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The Most Innovative Company 2012? You Decide

BY Fast Company Staff | 02-13-2012 | 11:44 AM | AMAZON

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are transformational firms, but if you had to pick, which one would you say is the most innovative? Take the quiz to find your answer, plus our picks for all 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2012. READ MORE›

Clean Up In Aisle 5: Lessons From Lowe's And KAYAK's Consumer Controversy

BY Lydia Dishman | 12-21-2011 | 4:58 PM | MANAGEMENT

Both companies yanked ads from The Learning Channel’s "All-American Muslim." That's when the trouble started. But all is not lost--companies and brands that want to avoid losing customers because of a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease can find their way back again.READ MORE›

Four Years In The Making, A Tough Cardboard Jug For Laundry Soap

BY Morgan Clendaniel | 08-23-2011 | 8:11 AM | JULIE CORBETT

Chances are, you've thrown out some plastic already today. And you're going to throw out a lot more. In fact, Americans generated 30 million tons of plastic waste in 2009. That's more than 12% of our total waste. Try as you might to ... READ MORE›

Photos Reveal The Shocking Beauty Of Earth's Destruction [Slideshow]

BY Belinda Lanks | 06-08-2011 | 10:57 AM | POWERHOUSE

Photographers have long trained their lenses on the atrocities of war, and even influenced the outcomes of few major battles. J Henry Fair is a member of that politically motivated tribe, though his focus is on the war we seem to be ... READ MORE›

A Gorgeous Passive House That Consumes Almost No Energy [Slideshow]

BY Belinda Lanks | 06-03-2011 | 5:51 PM | JAN THIESSEN

When we come across a compelling architectural project, we think about how to frame the story. Will it be about sustainability? About overcoming building regulations? Meeting the needs of a specific set of clients? Or just plain ... READ MORE›

Trove Launches "Wallpaper" Made From Powdered Stone

BY Belinda Lanks | 05-25-2011 | 3:41 PM | STONE GROUND

No trees were used in these wall-coverings. And no, they’re not made from toxic, off-gassing vinyl, either. Rather, these patterns were printed on a breakthrough material manufactured from eco-friendly powdered stone. Last ... READ MORE›

Ingenious Green: A Motorcycle Crate Becomes A Worktable After Shipping

BY Belinda Lanks | 05-20-2011 | 3:29 PM | PACKAGE

When Harley-Davidson shuttered Buell Motorcycles, it meant the end not only of a 26-year-old company but one of the most ingenious packaging concepts we’ve ever seen. The Crateable, a shipping crate that turns into a worktable, ... READ MORE›

X-Rays Of Origami Animals That Highlight Japan's Pollution Problem [Slideshow]

BY John Pavlus | 05-10-2011 | 5:04 PM | TAKAYUKI HORI

Cute animals are the first things any beginner learns to make. Japanese artist Takayuki Hori takes his origami menagerie one step further, by imagining his paper animals as victims of urban pollution and exposing their garbage-tainted ... READ MORE›

Could You Create a Brand That Celebrates Reuse Instead of Consumption?

BY Rick Barrack | 03-24-2011 | 11:33 PM | RICK BARRACK

Boy, do I remember my first car. Like the vast majority of Americans, it was used and it was crap. Reliable it was not; in fact, I can assure you that my first car was made out of metal, plastic, and betrayal. I was reminded ... READ MORE›

Want to Build a Better Biofuel? Talk to the Cow

BY EarthSky.org | 02-08-2011 | 4:27 PM | ETHONOMICS

Enzymes locked away in the stomachs of cows might help us manufacture biofuels more quickly and cheaply. That's according to a new paper in Science, published online today. I spoke to Dr. Eddy Rubin, one of the authors of ...READ MORE›

A "Life-Sized Lego Set" for Creating Self Sustaining Towns

BY John Pavlus | 02-07-2011 | 9:18 AM | REBUILDING SOCIETY

The farmer-engineers of Open Source Ecology are bringing high-tech savvy to the age-old pastoral dream. Their Global Village Construction Set project is an ongoing sustainable design experiment that aims to develop plans for the forty ... READ MORE›

California’s Coming Megastorm

BY EarthSky.org | 02-04-2011 | 1:53 PM | ETHONOMICS

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned in early 2011 that California would inevitably experience a winter megastorm--a big one. It might not happen this year, or next. But, based on California's history of storms in the past, another winter megastorm will happen sometime, these scientists say.READ MORE›

10 Wild Materials That Could Help Save the Earth [Slideshow]

BY Cliff Kuang | 02-03-2011 | 4:25 PM | MATERIAL OF THE YEAR

We take the stuff that makes up our world for granted. Plastic is plastic, right? And wood is wood? Absolutely not: Materials are still a hotbed of innovation, often involving ideas to help save the planet in imperceptible ways that ... READ MORE›

Infographic of the Day: Power Plant Will Blow Huge Smoke Rings From Chimney

BY Cliff Kuang | 02-02-2011 | 8:55 AM | SMOKE RING

Perhaps one of the most bedeviling things in the fight against carbon dioxide pollution is the fact that the gas is odorless and invisible. Everyday, we belch millions of tons of it into the air, but it doesn't feel like we're doing ... READ MORE›

Would You Drink Milk from a Papier-Mache Bottle?

BY TreeHugger Staff | 01-31-2011 | 2:44 PM | ETHONOMICS

An English inventor has come up with a sturdy papier-mache bottle that can be recycled or composted. So how does it work? READ MORE›

Surviving Life in Beta-Plus, Rename a Fast Company Column!

BY Anya Kamenetz | 01-31-2011 | 1:52 PM | MAGAZINE

This month inaugurates a new Fast Company column. The Big Idea is that it'll be about change and innovation, both the kind we initiate from within and the kind from without that we must adapt to. This is a little bit Ethonomics-y and ...READ MORE›

Universal Flu Vaccine Could Fight Pandemics For Up To Twenty Years

BY EarthSky.org | 01-27-2011 | 5:52 PM | ETHONOMICS

A universal flu vaccine – a vaccine that could last decades and offer protection against many different flu virus strains--is being developed. EarthSky spoke with Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute ...READ MORE›

Listening to Music Releases Same Brain Chemicals as Food, Drugs, Sex

BY EarthSky.org | 01-19-2011 | 2:00 PM | ETHONOMICS

Why do we love music so? A new study suggests it is because listening to music releases dopamine, the same brain chemical associated with food, drugs, and sex.READ MORE›

Singapore Bottling Wastewater To Battle Water Scarcity

BY TreeHugger Staff | 01-14-2011 | 6:52 PM | ETHONOMICS

Is bottled water slightly better if you're foregoing funneling remote mountain springs into plastic containers, and bottling recycled wastewater instead?READ MORE›

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Joins Buffett and Gates in "Giving Pledge"

BY Jenara Nerenberg | 12-09-2010 | 5:03 AM | ETHONOMICS

The 26-year-old paper billionaire says he will donate half of his wealth to charity.READ MORE›

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