However, the voter’s choice won’t be the final say.

When Brighton council advertised for volunteer shepherds they never imagined that they would get hundreds of applicants. It's not the greatest job description: no pay, lots of walking on quite steep, uneven slopes, duty

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is experimenting with a new energy storage technology.

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.

Now, if only we could get US drivers out of their trucks.

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

Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.

For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.

You just can't fool Mother Nature.

The Open Sesame documentary examines the importance of open source seeds.

Want to do something really different for Thanksgiving this year? Come have an organic dinner on the lawn of Monsanto's World Headquarters and watch the latest show from Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir.

When reviewing the safety of glyphosate, the Environmental Protection Agency considered just five independent studies, and 27 industry-funded studies.

A judge has ruled against Monsanto; company complains that it would drive some customers away. Unsealed documents add to drama.

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.

We usually start with "A Picture is Worth", but in this case the thousand words are much more powerful. Boingboing quotes designer Justin Perricone: "This is a poster I designed using all of the ingredients in a Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket. First in a

Saul's is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries. Located in the gourmet ghetto of North Berkeley near Alice

In an interview with Democracy Now!, Michael Pollan says taking back control of cooking may be the single most important step to help make our food system more sustainable.

Tom Laskawy warns we shouldn't confuse the two.

The dog days of summer are right around the corner and homeowners are looking for ways to

The new rule is expected to save Americans $167 billion in energy costs.

I can't stop thinking about Natasha Pettigrew. She was 30 years old, a Green Party candidate for Senator in Maryland, and killed this month in the early morning hours by being struck from behind by a woman in an SUV. The driver did not stop, dragged

Back in 2009, the EPA was sued for "abdicating leadership" on protecting Chesapeake Bay. Part of clean water advocates' anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding. But

It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy.

It also pushes the limit of what we mean by historic preservation.

And I am going to be positive, upbeat and happy about it, really.

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.

This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

We used to say this stuff should be banned because it was always installed badly. Has anything changed?

In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti last month.

A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.

Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any,

photo: J. Novak Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on

Living some 6,000 miles away from the Gulf of Mexico, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that the oil spill often seems like an abstraction to me. A big, big abstraction, but still.

U.S. hospitals waste thousands of tons of medical supplies every day. DOC2DOCK collects and redistributes these supplies to match the specific needs of hospitals in the developing world.

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.

The big question is how well will it be enforced and what alternatives are currently readily available.

How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.

Number of storms predicted per year during the period 1854 -- 2006 versus numbers actually observed for the Atlantic (filled diamonds). The model predictions (grey curve) have been normalized to the data. A quadratic fit to the model is shown for

She may not have caused the most property damage, but the superstorm extraordinaire holds some impressive records.

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How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

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