Sculptor Patrick Dougherty's "Sortie de Cave / Free At Last" (2008) at the Jardin des Arts, Chateaubourg, France.

Katherine Hamnett's capsule beachwear collection for Yoox. Image credit: Karel Losenicky for Yoox

With global temps at an all-time high, we're in the middle of one hot summer.

Photo via Thomas Cheng

A picture is worth a thousand words. How can we grab people's attention, and get them to eat more local food? Yes, local food -- because it is healthier, slashes food's carbon footprint, and makes you savour the seasons again.

LEGO CNC milling machine & open source robotic arm. Image credit: Marta Malé-Alemany.

Meet George Jetson: (FAB)BOTS are robots or machines that fabricate structures and spatial formations for architecture.

As the BP oil spill moves from being a short and bloody battle to a long and drawn out war, frustrating news surfaced this week: 1) In an Alabama wildlife refuge affected by the spill, even possessing a camera is prohibited (video, after the jump); 2) BP apparently won't use peat moss to help clean up the oil because it won't be able to sell the oil afterwards.

Image courtesy of Ciel

Leading green fashion brand Ciel draws inspiration from the North Pole for their fall 2010 Arctic Knit Collection. Comprised of cool colors and warm neutral tones, their classic winter wear promises style, sustainability, and warmth come chilly weather.

It's been over a month since the $560-million oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded and sunk and vast quantities of oil are still leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, causing an environmental catastrophe of epic proportions. Yesterday morning U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told the media that BP's "top kill" effort has "stabilised the wellhead" and that pressure coming from the well is now "very low".

Costello Tagliapietra dress dyed with AirDye technology, fall 2010. Image courtesy of the Museum at FIT

Green fashion design has been going on a lot longer than you might think, though with much trial and error.

Photo by Tilo Nader (Primate Rescue and Research Center)/Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific

With thousands of species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation

From the release of the first underwater images and video monitoring the gushing oil leaks in the Gulf of Mexico to the news that Venezualan President Hugo Chavez used Twitter to announce the sinking of a natural gas platform off the coast of Venezuela, a lot happened this week in green. Residents of Concord, Massachusetts voted to ban the sale of all bottled water by next January, making it the first U.S.