When you're trying to protect an entire planet, it seems pretty silly to leave half of its human

We matured our cities around the needs to cars. Now it's time to mature our streets around human, not machine, needs. We are all pedestrians.

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.

From mislabelling to plastic contamination, eating fish isn't as safe or healthy as most diners would like to believe.

The recent UN biodiversity report states that overfishing is a bigger threat to the world's ocean than plastic or acidification.

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his

In the war between antibiotics and bacteria, bacteria often seems to be winning … but not in places like Sweden and Denmark.

They really didn't have a choice, and they insulated their bodies, not their houses.

Turn down the thermostat, crack a window, and ditch the blankets for some science-backed health benefits.

When even so-called experts don't know the difference, you must admit we have a problem here.

In the latest example of how tough life can be for would-be women cyclists around the world, the new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan has decreed it a crime for women to ride a bike

An important, if short, cautionary tale on being dependent on any single foreign source of energy.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk.

The mob mentality of social wasps can create a furious swarm when even just a single insect is aggravated, here’s the reason and why it matters.

When the evening is carefully planned, the morning goes smoothly.

Everyone is jumping up and down for joy at the fact that McDonald's is now serving antibiotic-free chicken. Please, let's not ignore everything else that's so wrong with the company.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

New research identifies the emotions that motivate some people to make ethical choices day after day.

The longer we wait, the more expensive (and dangerous) it gets.

My problem with the word "humane" and the humanism movement

Got ladybugs? Encourage native ladybugs in your garden instead of buying wild-harvested ladybugs to manage pests.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.

As an alternative to expensive antibiotics, people have taken to taking amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, penicillin and other drugs meant for fish. Here’s why it’s a bad idea.

In a disturbing new trend, researchers find that heart attacks are on the rise for young women.

It's the fastest (and most fun) way to fill your house with a variety of delicious baked goods.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has taken to releasing massive amounts of the Colorado River from dams, here's why.

Germans rate respect for having a national identity as eco-conscious people. Should it therefore come as a surprise that Germans are not embracing the advent of E10, a 10% ethanol-gasoline mixture, which has

There's no mystery why gas mileage is not as good in the winter, but there are some things you can do to make it better.

It's so much more than books.

This could be why so many people ignore global warming.

Also called "carbon lock-in," it's about time.

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

"If you don't visit quiet, the quiet will disappear."

Douglas Rushkoff explains that the real costs of a new phone are not measured in just money.

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.

They are one of the most iconic features of the city, but some of them are really scary.

Why doesn't form follow function?

Price is no longer the main obstacle. Lack of understanding might be.

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.

The Guardian's Kara Moses asks, "Do we need conclusive scientific proof to become concerned about an issue?" I think not, because sometimes even conclusive proof isn't enough for government and society to act.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

Yes, slavery is still legal.

The shocking photo above is of gigantic piles of human feces left in the open air at a dump in Haiti. While some in the "developed world" (I always hated that term), may turn their noses up when we recommend composting toilets

The show gets a lot right about climate change, Al Gore and Manbearpig, but it misses something major about human nature.