QSun wearable nags you about putting on your sunscreen
Sunshine is wonderful, but you can have too much of a good thing. This device measures it.
Can you unplug for 24 hours? Join National Day of Unplugging 2018 at sundown tonight
In our hyperconnected and always-on culture, stepping away from our gadgets for one day can be a move in the right direction for slowing down and connecting with people, not screens.
Automated hydroponic gardens help you grow fresh produce indoor year-round
Grow some of your own greens, veggies, and herbs indoors with one of these automated hydroponic growing systems.
7 smart methods to remember most everything
Alarms, notifications, and digital lists can only go so far; instead, use these tricks and your own brain power to learn things by heart.
Solar powered supercapacitor produces hydrogen fuel and electricity
The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future.
Your new indoor garden could be a tree -- a Living Farming Tree, that is
This aeroponic indoor gardening system from the Italian startup Hexagro is modular, scalable, and automated.
This super-bright LED strap light is ridiculously useful (Review)
Personal lighting just took a huge leap forward with the Kogalla RA.
Johns Hopkins sets record for drone blood delivery flight
The new study shows that drones can handle longer aid delivery trips than previously thought.
8 helpful apps for hurricanes
From tracking and data to emergency walkie-talkie capabilities and where to find gas, these apps can help weather the storm.
Massive Norwegian data center will be fully powered by renewable energy
The data center will be the largest in the world.
Robotic eel tracks down pollution in lakes
The modular robot could swim through bodies of water to detect and find the source of pollutants.
Device that harvests energy from human motion could be seamlessly integrated into clothing
The device is so thin it could be woven into fabric without changing the feel of it.
Turn your car into your office with a Skype-equipped BMW
This truly is just what we needed.
Greenpeace tech product guide ranks Apple, Samsung low on repairability
A consumer product guide compiled along with iFixit shows which brands make it easy to fix our gadgets and which don't.
Flexible device harvests body heat to power wearable electronics
The material can also heal itself to keep medical devices running indefinitely.
Go ahead and AVA Byte of fresh produce from this countertop garden
This soil-free smart garden promises fresh greens and veggies that are grown as local as it gets.
Miracle material could eliminate cracked smartphone screens
The material could also one day charge our devices.
Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?
He says it is all part of the grand plan and we shouldn't worry.
Supermarket cuts emissions 53%, offsets rest
This is how to do climate action the right way.
Sorry, Trump. US coal plant retirements second highest ever
2018 was not a good year for those fighting the war against the war against coal.
Spanish lawmakers aim for 90% carbon cuts by 2050
By 2030, 70% of the country's electricity could come from renewables.
Whatever happened to Jimmy Carter's solar panels: The sequel
Instead of an exciting adventure, we got a road not taken.
Low-Tech Magazine switches to a low-tech, low carbon website
Blogging like it's 1999 might make sense for a lot of people.
Solar road in France generates half the power expected
I am sorry, they are a dumb idea, and the data prove it.
What the media missed in its coverage of California's energy code changes
Mandatory solar panels are not the biggest deal here.
UK hotel chain promises solar on 70 more locations
Even with falling subsidies, solar still makes sense.
California feeds the duck with mandatory solar panels on new houses
Fortunately, that's not the only change in their building regulations.
For first time ever, solar dominates UK power supply
These spikes might be intermittent. But they are getting bigger and more frequent.
Sawmill House by Olson Kundig wins COTE award for "design and sustainability"
I get the design part, but is it really sustainable?
Crazy-looking eco development powers 10% of the island of Tenerife
It would be hard to find a cooler looking vacation home than one of these cabins...
Monbiot: We have to phase cars out within ten years
"Let’s abandon this disastrous experiment."
It's time to free ourselves from our "thrall to the metal god"
George Monbiot on how electric vehicles are not the answer.
Do electric cars generate as much particulate pollution as gas and diesel powered cars?
No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.
Monbiot: We’re on the verge of carmageddon
Actually, we have been down this road before...
George Monbiot on Junk Science, Rational Thought, and The Tragedy of Giving Up Nuclear (Podcast)
The Guardian's George Monbiot talks about climate deniers, junk science, and the need for nuclear.
Are We Drowning in Dystopias?
Images via Cop15 opening film 'Please Help The World' This is the first in a series of guest posts by journalist and climate change communications strategist Ella Saltmarshe When we think about the future of the world, it's mostly bad. I'm not sure when
Let's Do The Time Warp Again: Monbiot and May vs Lomberg and Lawson
It is the battle of the M&Ms; vs the L&Ls; the Munk debate in Toronto about the statement "Climate change is mankind's defining crisis, and demands a commensurate international response" with Bjorn Lomberg and Nigel Lawson duking it out
Monbiot: Canada's Image in Tatters
Since the Viet Nam war, Canadians (and some Americans) have been sewing Canadian flag patches on their backpacks when they travel to distinguish themselves from their neighbours. But they will be ripping them off soon, as the country becomes an
Plane Food Café Delivers the Joys of Flying Without The CO2
George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has
George Monbiot Says "Don't Blame the Fatties"
Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change, which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a
EvanEco goes to the Carnival, Monbiot on Biochar, Accidental Eco Maniac Highlights Women + Water, and More
EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant
Survey: Is There Room in the Environmental Movement for "Non-Scientific" Causes?
George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room
Monbiot: Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine Shouldn't Mix
Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to
Quote of the Day: George Monbiot on Handouts Resprayed Green
In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George
Monbiot on Theft of our Past, Kunstler on our Future
The American public is deathly afraid of the kind of changes we actually face -- such as, the end of consumer culture, the gross loss of value in suburban real estate (which
Biofuels Cannot Be Called Sustainable in UK Advert: Board Upholds George Monbiot's Complaint
The debate over the true ecological sustainability of biofuels, the effects on global food prices, and their oft-heard claims of carbon-neutrality has been played out on TreeHugger in great detail. Adding a new
Another Quote of the Day: Two Views on Polar Bears
In his erudite analysis of the global warming issue, Don Blankenship of Massey Coal expressed his opinion about the future of polar bears:
George Monbiot Is a "Fructivist"
A lot of people have called George Monbiot a lot worse, but he calls himself a fructivist, which is not defined in any online dictionaries, but appears to derive from the latin fructificare or fructus, meaning fruit. He calls himself obsessed with
Final words from Be The Change 2007
The Be The Change conference last week was chock-a-block full of fascinating speakers, enlightening information and inspiring actions. So far we've shared George Monbiot and Richard Reed's presentations and Drew Dellinger's poetry. We're just sorry we
George Monbiot: "We Need 100% Cut in Carbon Emissions"
George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2