Photo via Protests have been springing up more and more against the practice of --where, basically a mountaintop is simply clear cut of trees and blown off with explosives to get at the coal seams underneath. In the process, we

Image via There was a golden age when the expansive hood of the American automobile could double as a picnic table. Thankfully, engine compartments have conformed to smaller motors and superior aerodynamics, but why give up the pleasure of dining

It's not that jatropha doesn't produce enough oil to make biofuel, it's just that the commercial promise was overstated. Here jatropha used in one of traditional uses, a living fence, photo: via flickr.Not so long ago jatropha was —drought tolerant,

Photo via fairly bashes this bag, saying it's simply ugly and useless. They have a point - it's pretty simple, and that bitty little solar cell isn't likely to gather much energy, though 5 hours in the sun will charge

Photo via Today, mobile phones are ubiquitous. The sheer volume of the devices on this planet is staggering - in the US alone, are discarded every day. Over half of the world's population has quick, easy access to cell phones

Here is a site that champions mankind's ingenuity. Not in creating bright, shiny new gadgets and gizmos, but in making do with what already exists. It is remarkable just what can be accomplished with a little lateral thinking and a

Live Local is the digital equivalent of hanging over the fence and chin wagging with your neighbour, sharing stories about what's worked for you and what hasn't. Just a couple of months old, the Live Local website acts as a

Photo via Secretary of State was the first top level US official sent to India from the Obama administration. On the agenda? Among other things, looking for common ground between the US and India on forging a global climate treaty.

As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the remarkable achievement of putting Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon (while Michael Collins ) and bringing them safely home, (see our ) there will no doubt be a chorus of

Photo via Even though plans have been stalled, a vast majority of Australian businesses are gearing up for it to pass--and they've set about making some changes for the greener. 74%, for instance, have laid out plans to reduce their

Photo: NASA, Public domainToday is the 40th Anniversary of the Moon LandingCan the Apollo project teach us anything about what we should do about our environmental problems? I think it probably can. Like in the 1960s, we'll need an inspiring

At first glance, not that bad; says 28 Tons of CO2 per launch. Other aspects are worse, like the 23 tons of particulates from the ammonium perchlorate and aluminum solid rocket boosters, and the 13 tons of hydrochloric acid. Others

Help Mashable's Summer of Social Good and Tweet Your #EcoGoodThis summer, we've been helping bring awareness to ambitious campaign. The Summer of Social Good is described as "the first large scale online charitable campaign to raise funds strictly online through

photo: via flickrIt's pretty much conventional wisdom in the green community that the cost of preventing climate change now will be less than the cost of doing nothing and trying to adapt later, even if it . Well, chairman has

Image via: ? Well now your KEENs can show some love back by offering one lucky person the chance to take a trip to to explore and help out with a local animal shelter. Lions, Tigers, Bears, Oh My. Well,

1894 engraving of Ganges River dolphin: WikipediaThe may be doing better than previously thought, but another of South Asia's dolphins isn't doing so well at all. points out that a new report by the says that the , whose range

Image credit: DIY Soda Means Less Sugar and Less TrashI've recently started experimenting with home-brewed beer, but it had never occurred to me to try brewing my own sodas too. But for those of you who may be concerned about

Last year we covered Greenpeace's report about and then dumped on Ghana for disposal. has just released a video on the growing e-waste problems in Ghana - TreeHugger's Naturally Savvy let us know about its release earlier in the month

Image from Hackney CitizenIn 1982 Agnes Denes created one of the --she planted a wheatfield on an abandoned piece of land in downtown New York. Now, 27 years later, her work is being reinterpreted and updated, only this time in

Once the Largest LEED Platinum Rated Office Building After yesterday, Hillary Clinton skipped the Taj Mahal, the India Gate, and even the hotel to drive straight to what she called "a monument to the future": the city's greenest building. "The