Cities & Planning

The housing debate is an ongoing one and will likely always polarize - but for me, buying property just makes no sense. Mind you, this is here in Germany, where some unique factors tip the scale - and also a few of my personal concerns that play a role here. So, let me showcase some neat little

A global study into urbanization's impact on white clover shows that the plant is evolving to survive alongside us in Puget Sound.

In the mid-1980s, to harvest sustainable energy Tasmania embarked on a massive hydroelectric dam project on the Pieman River. The area targeted to be turned into a lake held valuable timber, and loggers tried to harvest it before the dam's completion; but the inaccessibility of the site made for slow

Solar Energy UK says there is 7GW of 'shovel-ready' solar installations that have planning permission and authorisation to connect to the electricity grid, which would provide more energy than the Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor.

It’s raining again today, and we’re grateful. This will help put a damper on what was shaping up to be a terrifying early start of fire season. But the tiny amounts won’t make a d…

Welcome to Abandoned Rails, featuring maps, pictures and the history of former railway grades across the United States.

In its season debut, Civic Cocktail hosts a discussion with local historians and a futurist on what was and what will be in the Emerald City.

Shifting how we power our homes and devices is one relatively easy strategy for combating climate change.

The Netflix show Old Enough! offers a glimpse of an alternate reality.

Le Taxirail fonctionne sans conducteur, à l’hydrogène et à l'électricité. Il peut transporter jusqu’à 40 personnes à une vitesse maxi de 100 kms heure sur des petites distances. Un concept né dans les Côtes-d'Armor, à Plusquellec...

Just about anyone can build this A-Frame. I hope you give it a try, because it's true — with a couple friends, you can do it. But the simpli

These substances could help the airline industry decarbonize, but it's a complex topic. Here's all your burning questions, answered.

Climate emergency is forcing us to harness our ability to intervene in planetary processes and direct it at repairing the damage caused to the planet.

As extreme weather becomes more common, reliable heating and cooling may start coming from underground ‘geogrids.’

I will say this: most people won't habe use for the EcoFlow Delta Max, it's a very stupid purchase to anyone who thinks twice about whether they need one. However, to those of us who immediately hover over the purchase button because it allows us to do something we couldn't before, this thing is

I got shouted at for riding an e-bike today, after coming out of the store with three bags full of groceries, minding my own business. The guy in question was very agitated for some reason, and it was actually kind of hard to stay serious - even for the two or three minutes that it took me to load m

Seattle has a history of infuriating maps. For its relatively young age as an official municipality, the place has produced amazing blood-boiling cartography. Some maps are infuriating because they…

A return to the coachbuilding approach, enabled by EV platforms

Okinawa is a brutalist wonderland.

Hawaii has been a leader in sustainability, but its schools have lagged behind. Now, some are embracing passive design techniques to take advantage of the natural climate.

Vertical farming is a technologically advanced method of growing food indoors. Learn more about its benefits in this infographic. (Sponsored content.)

54 million acres of federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management aren’t meeting the agency’s own land-health standards.

It’s worth examining how the many, many “clean” crypto initiatives, currencies, blockchains, and marketplaces for non-fungible tokens actually stack up.