Ask Umbra: What’s the greenest way to re-side my house?
Mar 20, 2014, 7:05 am By Greg Hanscom
Send your question to Umbra! Q. Do you know anything about polypropylene house siding? We have to…Burgs & the bees : Habitats for humanity: Why our cities need to be ecosystems, too
Mar 20, 2014, 6:03 am By Greg Hanscom
The whole better-greener-more-awesome-cities movement has a problem: We haven’t found a good name…Waste deep in the big muddy : Has modern agriculture cleaned up its dirty runoff act?
Mar 20, 2014, 5:13 am By Nathanael Johnson
USDA photo by Keith WestonEven the best conservation measures could be thwarted by severe weather…Global buying spree is saving solar panel manufacturers
Mar 19, 2014, 5:38 pm By John Upton
The sun is starting to shine again on the solar-panel manufacturing industry, a year after a string…Let this mesmerizing video show you the beauty of Alaska’s ice caves before they’re gone
Mar 19, 2014, 4:56 pm By jesszimmerman
After the winter we’ve had in a lot of the U.S., we’re not inclined to see a lot of beauty in…From veteran organizer Marshall Ganz, how-tos for activists
Mar 19, 2014, 4:49 pm By Heather Smith
Every spring, Marshall Ganz teaches a class at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government on how to…“The Simpsons” now has an extensive public transit system
Mar 19, 2014, 3:46 pm By jesszimmerman
Bart Simpson doesn’t just ride around on a skateboard because he was invented in the ’80s. Until…Whoa there! State lawmakers try to make oil trains safer
Mar 19, 2014, 3:42 pm By John Upton
The wheels of railway safety reform may be in motion in Minnesota, but they’ve ground to a halt in…Florida has just basically given up on trying to keep pythons from taking over the Everglades
Mar 19, 2014, 2:19 pm By hrichmond
Just what you don’t want to hear about your friendly neighborhood national park: It’s crawling…The sharing economy is thriving in Berlin’s “borrowing shops”
Mar 19, 2014, 12:46 pm By hrichmond
Nikolai Wolfert wasn’t the only one who was bummed after the Berlin Green Party’s loss in 2011,…Keystone foes turn their fire to natural gas exports
Mar 19, 2014, 12:13 pm By benadler
Republicans in Congress, and some Democrats too, are pushing hard to get the U.S. exporting more…This “ski lift for cyclists” helps you get up hills
Mar 19, 2014, 12:00 pm By hrichmond
Not every cyclist has monster thighs or an electric bike (or access to switchbacks, for that…White House gets geeky on climate problem
Mar 19, 2014, 11:03 am By John Upton
Pete Souza / White House“According to this, Florida is fucked.” To see how the world is changing…Bill Maher says you aren’t an environmentalist unless you care about overpopulation
Mar 19, 2014, 10:28 am By hrichmond
OK, so the green movement needs to get away from the words “environment,” “earth,” and…This bike glows in the dark when headlights hit it
Mar 19, 2014, 9:40 am By hrichmond
Aside from stringing your bike and entire body in flashing holiday lights, it’s hard to find an…Please, scientists: Tell us how you really feel about climate change
Mar 19, 2014, 6:58 am By Greg Hanscom
The apocalypse is always usefully cast into the future — unless you happen to live in Mauritius,…San Francisco’s Castro district is putting in rainbow crosswalks
Mar 18, 2014, 4:58 pm By jesszimmerman
Here’s something to literally brighten your day: The Castro, a district of San Francisco that is…Scientists tell Americans: This climate change thing really is a big deal
Mar 18, 2014, 4:44 pm By John Upton
One of the world’s largest and most influential science organizations is launching a new campaign…Climate change could bring ancient moss back to life
Mar 18, 2014, 3:20 pm By John Upton
Peter BoelenSampling frozen moss in Antarctica. The germs of microscopic jungles lay frozen at the…Designer furnishes an entire room with trash
Mar 18, 2014, 3:05 pm By hrichmond
“In an increasingly deskilled society,” wrote the sociologist Richard Sennett, “’making’…
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