EcoChic Design Award Challenges Chinese Fashion Designers to Face Local Problems
The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.
Can a smart vent system keep you comfy?
Alea Labs is introducing the "smart vent 2.0", which again raises the questions we had about Smart Vent 1.0.
Smart Home technology won't save energy; it wastes it.
A new study claims that energy efficiency is driving the Smart Home market, but in fact every bit of smart tech is a little vampire.
Life with a Sense home energy monitor: More devices, real savings
I knew that real-time data on our energy use would be interesting. But I wasn't sure how much it would actually save us.
High-performance #TinyLab house is the "Tesla of tiny houses" (Video)
This home for a family of three and two cats has been built with efficiency, comfort and health in mind.
6 ideas for organizing your life this fall
Who says you have to wait till New Year's to make a fresh start? No time's better than back-to-school season.
Sengled Element system offers app-controlled dimmable & tunable LED lighting (Review)
In which I try out a smart lighting system in my dumb home.
The Aquanta smart water-heater controller is not a dumb idea for saving energy
It learns your usage patterns but can do a lot more.
Man builds solar-powered, app-controlled micro-home with "zombie mode" (Video)
It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.
Next-gen smart sprinkler controller from Rachio integrates with Amazon Echo
Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.
Qube offers 'world's most affordable' smart LED lightbulb for $19
This WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled smart bulb features plug-and-play functionality, doesn't require a central smart home hub, and is designed to last for "up to 50,000 hours."
15-year-old invents smart microwave that heats foods to their perfect temperature
The teen has been building the DIY microwave, hoping to solve many cooking problems with one device.
The Grove is a smart indoor garden that lets you grow lettuce year round
The fully automated aquaponics system grows lettuces, herbs and small fruits right in your kitchen.
Chicago power company aims for 1 million smart thermostats by 2020
Not only will this save home owners money, but it will also allow utilities to manage demand during peak times.
When smart devices jump the shark: An 'intelligent device' for your garbage can
And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.
Simple device turns your ordinary home into a smart home
The device monitors the energy use of all the power loads in your house.
Peak Copper is back, thanks to Teslas and smart tech
It takes a lot of metal to make this stuff.
Are we approaching Peak Oil Demand? Not if the oil industry can help it
Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.
Sooner than you think? A prediction that electric cars will cause the next oil crisis
It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.
Have we reached Peak Curtains? IKEA's head of sustainability thinks so.
We have lots of stuff, it's just unevenly distributed.
Does Peak Helium Mean We Should Stop With The Big Balloons Already?
We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.
Whatever happened to "Peak Car"?
It seems to be following the same path as Peak Oil, and happy days are here again.
Rap News video presents our energy crises, global warming denial, Elon Musk on Mars, and our #1 energy solution
This rapper nails it, imho.
The Oil Drum reaches peak content
The Oil Drum is a website published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a non-profit that conducts research and educates the public about energy issues and their impact on society.
Rob Hopkins on The Power of Just Doing Stuff
The founder of the Transition Movment is out with another book. This time, he takes a global look at how grassroots community efforts may provide a blueprint for systemic, cultural change.
Is The Post-Fossil Fuel Economy Already Emerging?
Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.
Did Peak Oil Doomers Fixate On a False Scenario?
The problem is not too little oil, says a new IEA report, it's too much oil. And it illustrates why activists should not presume to know the future.
Richard Heinberg's Tiny Fibonacci Studio
Author, activist and post-carbon rabble rouser Richard Heinberg is also a dabbler in green building. Take a tour of his tiny hand-built backyard studio.
Can a Bike-Powered Blender Really Change the World?
Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.
Neither Pessimism Nor Optimism Is Relevant for Greens, But Determination Is
Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.
Is Peak Oil Really a Thing of the Past?
George Monbiot claims that peak oil is no longer a major concern. Is he right?
Why There's No New Coal When Reserves Run Out & How That Could Help Biofuels
New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions.
One Graphic Even a Republican SuperPAC Ad Will Have a Hard Time Spinning
Value of Fossil Fuel Exports By Fuel, 1949-2010
Panic Buying of Fuel Grips UK Motorists
Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister.
Sustainability Lessons from the Great Depression
A pioneer of peak oil community action sits down to talk with her mother about a previous crisis and how she survived it.
How an Abandoned Market Garden Was Occupied (Video)
A village that was threatened by the expansion of Heathrow Airport in London became home to a squatted community garden. Here's how it happened.
POSTPONED: Building Resilient Communities: Q&A With Transition Movement Founder Rob Hopkins
The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.
When Governments and Activists Say "Resilience", They Do Not Mean the Same Thing
Transition Towns founder Rob Hopkins sets out what Resilience 2.0 might look like.
Energy News Recap: Hurricanes Versus Wind Farms; Nuclear Power & Childhood Leukemia; More
Beyond the headline, a really great overview of how globalization may well be entirely reshaped by energy constraints, for the betterment of local economies in places where manufacturing has been outsourced for years.
Contest Time! The Crisis of Civilization Remix Challenge
The Crisis of Civilization explores our modern cultural crises by sampling archive film footage from PSAs. Now the makers are asking budding film makers to have a go themselves.
Transition Town to Plant 60,000 Trees
A community group plans massive tree planting effort to reforest one of Europe's least wooded areas.
Today is Boxing Day, a great idea that turned into wretched excess
Most of the english speaking world has the day off today, in what started as a tradition of helping and sharing, and ended up at the mall.
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!
Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, a mysterious holiday that Americans are either surprised to learn exists or assume is the same as theirs.
Stop the presses for Labor Day
The North American holiday actually has its roots in a newspaper strike in Toronto, a fight over toxic working conditions.
Photo of the Day: An Ice Climber Ascending the Shoestring Gully in New Hampshire
As the temperature drops in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, locals bundle up and get excited. While most wait for the first snow to cover the ski runs, others hold out for those first cold nights to freeze the area's waterfalls.
Ron Wallace is the 'Lord of the Gourd' with Record-Breaking Giant Pumpkin
How would you like to carve a Jack-o-lantern from one of these three record-breaking pumpkins from this weekend?
Real Bear Breaks Into Home to Rescue Stuffed Bear
Homeowner Mary Beth Parkinson came home to quite a surprise, a black bear had been rifling through her kitchen before it fled the house taking a stuffed toy bear with it. The bear had entered her home through an unlocked door, helped
Flip Side of Local - New Hampshire Sees Opportunity In Food Self-Sufficiency
University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -