Amanda Reed: Architect Michelle Kaufmann has launched a new set of prefab, zero-energy home designs called the "Zero Series." Worldchanging considers Kaufmann a friend -- we've also...

WorldChanging Team: Two US researchers have declared that solar electricity in their home state is now cheaper than next-generation nuclear power. Olivia Boyd looks at their study...

Joe Romm: Hope in a Prison of Despair, De Morgan (WikiMedia) Now that the prospects for comprehensive climate legislation with a carbon price and/or serious clean...

WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two, and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 Free Parking Isn't Free Seth Zeren discusses the vast impact parking spaces have...

Yale Environment 360: This is an example of a ecological restoration project. (Photo Credit: Dr. John Kanowski.) Restoring damaged rainforest is a more effective way of capturing...

WorldChanging Team: Erik Nicholson, National Vice President of United Farm Workers of America (UFWA), has worked extensively on helping farm workers and their families avoid the damages...

WorldChanging Team: Insects could be the key to meeting food needs of growing global population. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization is taking seriously the farming of...

WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two, and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 The Ruins of the Unsustainable: Searching For Answers to the Suburbs A classic...

Green Futures: by Martin Wright In a small farm on the hills above Nairobi, a slender woman in a flower-patterned headscarf is gently, politely shattering myths. Standing...

Amanda Reed: Bus rapid transit systems and "complete streets" are great. But to design urban transportation systems that are truly sustainable, we have to think much...

WorldChanging Team: As the Beijing-based Asia Environment Correspondent for The Guardian, Jonathan Watts has reported on environmental issues in China for several years. His new book, "When...

Jon Lebkowsky: Paul Robbins has been an environmental activist and consumer advocate since 1977. He has worked on many issues related to the environment, including clean energy,...

WorldChanging Team: Looking back five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2005 Future Democracy Jamais Cascio discusses Dale Carrico's concept of technoprogressivism and asks: "given the radical changes...

Amanda Reed: Ayllu (pronounced 'i-u') in media partnership with NextBillion has launched a new resource for tracking social enterprise projects globally: iuMAP. (iuMAP screenshot) According to Melissa...

Amanda Reed: Worldchanging contributor Geoff Manaugh of BLDG|BLOG has a great article up about the contemporary and future design possibilities of "sacred groves" at the Canadian Centre...

WorldChanging Team: Fly by night operation provides a detailed map of heat loss in Belgium. by Tim Varga (image via Terrapass) The quality of your home’s insulation...

WorldChanging Team: Looking back one, two and five years ago today on Worldchanging: 2009 World Bank Initiates Carbon Footprint Analysis Ben Block examines the hidden carbon footprint...

WorldChanging Team: by Russell Meddin Metroradruhr bike racks (via Bike-Sharing Blog) This summer brings a new regional bike-sharing system, Metroradruhr, to ten industrial Ruhr valley cities. Started...

WorldChanging Team: by Nadia Hosni Our progressive and environmentally aware neighbors across the pond have been peddling for years. Take Amsterdam for example, the city is known...

Green Futures: Research project to identify the best UK locations for biomass crops. by Roger East When and where is it really smart to use farmland for...