With a 38,000 square foot green roof on city hall, Chicago is leading the way in being a genuinely eco-aware city. An active green business community combined with a progressive environmental department has led to a platform for leadership in...

Shoeaholics of the world may feel a little bit better in the coming months as Payless ShoeSource has just announced plans to launch a new line of eco-friendly, sustainable shoes. The shoes will utilize materials such as organic cottons, linen and...

It is functional. It is technologically advanced. It is beautiful. It is affordable. And it is absolutely green!

Pli Design Ltd, a sustainable furniture firm based in London, U.K., has come up with a practical solution to the increasingly common question of what to do with plastics from discarded consumer products.

Just in time for the Summer Olympics, China’s capital is moving forward to improve air quality and help preserve the Earth. This year’s Olympics have been branded as the “Green Olympics” and China...

Photo: Fabrizio Esposito Venezuelan designer Enrique Luis Sardi has teamed up with Italian coffee company Lavazza to create a master piece of green design: Cookie cup. First you drink the coffee, then you eat the cup! Brilliant. And perhaps many of us...

Today marks the last day of the Better World by Design Conference between Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University. This year, the conference has grown to 500 attendees from all over the globe. The event has brought together a global...

Image via www.thebarrierinsulation.com Did you know that in 2004 residential buildings in the United States used 21 percent of the nations energy consumption? The *2030 challenge demands that existing buildings reduce fossil-fuel dependence by 50...

The Buckminster Fuller Institute is currently accepting entries for the 2010 Challenge. The deadline is midnight, Eastern Time on October 30, 2009. Based on Buckminster Fuller’s intention: “to make the world work for 100% of humanity, in the...