It uses twice as much water and releases 800,000 more plastic microparticles per load than a regular cycle.

The KISS principle applies to everything, including building design.

Minimizing your footprint is nice. Maximising your impact is better.

Excessive population growth presents an immediate environmental danger greater than climate change.

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

If the latest projections prove to be accurate, we need to plan for about a 10% increase in the needed supply of food, drinking water, and energy, and in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

Of course, Bucky answered, "Why not?" On Pi Day, we look at the Dymaxion and other round houses."

Who needs GPS? Nothing beats a trusty paper map for navigating a foreign city.

The harshest snowstorms along the Eastern Seaboard will remain as frequent in a warming world.

How can we be moving away from fossil fuels and spending billions on building pipes for them at the same time?

It's time for some fareness.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

A new study shows that there is some seriously low-hanging fruit here that would deliver more bang for the buck.

Some things were never meant to go in the blue bin.

Hint: It's all about putting women in their place.

There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious.

The world is awash in LNG that's a lot closer to the ocean and a lot cheaper to move.

If you guessed that climate-crisis-fueled, disease-carrying mosquitoes are wiping them out, you may be correct.

This versatile ingredient can replace multiple others, allowing you to pack less.

You've heard about risky play. Camping brings together many of those elements.

Block off one day per week for athletic and outdoor excursions that otherwise would be difficult to schedule.

It assumes Halloween is all about the candy, when there's actually far more at play.

Enough with the negativity. Let's talk about why this spooky celebration rocks.

It's about so much more than getting daily exercise.

Toronto illustrator Sarah Lazarovic's Buyerarchy of Needs urges people to consider other options before hitting the mall.

It has become a trillion dollar industry where nobody wins.

From the chemicals to the lifespan to the landfill, it suffers many of the same problems as fast fashion.

Dr. David Katz argues that poor nutrition is a greater threat than the coronavirus, but we think both are concerning.

The answer is pretty surprising.

Polar bear attacks are on the rise thanks to diminishing sea ice, but Alaska's Polar Bear Patrol is doing an incredible job of keeping the peace.

Two very different views of public transit, from two authors that will be on Bookhugger this afternoon

An economics professor suggested we replace libraries with Amazon bookstores "to save taxpayers money" and the Internet went wild, with good reason.

That's what Kris de Decker did with Low-Tech magazine and it makes a lot of sense.

It's an incredibly hard process.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Despite being a professional writer, it would be an invitation for unnecessary clutter and cost.

Boom-and-bust cycles are no coincidence.

The sci-fi show pulls no punches when it comes to humanity's complicated relationship with work and nature.

The scientist saw a system that oppressed both society and nature.

Less work doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Canoo redesigns the electric car from the ground up. It redesigns the ownership model too.

A few years ago organic cotton and other eco-friendly textiles were getting all the headlines, but not so much now. Why is that? Scott Mackinlay Hahn answers.

A new study explores the social and environmental costs of cotton production, and how Fairtrade certification can mitigate these.

It's great that you're buying Fairtrade coffee and chocolate, but now it's time to apply that standard to your wardrobe.

War correspondent Gwynne Dyer says they should worry more about carbon and climate change.

Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model

We don't have a holiday Friday and Thanksgiving was weeks ago here. What's this all about?

Is shopping so important that people have to die or get pepper sprayed?