Beating out New York City, the small Tennessee town of Signal Mountain is the first in the nation to pass a Green Food Resolution. But, just what does a Green Food Resolution mean for farmers, consumers, and

The obvious goodness of pairing pedal assist electric bikes with a bike sharing infrastructure is one of these great ideas whose time has come. In Tokyo, Sanyo recently installed 100 of their eneloop battery powered e-bikes at a "community" bike share

TVA and reactor-maker Babcock and Wilcox have agreed to work together to see if they can build up to 6 "small reactors." Nuctuplets, then? They can knock these

Backyard chickens may be trendy, but in some cities they are still illegal. But that doesn't stop some would-be chicken keepers.

It may be old, dirty and coal powered now, but it was once a vision of a brighter future, was a giant stimulus project and helped win WWII.

Normally you can't have it both ways, unless you have a member of congress in your pocket.

This ingenious design features a roll-up garage door and a drop-down deck on either side, allowing the home to feel even more spacious.

Outfitted with smart home tech and lots of storage space for outdoor gear, this small home feels 'just right'.

Who could possibly complain about brutalist architecture especially when it's framed with flowers

Building new roads has been a major contributor to the city's unsustainable growth, newly released Landsat photos show, but more of the same appears to be on the horizon.

From the 'know where you food comes from' file, the truth behind your turkey dinner.

This renovated apartment incorporates some interesting storage concepts for a cleaner, brighter space.

You never know what climate you may end up in...

All of which could be summed up in one statement: Turkish food is fantastic.

Today there was new space added to the Twitter HQ, doubling their size. Designed by the lovely and talented Sara Morishige Williams (@sara), the newest spaces are consistent with the philosophy of the existing offices

Citizen persistence at measuring and publicizing pollution levels results in a major turnaround by Beijing.

The organic snack bar company has created the first geo-location Twitter campaign to promote its trail mix bar.

To promote their fantastic garden grant program, Seeds of Change is bringing a seed vending machine and photo booth to several US cities, where visitors can tweet for seeds.

There are a number of reasons why this is an excellent idea.

It's an all-natural TreeHugger-approved carbon capture and storage plan.

For a while I have been thinking of getting a Kindle. It saves trees and eliminates the impact of transportation and with Amazon's recycling scheme in place as well as the fairly long lifespan of the Kindle, the problem of e-waste seems less worrying

When John Doerr talks, people listen. As one of Silicon Valley's most prolific venture capitalists, having earned upwards of $1 billion betting on tech heavyweights like Amazon, Compaq and Google, investors and businessmen paid close attention when he

The theme of this year's conference is "the next chapter," and each attendee will receive a sample of what could be next in anti-counterfeit technology.

New research suggests that mother bears have found a loophole in hunting laws and are using it to protect themselves and their cubs.

This shed packs it all in -- workspace, guesthouse, storage, seating, rooftop terrace and even a concealed kitchen.

Emerging out of a park in Seoul, South Korea, this dynamic piece of urban furniture offers a place to sit, walk and play.

The company will spend $1 billion and employ a team of 100 to find a sustainable alternative.

From reuse to recycling, there are a variety of ways for the eco-minded parent to clean the house of old and broken children's toys without ever touching the garbage bin.

Art meets accidental crowd-sourced recycling.

Toy innovation has stagnated in recent years and kids are bored. Who's at fault?

It's win-win: you don't heat up the kitchen and you still get the best dessert ever.

In a delightful departure from the norm, officers in Newburgh, NY, tell kids they're doing nothing wrong.

An estimated 2,000 synthetic chemicals can be used in conventional packaged foods; for organic the number is 40.

These delicious, healthy meals can be on the table within half an hour.

These delicious dessert squares skip the crust and the refined sugar. They're quick and easy to make for lightly sweet snacks during fall and winter.

A new UK study measures and compares the dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat- and fish-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans.

A new report finds reducing meat consumption is as important as tackling transportation emissions, but the politics are daunting.

Reducing meat consumption is one of the best ways to help the environment. A new book offers many ideas for how to make it happen.

Last week at CES in Las Vegas, Toyota revealed the FCV concept car for the fuel cell vehicle they will be making available next year. I had a chance to see the concept this week at the Detroit Auto Show.

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

With several starts and stops over the last 20 years or so, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are finally hitting the roads.

Just one more reason for Big Oil and Big Coal to worry.

Goodbye car ownership, hello "mobility as a service."

They are not efficient, there is no infrastructure, and they are shills for the fossil fuel industry.

Because they started setting aggressive goals early, it still leaves Germany ahead of schedule on Paris Climate Agreement commitments

"Achtung Baby" is an American mom's analysis of how German culture fosters resilience in children.

Other cities might consider it to reduce congestion too.

It seems that most transit decisions in North America are made with the goal of making life easier for people in cars.

Cars kill thousands every day, wreck our cities, and spout CO2. What should we do about it?

The marketing and branding services group BBMG just reported on his year's annual survey of green consumer attitudes. Questions were asked to determine recognition of 13 of