Making sustainability sexy

boy in room

Can a smart vent system keep you comfy?

Alea Labs is introducing the "smart vent 2.0", which again raises the questions we had about Smart Vent 1.0.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Sustainable Product Design September 20, 2018

Deadly ground beef recall comes with 'High' health risk warning

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 20, 2018

Ontario's Doug Ford bans bans on clothesline bans

Environmental Policy

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 20, 2018

Cabin Spacey offers 'pay-as-you-live, location-independent' prefab homes

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok September 20, 2018

Petition wants tourists to stop taking damaging selfies

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 20, 2018

Is it time to hop on the hydrogen train?

Renewable Energy

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 20, 2018

Los Angeles wants to ban the sale of fur

Sustainable Fashion

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 20, 2018

No, you don't have to keep your kid's artwork

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 20, 2018

Lyft commits to complete carbon neutrality

By Sami Grover September 20, 2018

Photo: Osprey displays its remarkable wings

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 20, 2018

Refillable beer bottling system launched in Oregon

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2018

This pianist plays classical music to soothe blind elephants (Video)

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok September 19, 2018

SeaWorld got caught in a pretty fishy lie

Ocean Conservation

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss September 19, 2018

No sweat in this shop: Garment factory is renovated to Passivhaus standard

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2018

Why I no longer have backyard chickens

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 19, 2018

Humans are hardwired for laziness

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 19, 2018

Scientists just uncovered ancient signs of child labor

Natural Sciences

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss September 19, 2018

Flying insects carry microplastics in their bodies

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 19, 2018

Ontario's Doug Ford's proposed natural gas expansion is like putting 42,560 cars on the road

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2018

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Cabin Spacey

Cabin Spacey offers 'pay-as-you-live, location-independent' prefab homes

chicken

Why I no longer have backyard chickens

Paul Barton

This pianist plays classical music to soothe blind elephants (Video)

man cooking

20 habits of frugal people

high jungle swing

Petition wants tourists to stop taking damaging selfies

daily news

luggage bag

'Swedish death cleaning' is the new decluttering trend

Minimalism chair

Minimalism may be trendy, but it certainly isn’t new

Life At Home in the 21st Century

Our house design problem isn't too many rooms, it's too much stuff

Fumio Sasaki

Minimalists in Japan take simple living to new extremes

Clare Colins

60-year-old woman becomes full-time photographer & van dweller (Video)

Narwhal amongst belugas

Wayward narwhal adopted by a pod of belugas (video)

man cooking

20 habits of frugal people

Hurricane food

Why do people buy weird food before a hurricane?

creamy pasta bake

6 strategies for reducing meat in your diet

veggie burger

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