Dumpster Diva and activist artist C.Finley blends environmental action with unexpected beauty by wallpapering stark, brutal and overused dumpsters worldwide.

Have you seen this island? The creators are searching for the lushly vegetated floating sculpture after it was cut free during a U.K. festival in July.

The wealth of rare earth metals found in seafloor mud samples is a bounty with a bonus: refining these essential minerals uses environmentally friendly methods.

Plastics are a big environmental drain, but we depend on them for so much. This alternative is better for the Earth but would cost the same to produce.

Among the 42 sites considered for inscription on UNESCO's World Heritage List this June are 10 new natural properties deserving of appreciation and protection.

The town of Fudai escaped the March 11th tsunami nearly untouched despite widespread destruction - all thanks to an ugly, unwanted 51-foot-tall floodgate.

Some brave homeowners are fighting back against the rising Mississippi flood waters with homemade dams and levees made of dirt mounds.

After one California artist's fight with cancer, she decided to put her leftover medication to good use creating wonderful wearable works of art.

The massive Metropol Parasol opened in Seville, Spain recently: the product of four years of research, design and construction.

This trash sculpture was designed by a group of environmentalists to show just how out of control and downright scary our over-consumption problem is becoming.

Parts of the U.S. may be buried under unusual amounts of snow, but our snowfall pales in comparison to the 56-foot drifts found in parts of Japan every winter.

Russia's powerful PM, Vladimir Putin, has a softer side: in dozens of photo ops he displays a genuine affection for furred, finned and feathered creatures.

When a massive tornado leveled the small town of Greensburg KS, no one knew how the town would recover - until residents decided to go completely green.

Advertisers are getting clever - and sometimes controversial - in the ways they seek to focus public attention on environmental issues.

The recent red deluge of alkaline sludge in Hungary is only the latest in a long series of toxic floods that have destroyed land, lives and livelihoods.