Depending on where you live, there are some items that simply aren't recyclable, including varieties of paper, glass and plastic. Check with your city service provider to know specifics, but here ...

Scientists have discovered the connection between car fumes and lung cancer. The new study uncovered how fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, known as PM2.5, triggers lung cancer ...

Pollinators aren’t the only bugs that can help your garden. Learn what beneficial insects can do for your garden and how to coexist with them.

Cactus leather can be used for handbags, shoes, furniture, and more. We look at its environmental impact and how it compares to cotton and leather.

Palm oil is technically vegan. The product itself is plant-based and doesn't contain any animal products. In fact, it's even common in certified vegan foods like some vegetable oil spreads (aka ...

It could be said trees naturally call for attention as they climb toward the sky with their arms outstretched. Yet, it’s still easy for us to ignore them. As we bustle through our own day-to-day ...

Gordon said the problem is not the electric devices themselves and also not that "15 mph is a pretty good clip" for a bike. In Europe, the e-bikes that can go in bike infrastructure are limited to ...

He continued: "Scientific life-cycle energy analyses have repeatedly found that the energy used in the operation and maintenance of buildings dwarf the so-called 'embodied' energy of the materials ...

Even if you aren't losing sleep over climate change and the collapse of the natural world and all that jazz, there are so many reasons to lighten one's footsteps. So in honor of Earth Day—and ...

Adaptavate Former plasterer and contractor Tom Robinson developed Breathaboard as his thesis while doing an MSC degree. Adaptavate has been selling lime plaster as it gears up to build a pilot ...

It is a really happy coincidence because chemical recycling is in the news as the industry's response to the failure of recycling. As both the ACC and the NRDC agree, only about 9% of plastic ...

But one couple has gone even further in their home office aspirations—their home office rolls away from the house on train tracks. In an interesting twist, Seattle-based architecture firm Olson ...