I know it may sound a bit nerdy and “anorak-y” but my partner and I like nothing more than spending a couple of hours away from our keyboards and miniscule home office to take our binoculars and digital cameras out and lurk around the woodlands and fens of rural Norfolk.

In 2008 Antonio Vigil of the University of New Mexico won first place in the recycling center category, for his interesting blend of programmatic elements built around the prominent sustainable theme of reduce, recycle, reuse. His recycling ...

Given my love of green technology and of airplanes, the Solar Impulse airplane is about the most awesome thing ever.

The Solar Impulse has the wingspan of an Airbus A340, but weighs only as much as a regular-size car. It's massive wings are covered by 12,000 solar cells, which convert the sun's energy to charge its batteries, which power the plane's 10-horsepower motors to spin its four propellers.