Environmental carpe diem

A bidet in the Villa Savoye

Is 2019 the year bidets make a splash in North America?

It's about time; they are better for the environment and for your bottoms.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Bathroom Design October 10, 2019

How to make the best pumpkin spice blend

Easy Vegetarian Recipes

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 11, 2019

The e-bike revolution advances with the Swytch conversion kit

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 11, 2019

Transportation for America calls for no more funding for new roads and highways

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 11, 2019

The benefits of grouping houseplants together

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 11, 2019

Fast food is fueling Brazilian wildfires

Environmental Policy

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 11, 2019

All of Patagonia's waterproof shells are now recycled and Fair Trade

Sustainable Fashion

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 11, 2019

How to fight food waste, in a single phrase

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 11, 2019

Photo: Sleeping ball of swan

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 11, 2019

Photos of the world's 25 most endangered primates

Endangered Species

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 10, 2019

Should eating on public transport be banned? (Survey)

Public Transportation

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 10, 2019

8 fruits and vegetables you should try roasting whole

Easy Vegetarian Recipes

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 10, 2019

Why I don't own a printer

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 10, 2019

Cork House is built almost entirely from our favorite material

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 10, 2019

How Impossible and Beyond Burgers are weathering a tide of food snobbery

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko October 10, 2019

Photo: The delicacy of cosmos

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 10, 2019

What's the future of the gas station?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 9, 2019

Warm autumn weather brings out troops of amorous tarantulas

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer October 9, 2019

How design decisions on materials are "disproportionately damning the world to further climate change"

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 9, 2019

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Protests against SUVs in Germany

More calls worldwide to ban SUVs

Patagonia recycled shells promo

All of Patagonia's waterproof shells are now recycled and Fair Trade

riding a bike photo

The e-bike revolution advances with the Swytch conversion kit

Pile of CLT at Mass Timber Connections booth, Woodrise

What's the difference between all these laminated timbers?

Tiny House at home show

Tiny home packs a lot in 280 square feet

daily news

fuyu persimmon

How to eat a persimmon like a pro

celeriac

Add these fall vegetables to your culinary repertoire

Whole pumpkin

8 fruits and vegetables you should try roasting whole

How to cook quince

An ode to the quince

dreaming octopus

Sleeping octopus's changing camouflage narrates her dream (video)

stagg tree

Conservation group to buy largest private sequoia forest in the world

washing machine

Why you shouldn't use your washer's delicate cycle

fuyu persimmon

How to eat a persimmon like a pro

creamy pasta bake

6 strategies for reducing meat in your diet

Vegan Homemade Portabello Mushroom Black Bean Burger with Fries

How to be a reducetarian

beef cattle

Cutting out meat and dairy is the best thing you can do for the planet

Vegan nurses

7 things that happened to these nurses after going vegan for 21 days