Plastic-eating mushrooms are the new superheroes in combating the growing waste crisis
A new study from the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in London says that fungi are capable of expediting the breakdown...
7 bee hotels for our favorite pollinators
Bees are dying, but creatives aren't letting them go without a fight. While scientists have blamed pesticides and...
Wolfgang Buttress’ Hive is brought back to life in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
First installed at the world expo last spring, the multi-award-winning Hive was disassembled at the end of the...
MTA agrees to study resurrection of Rockaway train line
It looks like public transport might win out over green space this time. According to NY1, the MTA has agreed to...
INFOGRAPHIC: 7 best botanical gardens from around the world
No great city is complete without a botanical garden. Housed within gorgeous glass architecture, botanical gardens...
QueensWay Team Unveils Plan for New 3.5-Mile Elevated Park in Queens
High Line lovers in NYC will soon have a new elevated park to enjoy if the QueensWay, a green space proposed for an...
5 ENYA Competition Designs Show Us What a Beautiful Elevated Park the QueensWay Could Be
The winner of the competition was Carrie Wibert, a designer hailing from Paris, and her “Queensway Steps” concept....
PHOTOS: Walk the Queensway, a Possible High Line-Style Park for Queens
The Queensway is an elevated railway that originally belonged to the Long Island Rail Road and fell to disuse after...
Artist David Nash Unveils Beautiful Sculptures Made From Fallen Trees at Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens is a 326-acre UNESCO World Heritage Site located just 30 minutes by Tube from central London. The gardens...
London's Kew Gardens Herbarium Uses Underground Cooling and Hot Air to Protect Its Contents
Completed in 2009, the Herbarium's new glass and timber wing creates a fantastic contrast with the original red-bricked...
London's Energy-Efficient Jodrell Laboratory Houses the World's Largest Fungi Collection
The Jodrell Laboratory extension, dubbed 'The Wolfson Wing', achieved a BREEAM 'Excellent' mark and was designed...
Rhizotron and Xstrata's Treetop Skybridge Soars Above London's Kew Gardens
The soaring tree-centric superstructure was designed to weather extreme conditions while following the form of...
London Without Bees: Conceptual Towers Shoot Pollen Spores Into the Wind
This design comes on the heels of a controversial news report that cell phones are killing bees. Whether or not...
