resources.

Most costumes are single-use plastics, made from polyester that's essentially disposable and non-recyclable. We can do better than that.

Just in time for Halloween, welcome to the exquisite and eerie world of Karly Perez' art dolls.

An interesting mix of fine art and fine childrearing!

A Brazilian firm translates small-spaces ideas into a cute shopping mall shop.

The Brooklyn based artist participated in a local show covering a concrete playground in a mixture of knitted yarn and Brazilian ribbons.

The project is one of the winners of a Performance Architecture contest to celebrate Guimarães as European Capital of Culture.

Fan(c)Fan is a creation by Marco Gallegos which challenges this product's typical scale and materials.

In a decade-long case by a group of plaintiffs, a court sentenced a farmer and an aviator to prison for spraying agrochemicals, linking them to environmental pollution and health hazards. Only they can skip doing any time.

The space is the first to pop up at the recently opened Casa FOA interior design exhibition, the largest in the city.

In an attempt to re-think the original function of the folding screen, Argentine designer Leonardo Fortunato created the Diecut Screen multi-purpose piece.

Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a

For his renovation of a 200 year old farmhouse, Alex Wilson tries out the greenest insulations on the market

Elevated above a flood-prone salt marsh on the Essex coast, this small beach house looks like a bird perched among the grasses.

A new report from the NRDC has some surprises.

A quick one to keep an eye on and get your best booing voice reader for: New York Times is highlighting a bill passing through Connecticut's legislature that would slash in half the state's current renewable energy goal of

Images courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk That's '9' followed by 20 zeroes The probability of a lobster being born with a blue shell is about 1 in a million. For a calico or pumpkin-orange colored lobster, the odds are in the excess of 1 in 30

This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by.

These graceful, nature-inspired wall clocks are a timely delight to look at throughout the day.

Welcome to the world of planner mania! Here you will discover the hottest planners on the market. If only we could use every single one...

Using a customized printer, these designers combined new technology with low sounds to create this modern collection of ceramics.

This versatile accessory keeps your infant close to your body, or it can become a cradle or rocker to be placed on a flat surface.

Perfect for small city apartments, this system allows you to use a variety of add-on components to build your own indoor garden.

Plants get a stylish home with these eye-catching, handmade wooden planters made for the wall.

Built to last using sustainably sourced materials, Awake offers luxury-brand quality at a reasonable price point.

September's most loved images from our Photo of the Day series.

Take a thermographic tour of my house to see why.

It's my favorite new memory trick.

Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?

At first this smart lock seemed like gimmicky over-engineering. Then I got thinking about the possibilities.

A collective wardrobe spares resources, reduces clutter, and provides a steady stream of fabulous outfits. It's win-win all around.

It could move goods, transport hydrogen, reduce CO2 and water the lawn all at once.

A British campaign is asking people to pledge not to fly for a year. Good luck trying that in North America.

It makes sense in Europe. Too bad North Americans have so few alternatives.

They incentivize air travel at a time when people should be flying less.

The number of people flying between German cities has dropped 12 percent.

The director of Celtic Connections questions the ethics of bringing in foreign artists to perform.

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?

It helps you determine what it will cost to heat, and what you should do to seal it up.