Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.

RVs are sometimes great models of how one can get a lot of living into small spaces. The Kiravan takes it to a whole new level.

The sharing economy comes to architecture as the rich and the very rich share views and height.

Toyota has finally released its vision of the future, 20 years in the making!

Can panda poo prevent cancer? We also have sad rhino news, fish lawnmowers, and more.

These delicately formed hand-crank and motor-activated art installations blossom and grow perpetually.

Inspired by her own spine-shattering accident, this sculpture shows the struggle and transformation of these remarkable insects.

Norwegian architect Tron Meyer cuts a stair out of solid engineered wood.

Want to get quickly into the tree canopy? This modular set of stairs can be quickly and easily wrapped around any tree, without doing damage to the trunk.

It seems that these days you can build just about anything with a CNC machine.

And believe it or not, it's environmentally friendly!

As if giraffes weren't exotic enough, this very rare mother and baby seem outright otherworldly in their absence of color and pattern.

The material could also one day charge our devices.

A consumer product guide compiled along with iFixit shows which brands make it easy to fix our gadgets and which don't.

Despite the fact that representitives from Iran and the U.S. agree on virtually nothing else in the world, representatives from both countries at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Bali are among those pointing out the need for increased

In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the

In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I -- an American -- was not fat. "But I went to America and everyone was so

About 100 years ago, my grandfather emigrated to the United States from a village near Lake Urmia, in what is now northwestern Iran. He died long before I was born, leaving me with

From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights

Fresh demonstrations have broken out in Iran, where protesters who took to the streets last weekend in the country's northwestern provinces to demand protection for a dying lake were harshly

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

Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier.

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.

Designboom shows another example of how green roofs are changing architecture.

We want to extend National Talk Like A Pirate Day just a few more days, especially since it is helping to spread the word about clean sailing and boating. The Sierra Club has put together a fun set of questions to not only get you in the

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

From crayfish to parakeets, these species are at risk of disappearing from the planet.

Here is an interesting idea for a rug made of pieces of felt. We stumbled upon Julika Welge's Growing Carpet at this year's Designersblock at the London Design Festival, where the bright colours and the rich texture first

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

But no, we're not going to compare to that other tower.

Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Prudence Ferreira about the three criteria for Passivhaus certification. Prudence is the founder of Integral Impact Inc, a green building firm with a strong focus on zero energy buildings. As the president of

These days when your coffe machine breaks, it is usually cheaper and less hassle to just buy a new one. I was therefore pleasantly surprised about the repairability of my Presso coffee maker, which still keeps serving me off the grid!

Shorter post: They are " essentially, disposable. "

iFixit took them apart, but they can't put them together.

A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.

But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.

North American bees are at risk of disappearing thanks to severe habitat loss and increasing pesticide use, among other threats, new report reveals.

Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.

For all the kooky and outlandish conspiracies, there is a serious battle going on about how we define our future. Demonizing the cyclist is a part of that war.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says “It is time to call out Agenda 21conspiracy theories and the people spreading them.”

Jacob Scherr of NRDC (a group that helped write the Agenda 21 document) looks at the success that the conspiracy theorists are having.

The Danby Parcel Guard reduces the waste of stolen packages and multiple deliveries.

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In celebration of Earth Day, April 22, here are some of our favorite quotes about the distinctly profound nature of Mother Nature herself.

Brad Hiranga, General Mills Business Unit Director, Pizza and Tacos Business Unit discusses the Bucking Couch and Bucking Couch Bowl.

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Platforms including Facebook, Alphabet's YouTube, IAC's Vimeo and Twitter are struggling to stay ahead of the spread of the "Plandemic" conspiracy video, which contains claims that defy the advice of medical experts.

Ofcom is looking into a popular morning show after its presenter made comments about baseless conspiracy theories linking Covid-19 to 5G.