Get serious about climate change with this board game
For years, concerned environmentalists have been warning decision-makers to stop playing around and get serious...
Energy-efficient vacation home holds court over 15 acres of restored tidal wetlands
Manhattan-based firm Ryall Sheridan Architects has unveiled a modern home that sits elevated over 15 acres of...
Ennead designs a striking nature preserve to protect China’s most important river
Ennead Architects and Andropogon Landscape Architects have won an international competition for the Shanghai Yangtze...
Can Florida save its prized Everglades from climate change destruction?
Half of all Floridians will live underwater by the end of the century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
An urban wetland springs to life among Bogota’s high rises
An open plaza in Bogota’s northeastern business district has been radically transformed from a place of pure...
An old post office is reborn as a bright and breezy beach house
A former post office has been revived as a bright and breezy beach house in Breamlea, Australia. Designed by St....
This bold, sustainable home will age gracefully near an Indiana wetland
Compact, energy-efficient and built with locally sourced materials, this hillside home takes a low-impact approach...
Valuable wetlands are disappearing 3 times faster than forests, new study warns
Wetlands around the world are disappearing at an alarming rate. New research shows that these valuable ecosystems...
A charming net-zero cottage in Cornwall asks $845K
A sweet English cottage that has been treated to a sustainable transformation has recently hit the market for £650,000...
New resilient waterfront park helps protect NYC from storm surges
Waterfront parks have been springing up all over New York City, including in Long Island City, where Hunter’s...
Despite sustainability pledges, World Cup stadium built on rare wildlife habitat
Today, at 6 p.m. local time in Moscow, the 2018 World Cup will begin with a match between host country Russia and...
Load up on Tabasco while you can – because the island it comes from is being swallowed by the sea
If your idea of the perfect Bloody Mary involves a dash of Tabasco, better stock up while you can. Over one hundred...
Natural wetland in India filters 198 million gallons of wastewater a day with zero chemicals
The East Kolkata Wetlands in India processes almost 198 million gallons of wastewater and sewage produced by the...
‘Provocative’ RIG eco-lodge designed to conserve Louisiana’s vanishing marshes
The Louisiana Coastal Marsh loses a football-field-size of land every hour. Architect Robert Obier, who was raised...
London scientists want to revive plants buried in ‘ghost ponds’
Life will find a way - even if that way is winding and submerged under layers of organic matter and water. A recent...
98-year-old man donates $2 million in stock for 395-acre wildlife refuge
98-year-old Russ Gremel purchased $1,000 of stock in a pharmacy chain around 70 years ago. That chain was Walgreens,...
8 incredible parks created from landfills
Humanity has turned Earth into a giant trash pile. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans...
Trump begins process of rolling back Obama-era clean water rule
As part of his ongoing campaign to repeal and undermine many of Barack Obama’s environmental accomplishments,...
10 landscape design projects that turned neglected spaces into incredible parks
Landscape architects frequently work to transform areas that contain industrial and toxic waste, infrastructure...
30 billion tons of stored carbon discovered in Congo peatland
At 3.7 million square kilometers, the Congo Basin contains some of the planet's largest tropical rainforests and...
Water-purifying park could save the heart of Helsinki from turning into a swamp
Töölönlahti Bay suffers from eutrophication, an over-enrichment of water by nutrients commonly caused by fertilizers...
The Dutch Windwheel is not only a silent wind turbine – it’s also an incredible circular apartment building
The Windwheel is composed of two rings built on an underground foundation and surrounded by wetlands so as to...
Cellular Re-Generator Skyscraper grows like a living organism
The project addresses the issues of over-population and unsustainable construction techniques used across the globe....
Turenscape’s regenerative wetland park cleans up a post-industrial landscape in China
The Liupanshui Minghu Wetland Park was developed as part of a citywide campaign to improve the urban environment...
Are Mangroves The Solution to Urban Sustainability in Asia?
Mangrove forests are some of the most carbon-rich habitats on earth, but unintentional urban shifts continue to...
Why is this Inhabited Louisiana Island Sinking into the Gulf?
Much has been written lately of the devastating coastal land loss that is dragging southern Louisiana into the...
Study Warns Methane from Melting Arctic Permafrost is ‘Certain to Trigger Additional Warming’
A new study finds that melting Arctic permafrost from man-made global warming is releasing large amounts of methane...
Plant-e Develops Electricity-Generating Plants to Bring Clean Energy to Off-Grid Locations
A Dutch start-up called Plant-e has developed a way to use living plants as a continuous source of clean energy...
Singapore McDonalds Unveils a Green Roof Designed to Sustain Local Wildlife
The crowning feature of this particular McDonalds is the lush green roof that provides an all-natural aesthetic,...
How ‘Soft Infrastructure,’ Like Wetlands and Green Roofs, Could Help Protect NYC from Future Storms
As the climate changes and sea levels rise, cities that were previously thought to be relatively safe are looking...