This shows Enercon's 6 MW turbines, currently the world's largest (in capacity).Wind power, after experiencing dead calm for the last 1.5 years as developers struggled to get approval and investment money for their projects, is suddenly moving briskly again. Projects

Oceana organic undies. Credit: PactOnline underwear retailer has launched organic panties, boxers, and briefs designed by Yves Behar to benefit--10% of proceeds--'s efforts in ocean conversation and 's sustainable building projects. Click through for the full package (cute bums, too).

When you've spent the better part of two decades out in the backcountry riding some of the toughest lines in snowboarding and developing a deep desire to protect mountain environments, global warming is undeniably a pressing and personal concern. When

A hundred years ago there were all kinds of sophisticated technologies to manage, direct and control natural light. Cheap electricity made such variable and hard-to-manage sources unnecessary; just throw in a couple of fluorescent fixtures and it didn't matter how

Photo of farmed Norwegian salmon NatalieMaynor via flickr. claims that a proves that buying local is not as Earth-friendly as it seems. It starts off with a loaded and offensive line, calling the local food philosophy "a guilt-reduction approach adopted

Photo via Jaymi HeimbuchSpotted at San Francisco's Green Festival were these coasters made of reclaimed motherboards. Turns out, these are just the tip of the iceberg of things made at , an online shop that transforms reclaimed motherboards into a

Photo: Via Patagonia - Photographer Tim DavisPatagucci is the mocking term sometimes used to label the outdoor clothing company, , in reference to what some people view as high priced goods. We don't know what Gucci do with their money,

From a 1962 edition of Life Magazine available on Last week many of us derived some pleasure from the irony of a Humble Oil Company advertisement in a 1962 edition of Life Magazine. It was rediscovered recently by a reader.Humble

Global Sourcing Marketplace in London, November 20-21, 2009. Credit: Over thirty ethical and sustainable suppliers from around the world came together in London this past weekend (November 20-21, 2009) for the 's first ever , a non-profit initiative dedicated to

Image via: In need of somewhere to travel for New Years? Want to start planning your summer vacation? Now in it's fifth year, magazine has choosing the top green destinations in the world to a science. Many of the locations

Images from Project GalleryOld telephone books are the canvas for an artist who carves portraits out of them. What a good way to make use of one of the great wastes of paper. Something ephemeral is turned into an object

Photo via FlickrThe international climate negotiations that begin in just a few short weeks may be in trouble, but that's not stopping activists around the globe from showing their leaders that they demand strong action. This was evident today in

Image via Tech DailyWhen news broke that a leading climate research unit had been last Friday, it (of course) lit up the . Thousands of emails exchanged between a few of the top climate scientists in the world were posted

Photo via It's about time. Just about every other developed nation has already set at least tentative, nonbinding . Many have . It took the USA this long to get even this far: the White House has announced that next

Author and fermentation wiz Sandor Katz. Image courtesy of Chelsea Green Publishing.Makenna Goodman is Community Outreach Coordinator for Chelsea Green Publishing, the publisher of Wild Fermentation, by Sandor Katz, whom she interviewed for this guest post. She is also a

An overflowing sewer in Georgia. Photo via digg_url = news has surfaced about in the US: over the last three years, 9,400 sewers--more than 37% of the all sewers across the nation--have...

A piezoelectric device. Photo credit: As you drive down the road, your vehicle wastes large amounts of energy through friction, wind resistance, and vibrations. But what if there was a way to harness some of this and use it to

Photo: , CCBut Financing is Harder to Come ByThe good news is that the cost of renewable energy has gone down in 2009, but the bad news is that this decline was offset by higher financing costs caused by the

Architects usually keep their proprietary research locked up and closely held. Perkins + Will has done the opposite and made it a public service. Launched at Greenbuild the Precautionary List is a compilation of available data on chemicals and materials

A mirror facet for a solar dish is cut on a machine at Tower Automotive in Livonia, Mich." Photo: Stirling Energy SystemsFrom Rust Belt to Green BeltEconomic development officials from U.S. states that have been hit hard by decline in