
Outdoor adventures in Hot Springs, Arkansas
If you look at an aerial view of Hot Springs, Arkansas, you see a few rows of buildings squeezed in between wild,...

Old bathhouses get new life via NPS adaptive reuse program
After Rose Schweikhart, an avid homebrewer, settled in Hot Springs, Arkansas, she began to wonder if the mineral-rich...

Win a National Park tour for 2 from Inhabitat!
We’re all itching to get outdoors these days, and visiting National Parks is a safer travel option that allows...

From golf to gardens: Houston's new botanical garden opens
It's a loss for golfers but a big win for plant lovers. After decades in the planning stage, the Houston...

A quiet cabin and outdoor adventures in Montana's Seeley-Swan Valley
As Andy Aldeen strides across his Montana land, a can of bear spray stuffed in his back shorts pocket, you’d...

Palau is pioneering a new model of sustainable tourism
In partnership with Sustainable Travel International and Slow Food, the Palau Bureau of Tourism has launched a...

How Everland is changing the eco-retreat scene
Imagine a place full of cutting-edge art, gorgeous community spaces, comfortable accommodations for everyone in...

Sustainability for York National Railway Museum Central Hall
London-based architecture practice Feilden Fowles has won an international design competition to create...

Northern China’s largest bamboo pavilion covers nearly half an acre
After years of building bamboo houses across rural China, Italian architect Mauricio Cardenas Laverde completed...

PAU unveils carbon-neutral Sunnyside Yard masterplan in NYC
Global architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has revealed a masterplan for transforming...

Rooftop farm grows on award-winning Denizen Bushwick building
After five years of design and construction, ODA New York has completed Denizen Bushwick, a 1.2-million-square-foot...

LEED Platinum-targeted Santa Monica apartments are powered by solar energy
Los Angeles-based design practice KFA Architecture has recently completed Pico Eleven, a new multi-unit residential...

New tiny home for glamping on Governors Island offers guests the best views of NYC
Finding a little serenity in NYC is never an easy feat and often requires New Yorkers to head outside of the city...

Your eco-friendly travel guide for New York City
It’s easy to get caught up in New York’s frenetic energy. If you’re there as a tourist, the checklist of...

Save the Duck introduces new winter line of outerwear
When you’re wearing clothing made from fur or leather, it’s hard to ignore the fact that it comes from an animal,...

Disney’s American parks will now offer hundreds of vegan menu items
The “Happiest Place” on Earth will begin adding hundreds of plant-based dishes. The rollout will begin this...

Central Park to undergo $150M LEED Gold-targeted redesign
To cap the Central Park Conservancy’s 40-year renewal of Central Park, the nonprofit has unveiled designs to...

Tribute in Light endangers migrating birds
New York City’s annual September 11 Tribute in Light seeks to console a still-damaged city and commemorate those...

7 sustainable travel experiences to have this summer as an ecotourist
Planning an international trip can be pretty overwhelming as it is, but it can be even harder for eco-friendly...

New York Botanical Garden's new artist residencies connect people with plants
Despite its irrefutable success — founded in 1891 and now receiving one million visitors a year — the New York...

Green roofs to take over NYC skyline — by law
Moments before Earth Day, New York City passed a major Climate Mobilization Act with new regulations for reducing...

New York City passes landmark bill to cut carbon emissions of big buildings by 80%
New York City just passed a landmark bill to cut carbon emissions. City council members overwhelming voted in favor...

China closes Mount Everest base camp after overwhelming trash problem reports
China is taking steps to clean up Mount Everest amid growing concerns about trash accumulation. The base camp at...

In China, a billion cockroaches are leading the fight against food waste
Warning: This story could make your skin crawl. As China’s cities continue to grow at a rapid pace, problems...

China plans to launch the world's first 'artificial moon'
A private aerospace institute in China has announced its ambitious plan to launch an "artificial moon" into stationary...

British Fashion Council commits to a fur-free London Fashion Week
London Fashion Week (LFW) will be the first event of its kind to go fur free. The British Fashion Council just...

The Kind Lab creates greener toothpaste that doesn't come in a tube
A tube of toothpaste is not the easiest thing to recycle. But what if you didn’t have to worry about recycling...

Shanxi combats air pollution in China with smog curbs to 2020
Shanxi province is China's primary coal mining hub and a major industrial manufacturing region. The province is...

UN Environment and Yale present a sustainable tiny home in NYC
U.N. Environment and Yale University’s School of Architecture has unveiled an innovative tiny home that explores...

Go glamping with views of the Statue of Liberty on NYC’s Governors Island
A new glamping destination has popped up in an unlikely location — a 172-acre island just across the river from...