NEC and Soundpower recently debuted a prototype remote that operates without batteries.

Using only discarded materials found within a one block radius of their office, Antoine Morris and David Long built “The Mobile Office” – a self contained work/live environment.

Design studio RYAN HARC has proposed that aluminum Coca-Cola cans should go paint-less to cut down on energy and material usage.

Nuru helps train communities to build and maintain local infrastructures.

Barcelona is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Eixample extention with a special time capsule.

Kris Kuksi weaves together strange looking pieces out of old toys, statues, mechanical parts and other discarded detritus.

The Water Consciousness Bag raises awareness of water shortages in Northwest China.

Ady Gil is the latest weapon against illegal whaling.

Actions Speak Loudest: Keeping Our Promise for a Better World, a new book by Robert McKinnon inspires us to keep a generational promise to leave the world a better place than we inherited.

Refinity dresses consist of interlocking parts which can be added or taken away from a garment, allowing users to alter it’s design on demand.

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have created a strain of bacteria that glows green when in the presence of explosives.

PSFK caught up with Hiromi Matsubara at our recent Good Ideas in Pure Living event in Tokyo.

One neighborhood in Lima, Peru has found an ingenious solution to their water shortage.

A new paper-strip can test for pesticides in minutes rather than hours by means of an easy-to-read color-change.

Designer Paul Sandip’s work combines eco-sensitivity with a refined simplicity.