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In Copenhagen, Even Oil Companies Encourage Cycling with ‘Bicycle Care’ Stations

Photo: Mads Odgaard, via Copenhagenize

Clean & Repair Your Bike, Check Tire Pressure, Etc
Copenhagen is so bike-friendly (something that the rest of the world should definitely learn from) that even a giant oil company like Norway’s Statoil is trying…

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CTA Rail Car Transformed into Mobile Garden Wonderland

All photos: www.themobilegarden.org

The Mobile Garden is an idea we’ve loved for a couple years now, starting with concept of a rail car transformed into a park in Chicago. Now, the organization has taken the fun indoors, turning the interior of a r…

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Mexican Gray Wolves To Be Reintroduced Into The Wild In Mexico

Photo by contemplicity via Flickr CC

While grey wolf populations in the northern US still face persecution — from delisting from the Endangered Species List that is leading to court battles to a cull that could wipe out

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Renting Hybrid Cars Has Gotten Easier: 5 Models to Look Out For

Photo: igloowhite/Creative Commons

A bike or local public transportation may be the greenest way to get around, but sometimes even the biggest cargo bike can’t do everything.

Whether you want to see the countryside, have a ton of luggage, or are t…

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25 Artists, Dropped in the Arctic to Witness Climate Change, Respond (Slideshow)

Image credit: David Buckland

What happens when you drop artists in the Arctic to witness climate change first hand? They produce stunning work.

Between 2007 and 2009, the Cape Farewell Art & Science expeditions brought 25 artists to the high Arctic …

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