Clean modern lines, wood and metal supports ... one could almost imagine this being sold at your local contemporary furniture store for thousands of dollars. Except: that comfortable-looking lining threaded between the structural frame is an ordinary, eve

It's hard to believe that before the early 20th century, almost every city in the world was "car-free." Zoom ahead 100 years later, and you have to do some real digging to escape the army of cars now clogging the planet's roads and highways. Sure, there a

1. Sign the petition "Google, IBM and Microsoft should use their influence in Washington to help get a strong international climate deal in Copenhagen. They should also publicly rebuke the US Chamber of Commerce for its opposition to climate change le

Consumer Reports has found that major canned food companies including Campbell's Soup are using cans that leach Bisphenol A (BPA) into food. BPA is linked to many health risks including reproductive abnormalities, neurological effects, height

Where there is concrete, let there be colour; where there is asphalt, let there be kickass graffiti. The world's metropolises are grey enough places without a hard line stance against graffiti - and the good it can bring. Take Sao Paulo, whose sprawling m

The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a marsupial native to the forests and rainforests of eastern and northern Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. It was introduced to Tasmania and about 15 years ago to the United States. Sugar glider

Imagine an herb that's much sweeter than sugar, but almost calorie-free. Imagine that it does not cause the after-eating spike in blood sugar that aggravates diabetes. Imagine that it's actually good for you, reducing blood sugar and blood pressure, and b

Why be a friend to the trees? If nothing else, there's a little something I like to call survival. As you'll soon see, trees are essential to our species and many, many others. Sure, trees are fun to climb, to swing on, to picnic under, or to hug...but we

My best friend, Alex, was sixteen when she decided to stop eating meat. Her love of animals and her distaste for the sinewy feeling of meat between her teeth left her seeking vegetarian alternatives to her old steak and chicken staples. When she discovere

The Royal Canadian Geographical Society awarded National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis its top honor, the Gold Medal, at its 80th anniversary dinner in Ottawa last night. The anthropologist, ethnobotanist, writer, photographer, and lecturer