Matt York/Associated Press A solar powered aircraft takes off from Harbor International Airport in Phoenix on Wednesday evening.   Read more about the pioneering flight here

Just how important are oceans? Well, more than 3.5 billion people depend on the ocean for their primary source of food, a number that is set to double over the next decade. But with the onset of climate change, we [...]

Kiribati, a tiny Pacific island about the size of New York City, is both “in the middle of nowhere and at the center of everything, including the climate change crisis.” Under siege from rising sea levels on all sides, the [...]

Ana Kraš is sitting behind a desk in her Lower East Side studio, carefully winding blue string around a small cardboard rectangle for later use on a Bonbon, the Serbian designer’s signature woven lamp. Her auburn hair, parted at center, frames [...]

In today’s political and pop media culture, serious discussions surrounding climate change have mostly devolved into a maddening cacophony. While CO2 emissions continue to concentrate in our atmosphere and warm our planet, pundits squabble and politicians dither. All the while, the [...]

After months of cleaning, New Yorkers have begun to rebuild their Sandy-devastated neighborhoods. It’s a triumphant step in rehabilitation for those who have been scraping ocean detritus from their basements since October—and for those who weren’t so lucky. The challenge, [...]

This week, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced the most sweeping piece of legislation to date aimed at tackling the climate crisis.  “The leading scientists in the world who study climate change now tell us that their projections in the past [...]

The award-winning line, Kowtow releases their summer 2013 collection in stores this February. Featuring 100% organic and fair-trade certified cotton and fair labor production, Kowtow is influenced by sport, goth and geometric shapes and graphics. It’s eye-catching, fun, and presents [...]

H&M, America’s favorite fast fashion retailer, just got better. In a colossal sustainability effort, the Swedish brand is asking for your old clothing: stained sweatshirts, torn tees, shrunken trousers, whatever you don’t want, no matter the brand, they do. In [...]

You’re sitting in your car stuck in traffic. You’ve been there for about 40 minutes and it doesn’t look like things will pick up pace any time soon. You slowly round the corner and something incredibly out of the ordinary [...]

In an effort to revamp its image and control urban crowding, Singapore has created a 250-acre attraction, “Gardens by the Bay.” The garden complex includes of three different gardens—East, South, and Central—and features the world’s first so-called “supertrees.” The gardens [...]

Not exactly a new video, or story for that matter, but definitely always worth a watch. In 1977 the Voyager 1 space probe was launched, and it has been up there in the cosmos for the last 33 years. It’s [...]

The exploration for new sustainable energy sources is in a way an effort to regain harmony with our natural world. If this is the case, it only makes sense to look at the organic mysteries that have been under our [...]

Conventionally known for its tequila and tacos, Mexico is making a breakthrough in the clean technology sector. Few would associate Mexico with innovation and sustainable technology, but one competition is attempting to change this: the Cleantech Challenge Mexico 2012. Competing [...]

The documentary Waste Land follows the journey of artist Vik Muniz to his native Brazil in documenting the lives of a group of catadores – ‘self designated pickers of recyclable material’ – who had until this point existed unacknowledged by the society in which they live. [...]

Even if it’s not a conscious decision, part of the reason that local flea markets and vintage shops across the nation are able to stay afloat is that their patrons harbor a true appreciation for the aesthetic and craftsmanship of [...]

Of the endless amenities afforded to the burghal dwellers of New York City, green space is one that comes at a premium. Urban planners the world over are having to consider new paradigms of metropolitan environmental integration. Two entrepreneurial architects [...]

Abu Dhabi is looking towards the future. Situated in the crossroads of three major continents this small island capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is considered as one of the fastest growing in the world today. A rich investment [...]

Nowhere in the world is the importance of the relationship between humans and their environment more visible than in Japan today. The power of nature is not to be underestimated: the strongest earthquake ever recorded and a monster tsunami reminded [...]

Just over a week ago, I was returning to my loft in Red Hook and looked up to see a massive tornado looming only a few hundred meters away. I sprinted to the lobby just seconds before it struck, felling [...]