Clothing made from recycled water bottles highlights the ongoing crisis in Flint
A new fashion exhibit in Queens underscores the ongoing water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan. "Flint Fit"...
Meridian Line launches ethically sourced, organic cotton jeans for the outdoors
Adventure calling? Gear up with Meridian Line, a range of eco-friendly denim designed for conquering the great...
Meet your gadget's next power supply: you
No power outlet? No problem. Juicing up your gadgets may soon be as easy as lifting your finger. Scientists from...
These Adidas sneakers double as subway passes in Berlin
No ticket? No problem. If you're wearing Adidas's limited-edition EQT Support 93 sneaker, you'll be able to hitch...
London store recycles 60,000 plastic bottles for 3D-printed interior
You can tell that Bottletop, a "sustainable luxury" brand that transforms castoff materials into chic carryalls,...
Best Made Co. unveils hat made with synthetic spider silk
Following its release in March of the world's first commercially available product made from manmade spider silk—a...
Scientists discover cheap method to identify "lost" 99% of ocean microplastics
The world's oceans are awash with hazardous microplastics that are largely invisible to the naked eye. These tiny...
Yves Béhar recycles wetsuits and boat sails into ocean-friendly bags
Yves Béhar is turning trash into treasure. The rock-star industrial designer, founder of the San Francisco-based...
Nike calls "Flyleather" its most sustainable leather material yet
When Nike introduced its Flyknit technology in 2012, the sportswear giant literally broke the mold of sneaker construction....
Freitag's "Zippelin" is an inflatable suitcase that rolls up for storage
Rolling or non-rolling, hardshell or soft-sided, compact or capacious; there are only so many ways you can build...
These vegan "Star Wars" sneakers are made with discarded pineapple leaves
The pineapple is strong with these sneakers—literally. A collaboration between Star Wars and London-based shoemaker...
White House kills ban on bottled water at National Parks
The Trump administration has put the kibosh on a six-year-old ban on selling bottled water at some national parks....
Fukushima is surrendering to nature six years after nuclear meltdown
Nature has come for Fukushima. Six years after a nuclear meltdown resulted in a mass exodus of neighboring residents,...
Food-starved Syrians are switching meat for mushrooms
Mushrooms are not a common crop in Syria. With government blockades creating food shortages, however, Syrians in...
Hydra-Light lantern doesn't need a battery—just saltwater
Hail, Hydra...Light? You too might be singing this portable lighting product's praises if you find yourself off...
Airbnb will let you rent your own off-the-grid Caribbean island
Why settle for a beachfront cabana when you can rent the whole island? For $595 per night, Bird Island off the...
IKEA is now selling solar panels and home batteries in the UK
Elon Musk's Tesla Powerwall better watch its back; the British arm of IKEA says it will be offering battery storage...
LEGO runs into stumbling blocks on its path to greener bricks
LEGO wants to make everything awesome for the planet. In 2015, the Danish toy-maker pledged to spend $150 million...
Researchers turn recycled aluminum foil into cheaper, eco-friendlier biofuels
Don't toss your bagel wrapper in the trash just yet; scientists at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland...
Antarctica plants show potential as natural sunscreen ingredients
Antarctica may be the last place you'd expect to find sunscreen ingredients, but scientists from Chile have a hunch...
This robotic "eel" hunts down the source of water pollution
Lake Geneva's latest resident—all four feet of it—is neither man nor beast. Dubbed the Envirobot, the critter...
HuskeeCup is an eco-friendly cup made entirely from coffee waste
HuskeeCup isn't your typical cup for joe. Reusable, recyclable, and chip-resistant, the ceramic alternative is...
Maryland grad turns recycled plastic bags into eco-fashion
Plastic is Trisha Cheeny's bag. A recent graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she majored in...
Montreal supermarket is Canada's first to grow produce on its own rooftop garden
When the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent began pushing for green roofs, a supermarket wondered if it could do...
Gorgeous billboards by street artist Kelsey Montague are being recycled into one-of-a-kind bags
Kelsey Montague is best known for her murals of sprawling angel wings, flocks of dragonflies, and other flights...
Nike makes Air Max shoebox from recycled milk jugs and coffee lids
Nike is thinking inside the box—the shoe box, that is. 30 years after the Air Max 1 changed the sneaker industry...
This T-shirt changes colors in response to water pollution
Ocean acidification isn't something that most folks lose sleep over. As a side effect of climate change, it doesn't...
Made from sewage, these "popsicles" reveal the scale of Taiwan's water pollution
We wouldn't eat these "popsicles" if we were you. Concocted by Hung I-chen, Guo Yi-hui and Cheng Yu-ti, a group...
Could coffee help fight cancer?
Your morning joe could give you more than just a buzz; it might even stave off the most common form of primary...
Vivobarefoot is launching a sneaker made out of algae
Vivobarefoot, a London-based purveyor of so-called "barefoot" footwear, is going green in an altogether unexpected...