Adding bacteria can improve the compressive strength and tensile splitting strength of concrete.

A ‘superworm’ with an appetite for polystyrene could be the key to plastic recycling on a mass scale.

UK scientists have been using blue-green algae to power a small computer chip continuously for a year using just ambient light and water.

Perth teenager fixes discarded technology from a house his family has turned into a community hub.

A new enzyme variant created can break down plastics that typically take centuries to degrade in just a matter of hours to days.

In eastern Rwanda, more and more charcoal burners are turning away from tree cutting and embracing beekeeping.

The 2019–2020 bushfires saw the koala declared as endangered across most of eastern Australia. Now, cultural burns may help save them.

Two-thirds of Brits say they enjoy the mood boost they get when doing something environmentally conscious.

The University of Newcastle’s new Q Building has been certified with the first and highest possible Six Green Star in regional NSW.

Young entrepreneur in Sierra Leone swaps wood-based charcoal for a substitute made from coconut scraps to help save forests.

One school in Mount Gambier, South Australia, wants to be zero waste by 2025 and off-grid by 2030. This is what they’re doing with plastic.

Residents of Colombia’s capital Bogota see their ideas directly added to plans to redesign a 23-km, car-choked major thoroughfare.

Recycling plastic usually means turning the waste into new plastic. But what if it could be turned back into the oil from which it was made?

When a high school class noticed an urban design flaw in need of a fix — and no one would fix it — they decided to do something about it.

The black redstart is one of Britain’s rarest birds. Thanks to rewinding, they are returning to London, including the heart of the city.

The Tyre Collective wants to capture microplastic pollutants as they fly off the wheel as we drive.

From a metro station in Paris to a large shopping mall in the US, human body heat is being tapped to provide warmth in the depths of winter.

Amboseli National Park in Kenya is experiencing something of an elephant baby boom.

People in the US state of Vermont can no longer simply toss their food waste in the landfill garbage bin.

In Beijing, China, there’s a tower that sucks up smog, turns it into clean air, and turns the smog particles into diamonds.