
Guangzhou's kick-ass bus system helped it win the 2011 Sustainable Transport Award. No American city was even in the running.

The UK recently announced plans to build a "sustainable"? town outside Cambridge. There will be 10,000 homes that meet the energy standards,...

NYC has announced that they'll be creating an Office of Sustainability. Good for them. Bloomberg was one of the U.S. mayors who signed an...
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Solving our economic problems, and those energy and environmental ones, too
Now that we've given our flatlining financial markets a...

How you can take a bite out of your carbon footprint.
Eating outside of your home generally requires three things: food, food containers, and...

Some prefabs are well designed, but many aren't, especially when it comes to eco-friendliness. And the worst offenders-the houses shoddily built...

A model community that offers a template for sustainable living.
Sixty-five miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, on a hillside dotted with cypress...

Change your underwear-change the world. That's the idea behind PACT, an apparel company tailored for people who want something more...

Shipping containers continue to capture the imagination of designers: now they may just inspire Boy Scouts. The architects at Gensler have just...

Celebrity chef Arthur Potts Dawson's TED talk explores how to create zero-waste restaurants and supermarkets.

Find a gift that will last—or repurpose one that didn't—with our roundup of the most sustainable items from our holiday wish list.

Make this season a little brighter—and greener—with ideas to make the holidays more sustainable.

In Issue 010 we mentioned The Science Barge, a sustainable urban farm floating on the Hudson River in New York City. Powered by solar panels, wind...

Seafood purveyors who offer up only sustainable fish species.In 1994, Henry and Lisa Lovejoy smelled something fishy when they saw juvenile tuna...

While we're on the subject of affordable housing, let's talk about sustainable design, for the two walk hand in hand. But first, let's talk...

The Big Blue-green Monster: Wal-Mart is pushing us toward sustainability more than you could ever imagine.
In 2005, Wal-Mart was a piñata that...

This week marks the close of our blog series. For the past three months, this stimulating conversation has prompted a...

Why the shrinking cost of solar power may be enough to change our planet's outlook-especially if it's introduced first in the developing...

Six months after announcing plans to tack a score from a "sustainability index" on products sold in Wal-Mart stores, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Dell, HP,...

Convenience, work requirements, and an urban lifestyle are just some of elements at play that can inhibit our ability to maintain an...