“I’ve been playing with the idea of finding ways of building on unbuildable land. The term unbuildable land typically refers to property located in a place with a

The slums of the Philippines are getting an extreme home makeover in the form of two liter bottles in their ceilings. The bottles function as 60-watt lights powered by

The Future Living house is a testament to the will of design. It took twenty six designers (a feat in itself) to create it. Every technologic leap was analyzed

“Imagine if all of the animals throughout the entire state of Connecticut left or died. This is what happens every year in the Gulf of Mexico. The size

Researchers have warned of an “economic time-bomb” in the Arctic, following a ground-breaking analysis of the likely cost of methane emissions in the region… Economic modeling shows that

“This farmhouse in Avalanche, Wisconsin, was built almost entirely from trees taken from within 500 yards of the house. The house features a slab on grade foundation with

“Every day, the mavericks of eco-friendly travel continue to produce more and more innovative ideas to shape how we travel in the future. Many of them center on

“Many people have a lot of misconceptions when they hear the words “composting toilets”. Immediately they think “outhouse” or imagine a hole in the ground. Yucky, smelly, and

“In the recent times there has been much talk and brouhaha about the optimum usage of our energy sources, be these the conventional ones like coal and oil,

“The hose from the washing machine is connected to a 3-way valve. This allows the greywater to be diverted to either the sewer/septic, or the greywater system. Labeling

This is a fantastic BBC documentary on ‘World Population’. Hosted by David Attenborough it explains the problems humanity will face if the world population grows out of control

According to several news items from reliable sources, Apple is teaming up with Nevada utility NV Energy to build a solar farm to support its data center in

This is a BBC documentary with an interesting paradox about manmade Global Warming. It’s about how unintentional increased reflectance of the sun, due to manmade pollution, has actually

“Unlike energy, water is a tangible resource; we can control its usage relatively easily. This is a good thing, given that climate change, population growth, and other factors

Thought Shell had paused its Arctic drilling plans? Think again. This summer they’re going back. This time with new buddy Gazprom, a Russian oil company with a long

More on the bee apocalypse… “Nearly one in three commercial honeybee colonies in the United States died or disappeared last winter, an unsustainable decline that threatens the nation’s

An impending bee apocalypse could lead to world war, according to Putin… The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting last month with US Secretary of State John