Did you ever think that a 30,000 square-foot building could run on composting toilets and waterless urinals? Well, that's exactly what the C.K. Choi Building is doing.

TV 20 interviews Care2 about their entry into the Redbull flying contest! "We've got the scoop on a San Francisco Bay Area team putting an eco-twist on their Flutag entry!"

A US company has created a metal roof system that generates up to 120 kilowatts of electricity from sunlight while protecting the buildings from bad weather. They can withstand over 160 mph winds. Noted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.

Tree house fans, no matter how experienced (or not), can find hands-on information at the annual World Treehouse Association Conference. Michael Garnier, the owner of Out "N" About Treehouse Resort, holds this event every Columbus Day weekend.

Maybe not very recent, but worth reading: America's obesity epidemic and global warming might not seem to have much in common. But public health experts suggest people can attack them both by cutting calories and carbon dioxide at the same time.

Today's cutting edge colleges and universities have gone way beyond simple recycling to starting organic gardens and farms, installing green roofs and solar panels, treating wastes with "living machines" and offsetting all emissions.

Enabling people to make informed choices in their day to day lives

Sander DeVries and his brothers were complaining about junk mail a few years ago, but unlike complaints about the weather, they did decide to do something about it.

You want to be environmentally responsible, but in this profusion of greenery, how are you supposed to separate fact from fiction?

Cardboard coffins, clothes sewn from natural fibers, a burial plot in a natural setting. Green funerals attempt to be eco-friendly at every stage.