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People have been growing food and raising livestock across the United States for centuries—even in cities. But it wasn't until around the 1970s that backyard produce started showing up on sidewalks as well as in city parks...

Think the only way to get fresh, organic, local produce direct from the farm is by spending your Saturday morning at the farmer's market? Think again. Good Eggs is a new online service that makes fresh organic produce available...

Photo by Mark Andrew Boyer Earth-bermed homes are found throughout the hills of Northern California, but they're much less common in the flat farmland of the Central Valley...

Lemon Pale Ale Beer Pops Where I live, we're awash in an amazing selection of craft and micro brews. They're delicious after a long hike or a hard day at work, but I feel like I'm always fighting to finish a bottle before...

We've featured Gunderson and Whole Trees Architecture here on Inhabitat before. The innovative firm uses unmilled tree trunks and branches as structural components of buildings, which is much more efficient than conventional...

Urban rooftop farming is thriving in cities like Brooklyn and Montreal, but it hasn’t quite caught on yet in Boston. That’s about to change in a big way with the launch of Higher Ground Farm, a 40,000-square-foot...

Anyone who’s ever seen an episode of Star Trek knows that when a crew member is ill, Dr. McCoy is able to use his medical tricorder to scan the patient and diagnose diseases or collect bodily information. Real-life...

Sir John Beddington's contribution to a paper on climate change for the Chartered Institute of Insurance is worth a read. Here he is on tipping points:

Read the rest of EcoVillage at Ithaca Offers Sustainable Living in a Community Setting Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "solar energy", "sustainable architecture", alternative living, co-housing,...

Read the rest of City Farm: South Providence’s Urban Agriculture Transformation Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "energy efficiency", a better world by design, A Better World by Design conference,...

Spring is exactly one month away. Take advantage of the weekend to get ready. Seek out your local nursery's and farmer's markets and get the lay of the land.