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In a bid to save northern Brazil’s rainforests from deforestation and land exploitation, São Paulo-based architecture firm Estudio Flume has recently completed Casa do Mel, a beekeepers workshop that serves as a self-sustainable...

Some villages in war-torn Yemen still don't have electricity since the recent conflict started nearly two years ago. So 24-year-old chemical engineering graduate Omer Badokhon invented a micro-scale biogas device to transform...

Sri Lanka’s most celebrated wildlife park is famous for leopards, elephants, and sloth bears—and now Yala National Park is also known for a stunning, sustainably minded safari camp next door...

You know plastic is a problem. But Jeff and Dane Anderson, twin brothers in California, are trying to do something about that problem. They started a company, Full Cycle Bioplastics, to make a fully biodegradable plastic....

The homes of the future will be smart, responsive, and even save us money. University of Maryland students let us take a peek into what the future may hold with reACT, a smart sustainable home that rethinks architecture as...

Can artists help us accept eco worm habitats into our homes? Artist Amy Youngs is testing this question by offering a prize designed to stimulate the creation and promotion of new cultural works that celebrate composting...

Israel-based startup Home Biogas has developed the latest in home-sized biogas unit. The compact unit takes organic waste and converts it into enough gas for 2-4 hours of cooking as well as 5 to 8 liters of liquid fertilizer...

AgriDust is a project that envisions turning food waste into biodegradable material which can be used to make packaging and plant pots. Marina Ceccolini devised a way to transform six types of waste-coffee grounds, peanut...

Last month, Michelin announced plans to develop alternatives to the synthetic, oil-based materials used in their tires. The company launched the program "Bio Butterfly" to investigate the viability of organics like straw,...

Last month, Michelin announced that they would be on the hunt for alternatives to the synthetic, oil-based materials used in their tires. Concerned with a petroleum shortage, the company launched the program "Bio Butterfly"...

As a species, we waste an amazing amount of food. According to Natural Resources Defense Council, the humans of the world chuck an incredible 40% of all food we produce. Dumpster divers have long sought to live off of the...

UPS has added 10 large biomethane diesel trucks to its dedicated 2012 London Olympics fleet. With Olympic organizers striving to put on the greenest and most ethical games ever and the city struggling to find find ways to...