Maggie Koerth-Baker at Boing Boing and The Encyclopedia of Life want you to become an Armchair Taxonomist.

This method of building solid wood panels of wood may be the greenest yet.

Chevrolet's new 2014 Spark EV will be the most energy efficient retail electric vehicle available in the US—with a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged, and an EPA-estimated combined city/highway of 119 MPGe.

Two years ago my daughter and I set a bit of a challenge for ourselves for the month of May. We decided that we would not purchase any baked goods for the entire month. That included bread, cookies, cakes and pies. My husband brought home a loaf of

They have turned the Designboom booth from the Interior Design Show into a display system and a demonstration of reuse and repurposing.

These savory biscuits are a hit for breakfast, lunch or dinner. And they're quick and easy to make!

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

They still care about green building at the AIA, really they do. Here's proof.

We're looking for treehuggers with a nose for a story.

A networked infrastructure of sensors and fiber optic cables in the northeast Pacific Ocean will bring the internet to the ocean, and the ocean to the internet.

"Arguably, concern over the earth is elitist, something people can afford to spend their time on when every other need is met."

A must-read article by Mark Hertsgaard in Newsweek reports how BP lied about the size of the oil disaster and the danger posed to its workers, the public and the environment. It is a cautionary tale for victims of all oil spills.

The style is a bit derivative, but the green features certainly aren't.

This little robot can shimmy up a wind turbine and even along the blades themselves.

The idea that electric bikes have to look, well, like regular modern bikes mostly goes out the window with this.

Sheila Kennedy and KVA design multifamily houses with a solid wood core and a flexible interior.

This sea turtle-inspired robot is helping researchers understand how the animals make their way across the sand.

Fresh basil and cilantro add a delicious herby sweetness to this frittata, which is packed with corn, zucchini and onions.

Integrating art with biology, these Caddisfly larvae are creating these precious sculptures made of gold, sapphires and rubies.

In asking "How can products, like people, come from dust, and to dust return?," this "designer-gatherer" is creating simple but elegant furniture using compost.