Turbulent from Belgium has designed a vortex turbine, or whirlpool turbine, that uses the power of flowing water to generate energy for around 60 homes.

Thousands of people become homeless and lose everything during a natural disaster. Here are 8 innovative emergency shelter designs that could make all the difference in helping them recover.

Millions of sunflowers have been planted in radioactive areas to soak up toxins from the ground and brighten the hillside of Fukashima.

The most famous green roof of all time was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The gardens were documented as one of the seven wonders of the world at the time. Although similar to what a green roof ...

Colombian company Conceptos Plásticos recycles plastic into disaster-resistant building blocks families can use to easily build their own homes.

Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill spent over forty years (and counting) transforming an old cement factory into his dream home.

Magnetic levitation is an extremely efficient system for wind energy. Here’s how it works: the vertically oriented blades of the wind turbine are suspended in the air above the base of the ...

Let these earth houses inspire you to build your own affordable home from sustainable materials.

19 year old Boyan Slat has designed the Ocean Cleaup Array which could reduce the world’s oceanic garbage patches by removing 7,2500,000 tonnes from them.

Up To Good Energy set out to recycle the otherwise offcast products, knowing cascara offers a caffeine pop as well as antioxidants and other nutrients that are associated with improved brain ...

At the heart of Seoul lies one of the world's greatest urban design projects: the Cheonggyecheon River linear park.

The World is an archipelago of manmade islands in Dubai modeled after the seven continents - and it's sinking into the sea.