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Books we recommend about green and environmental issues. Great place to start learning how to be more green in your day to day life.

Argentine artist Marta Minujín has created a life-sized replica of the Parthenon using 100,000 banned books from around the world. The massive book art installation is a replica of the famous Greek temple where democracy...

President Donald Trump last week announced America would be exiting the Paris Agreement, but now it looks like his administration might be the only ones to leave...

Don’t be fooled by the perfect circular shape of this glowing installation in Bilbao. A closer look reveals that the seemingly solid plane is actually made from thousands of illuminated notebooks. Created by anonymous artist...

We've seen a number of tiny home constructions put to all sorts of good use, but this French nomadic library on wheels is très chic. Built by tiny home specialists La Maison Qui Chemine, the Librairie Itinérante (traveling...

Finding the perfect gift for the eco-conscious Mama in your life is a little more labor intensive than just running out for generic cards or super-market flowers at the last second...

Laramée, who has an extensive background in the arts, is best known for his topographical literary sculptures that take anywhere between days to months to complete...

Inaccurate food labeling is a rampant problem in America. That Kobe steak you ordered? Unless you're at one of three U.S. restaurants to whom Japan sells the rare beef, it's probably a cheaper cut. That white tuna sushi you...

I'm sure for many readers here, Philip Tetlock's famous studies of the predictions of experts need little introduction. His most famous finding - that specialists are considerably worse at making predictions than generalists...

‘Climate Change, What Everyone Needs to Know’ is the climate primer you’ve been waiting for

Susan Crockford has written a novel about people being eaten by polar bears. Here's what she has to say about it.

Miniature libraries, or book stations, are a whole different kind of library. Book lovers can hang out and read at their leisure, or borrow a book to return to any of the stations in the collection. The Public Collection...

Book and Bed is a low-key, unassuming space, which relies on minimalist design. It is, after all, intended to be a book lovers’ haven, where the printed page takes precedent over chic accoutrements. The lobby contains a...

What is the relationship between a building and its location, and what should that relationship be? Inhabitat writer, passive house consultant and author Andrew Michler tackles that question with his new book: [ours] Hyperlocalization...

For reading matter on my half-term trip away, I took Matt Ridley's latest book The Evolution of Everything. At nearly 400 pages long it's not a short book, but it turned out to be not nearly long enough to keep me occupied...

Chicago is one of the first America cities to reinvigorate the disappearing pastime of kicking back and reading a good book. Starting last week, the city’s L train became home to a moving library, offering a variety of...