Corn mills, water pumps, blenders and more: the bicycle as a tool for self-empowerment.

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.

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

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

While the greenest vacation is often a staycation, it's nice to know that when you do travel, whether it be for business or pleasure, a hotel can meet you half way.

This super easy recipe makes a plant-based pumpkin pudding that is rich, creamy, healthy, and delicious.

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

These striking works combine natural materials with artificial processes to create crystallized surfaces reminiscent of coral.

"Give the future, not presents."

A new study found pollution is dangerous for the brain ... especially if you're male.

Good affordable bikes, safe places to ride, and secure places to park.

If you're going to go for it, you may as well REALLY go for it.

Upcycling workshops, electric deliveries and limited parking spaces. What's not to like?

The Swedish furniture giant keeps ploughing ahead.

We always write "Learn from Denmark." We take it back.

COBE architects are turning charging time into quality time.

We talk a lot about the devastation of a warming planet, but what if things went the other way? A new study confirms the worst.

A NASA scientist shows us the three-fifths of the planet's surface that we don't get to see.

Don't settle for sub-standard meals. Good homemade food fuels both body and soul.

This simple, innovative solar still purifies water without electricity or filters.

There are some significant advantages to an affordable kit like this.

Roll over everything and get on and off easily on this powerful fatbike.

Bill Murray looks like he is enjoying the ride. Others might go a bit faster.

Remember how aluminum cans are "100 percent recyclable into pure aluminum"? They lied.

It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a weedy seadragon!

Our photo of the day is a lesson in efficiency.

Why are we not surprised?

These remarkably realistic forms are produced using densely rolled strips of old newsprint.

This couple applied precious life lessons -- learned from years of bicycle touring -- into designing their modern tiny house on foundations.

Whether for exercise, electricity, or simply out of curiousity, the bicycle powered charging stations in Amsterdam airport appear popular

Built by campers, this structure uses pedal power to produce flour for bread, enough to feed a camp full of kids.

It turns out, there are a lot of chemicals that have to be dealt with before fabrics can be reused.

Getting outside will clear your head and, at least for artist Sara Breakfield, inspires and incredible wealth of creativity and artistic spirit thanks to items found along trails.

The largest city in America, home to the worst traffic jam in history and the highest number of helicopters in the world, is trying to start a bike revolution in elementary schools.

Spanish collective Basurama built a movable cinema mounted on a bike and used it to expose empty spots which could be turned into public spaces temporarily.

A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and beautiful object.

Perfect for small city apartments, this system allows you to use a variety of add-on components to build your own indoor garden.

Luxury fashion designer Balenciaga has released a Italian leather version of IKEA's iconic utilitarian shopping bag, leading one to assume the world has lost its mind.

Emulating the same processes naturally found in rainforests, this prototype filters and cleans water of harmful pollutants.

Photographer Gaston Lacombe's beautiful and heartrending series of photographs of captive animals at zoos across five continents.

I was walking through the rainforest and saw something odd.

At first this smart lock seemed like gimmicky over-engineering. Then I got thinking about the possibilities.

A new 'eco tax' will raise money for less polluting modes of transportation.

Most glass buildings are a problem, but just banning them is the wrong solution.

CEO Rose Marcario says the move will show solidarity for the young people who are striking for climate action.

The NYC Department of Education has promised no repercussions for skipping class on September 20.

All 250 stores, production facilities, headquarter, and e-commerce in North America will be closed for a day.

Some people have to work, but they can still show solidarity.

Collins dictionary lexicographers observed a 100-fold increase in its usage in 2019.