Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.

The laser-outfitted satellite will be able to pick up shifts in the ice on a very small scale.

A couple, their parrot, plus one mother-in-law and her cat have their own private and communal spaces in this renovated apartment in Hong Kong.

Located in the heart of Florence, Italy, this small apartment features a minimalist stair, sleeping loft, and a view out onto the city's Renaissance treasures.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

This is, whether we like it or not, the future of furniture design.

These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.

The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall.

Apple remains our culture's most lauded example of great design. But could it be that the company considered to have reached the pinnacle of design is, in fact, an impostor? The definition of good design is changing. It used

We were at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto this weekend, but soon there might be a whole spinoff, "Compost Toilet Life Show" , there were so many new products in the alternative toilet world. One that surprised us was the Finnish Biolan- we are used to

They pay so much more attention to design in Europe, particularly when it comes to everyday things. For example, The Torqeedo electric outboard motor from Germany looks like fine industrial design. It has an integrated lithium-manganese battery that just

An airbag on the hood of the car to protect pedestrians? We also have a video of Paris flooded by rising seas, a sliding library creates an extra room, and more.

This water filtration solution requires no electricity, has no moving parts, and can be built affordably with locally available materials.

The aquatic moss clears 80 percent of arsenic from a container of water in less than an hour.

It's uncomfortable to face the source of the pollution.

Meanwhile, cars and trucks keep getting bigger and higher. It's time to do something.

But what is the best criterion?

It will be electric, autonomous and shared. Where have we heard that before?

He wants data? We've got data. And if it saves just one life.....

Michael Warren and Natacha Pisarenko from The Associated Press have a blockbuster piece of reporting on the dozens of ways Monsanto's chemical fertilizers and pesticides are poisoning the people of Argentina.

Showing other cities around the world how it's done.

'This situation of captivity is degrading for the animals,' says the Argentine capital's mayor.

Celebrate Penguin Awareness Day on January 20th with the fabulous discovery of 'Near Threatened' Magellanic penguins.

In a world where we are supposed to make it easier for people to get on bikes, some are determined to scare everybody off them.

The province hopes to reinforce child and family wellbeing by providing basic supplies up front, as well as long term mentoring.

It's controversial and probably cost the party leader his job, but there is much to like in it.

Built as a high-end addition for an extra office or guest room, this prefabricated structure can be erected within six to eight weeks.

Cotton is ubiquitous in modern life but the long trail between the fields in which the crop grows and the store at which a finished item is purchased is seldom considered.

Great gift ideas from DesignMarketo, a platform diffusing up-and-coming designers’ small and limited productions. Our favourite: "Save Fish, Eat Chips" t-shirts!

While advances in energy technology and smart home apps and devices have given us additional tools for living more sustainably, low-tech and simple solutions can make a difference too.

Many in-home drinking water filters may not remove the most concerning contaminants.

No gym required: From frequency and stride to what to do with your arms, here’s how to get the world's easiest fitness fix.

It's not likely to happen up north, especially while gas is so cheap.

The American Institute of Architects just announced its 2007 Housing Awards; among the winners were our beloved Loblolly House and in the Special Housing Category, the Designhabitat2 house, from The DESIGNhabitat 2 Studio School of Architecture,

Floating residues from the ongoing BP oil 'blowout' in the Gulf are expansive enough to be easily visible from space. Satellite photos of oil on salt water

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

British Petroleum has created a 22 mile long undersea oil plume, measured as "dispersed" beneath the ocean's surface, stretching from the wellhead, toward Mobile Alabama. Via the Chron: "The thick plume was detected

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year, Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash, he's

It's one thing to drive to the mall, but one fifth of Canadian shoppers are driving to another country. That's crazy.

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

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

The Autonomous Hotel Room from Aprilli Design Studio raises some interesting questions.

There are certain things I've hardly missed, and others I've missed more than I expected.

Bravo to this Brazilian guy for showing how it's done.

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

Experts blame urban sprawl for the increased number of attacks.

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands