Build your own face mask and shield from a soda bottle
Industrial designer Mark Sanders shows us all how.
Farmers are buying old tractors and it is brilliant, here's why
Vintage tractors have become one of the hottest items at farm auctions – it's a trend that should be spread far and wide.
49 percent of fires in homes start in the kitchen
I know what I am shopping for this weekend: Fire extinguishers.
There is no such thing as 'carbon-free aluminum'
Apple just bought its first load of greener aluminum. But you cannot call it carbon-free.
Nobody has 3D printed a house in 24 hours
There is more to a house than just walls. Danish company COBOD tells the truth about it.
Smart modern milk box could solve the problem of porch pirates
The Danby Parcel Guard reduces the waste of stolen packages and multiple deliveries.
Reduce embodied carbon with hemp insulation batts from NatureFibres
They should rename the town of Asbestos after this stuff.
BuildingGreen top ten products of the year are not boring at all
I am beside myself with excitement over drywall and linoleum.
What lies beneath: The Spinnanker foundation works like a tree
Who needs concrete when this foundation design will take the load?
Halio electrochromic window goes from dark to clear in three minutes
This could be "a thermostat for the sun."
Why in the world would anyone want a computer-driven wooden nail gun?
Beck nails it again with the Automated Nailing Head.
Aluminum bottles are not "the greenest bottle"
Aluminum is replacing plastic to deceive "environmentally conscious consumers" into buying an equally damaging single use container.
FREITAG introduces S.W.A.P – a sort of Tinder for bags
I am not convinced this can work but I will give it a try.
What's the difference between all these laminated timbers?
We are in the middle of a mass timber construction revolution. What is everyone talking about here?
We got lots of great ideas from the space program; insulation isn't one of them
"Radiative barriers" may work well in space, but not so well down here.
LafargeHolcim is selling CO2-sucking cement for precast, reduces emissions by 70 percent
Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.
Is water in cans greener than water in bottles? No.
Bottled water companies are doing this because of public concerns about single use plastic.
Smart phones have replaced entire rooms worth of stuff
It's what we have called dematerialization, as all that is solid melts into apps
FREITAG introduces a "sweat-it-yourself" bag that is totally customized
Thought there wasn't enough variety? Now it is endless.
Minotair "Magic Box" heats, cools, ventilates and dehumidifies
Can one device to it all? Should it? Has its time finally come?
Jargon Watch: SVOCs, "the next challenge in indoor air quality"
Semi-Volatile Organic Compounds are in everything from your dust bunnies to your dental floss.
Carbontec radiant heating system is just .21mm thick
That's 0.0082677165 inches for Americans, and really thin in either unit.
Significant levels of formaldehyde found in British houses
But hey, what’s wrong with formaldehyde? It’s in our breath, our apples and our trees.
London's first Design Biennale has a utopian theme
London's Design Biennale wants to show how to make the world a better place...
The grass chair grows again
First seen in TreeHugger in 2006, the grass chair returns.
Buildings by superstar engineer Ove Arup in a new exhibition
You've heard of starchitects, well here's a super-star engineer: welcome to Ove Arup's world.
5 architectural pavilions at the Serpentine Gallery this year
Usually the Serpentine commissions one architect to create a building: this year it's five.
Chelsea Flower Show's smaller gardens are becoming more radical
The small gardens are new and innovative and changing the way we look at them.
Chelsea Flower Show is blossoming with new ideas and new designers
Change is growing this year with more women designers and lots of glorious blue flowers.
Following a family of Grizzly Bears in Greater Yellowstone Park
Can you bear to look at these intimate and frightening photos of grizzly bears.
Shade plants that will bloom right now
Here are a few shade plants that will add end-of-summer colour to your shady patches.
Shade plants that will grow in the trickiest spots
There is an art to shade gardening: keep it simple.
Disorder is the theme of this year's Prix Pictet Photo Competition
Bees, ivory poaching, and war are amongst the themes portrayed in this year's shortlist.
Psychedelic twisting tunnel is a new summer pavilion
This year's specially designed and built pavilion looks like a colourful worm on the ground.
Microchips lined with human cells are the winner of the Design of the Year contest
That's a switch: a product from the field of medicine has won a design prize.
Smaller gardens at Chelsea Flower Show have big ideas
Bigger isn't always better when it comes to life and gardens at Chelsea.
Chelsea Flower Show triumphs despite the rain
The rain on this year's show dampened the plants but not the spirits.
Stunning aerial shot wins Landscape Photographer of the Year Award
There are no trees in the winning shots, but it's still a stirring series of photos.
Wildlife Photograph of the Year is a pride of lions
Wildlife photography has been celebrated for 50 years now, and it's getting better and better.
Ten famous designers commission their wish list
What happens when ten famous designers get what they wished?
Hand carving a spoon, one a day, for a year.
What a way to master the arts of carving and design: one a day for a year.
Massive river bed installed in a Danish museum
Olafur Eliasson is back with another environmental project on a giant scale.
The Little Free Library flourishes in Toronto, Canada
It's a place to get and replace free books, and the architecture is local to each town.
Waiting for a bus at a special BUS stop in Baltimore
This celebration of buses makes a BUS stop a special place to meet.
Folding plant pot expands to fit your growing plants
Now that's handy: no more need for replanting.
Recycled beer cans become butterflies in this art work
What could be lovelier than a butterfly; even when it is made out of a can of beer.
Sneak preview of documentary about a man who planted a tropical forest singlehandedly
See this fascinating documentary about the dedicated man who created a forest the size of Central Park.
Big Bambu is a creation made out of 10,000 bamboo poles
Look what you can make out of bamboo poles and climbing rope in 23 days--if you are artists.