Tour 5 national parks from home
As people social distance and shelter in place, they may feel the walls closing in on them. Fortunately, the National...
PaperTale app shows the ethics and sustainability of clothing with a simple scan
It’s often difficult to be a conscientious consumer. Even with the best intentions, we often just don’t have...
Giant, abstract trees hold up the roof of an experimental Korean home
When designing the House of Three Trees, Seoul-based architecture practice Jae Kim Architects & Researchers...
This sustainable luxury smartwatch monitors climate change
Just in time for your conscious holiday shopping, Veldt, Inc. is unveiling its newest luxury smartwatch, the LUXTURE...
Helsinki launches a sustainability app for the city
Finland’s capital city of Helsinki launched a sustainability app this summer that lets residents, tourists and...
Should you stop watching Netflix because it is bad for the environment?
The world’s digital obsession doesn’t come without a carbon footprint. By 2022, 60 percent of the world’s...
Millenials are bringing camping back
Let’s get one thing straight: camping was always cool. It wasn’t, however, always a very popular pastime among...
14 apps to help you live a more sustainable lifestyle
So you’ve made the choice to start living more sustainably. That’s great! Figuring out how to start can be...
Korvaa is the world’s first headphones “grown” from bio-based materials
Move over plastic and aluminum — the headphones of the future may be built from fungus and biosynthetic spider...
Britain celebrates first week without coal power since 1882
England has officially gone seven days without using any coal-powered source of electricity for the first time...
How to pull off a tech-free family vacation the whole family will enjoy
It’s a full-blown modern challenge to get through even an hour of the day without using technology. So considering...
Fueled by chocolate: Ghana’s newest biofuel
Researchers in Ghana are testing a system that will turn cocoa into biofuel — but don’t worry — it uses...
Google is celebrating Earth Day with a new addition to its interactive app
In an effort to create an entertaining, easy way to learn about eco-friendly living, Google paired up with the...
Ioncell technology creates eco-textile clothing fibers from birch trees
With clothing production leading the world as one of the highest-polluting industries, a new fiber contradicts...
This passive house in the Czech Republic uses technology to recycle heat
A unique location and environmentally-friendly passive house design are what define this lovely home on the Czech...
Risky geoengineering research deemed safe, blocked by US
New study conducted by Harvard, MIT and Princeton claims that releasing sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to...
Biodegradable tableware made from wheat bran debuts at Toronto’s Green Living Show
This week, Toronto citizens learned that wheat bran is good for more than enhancing digestive regularity. An innovative...
Drones: the future of ocean conservation
Unmanned systems such as drones, are increasingly used in a variety of fields — from border patrol, to cinematography...
New hope for plastic recycling with IBM’s VolCat technology
Think how much more material would be reused if plastic recycling didn’t entail washing, sorting and individual...
NASA finds cavity the size of Manhattan underneath Antarctic glacier
NASA just made a disturbing discovering underneath the Antarctic ice. A team led by the space agency found a huge...
Cargill announces plan to reduce deforestation from cocoa
One of the worlds top three food corporations, Cargill, announced a plan to reduce deforestation caused by their...
Crayola Colorcycle initiative offers free recycling for markers used in K-12 classrooms
In the blur of school activity, students read, write, calculate and doodle. With that vision in mind, no company...
ChimpFace could help fight the illegal trade in chimpanzees
There is now a new tool that can be used to fight the illegal trade in chimpanzees. The same facial recognition...
Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycle debuts at CES
It may have taken five years, but Harley-Davidson’s vision for the electric motorcycle market is here and ready...
Atolla combines technology with design to customize sustainable skincare
The skincare market has exploded with so many options that sometimes it feels like you need a PhD just to pick...
Sean Parker’s wedding violations result in new app for California coastline
What started out as a high-profile beachside wedding turned into a useful and long-term solution to beach access...
Solar-powered smart home puts a modern spin on rural Italian architecture
Montebelluna-based architecture firm Reisarchitettura, has put a contemporary twist on the traditional countryside...
Valser is using carbon capture technology to carbonate its beverages
Valser, a Coca-Cola-owned brand of sparkling water based in Switzerland, is embracing new climate capture technology....
Large scale 3D Printer capable of printing a motorcycle
Just a few years ago, 3D printing capability was relatively new technology. A home 3D printer could perhaps create...
4 things you need to know about smart thermostats
Stuart Lombard has a mission: to reduce people’s carbon footprints while saving money. He found that heating...