Neville Mars' Solar Forest is a shady parking lot that generates energy for your plug-in EV!

Featured at the Milan Furniture Fair, this beautiful biodegradable moss planter by Makoto Azuma creates an indoor glade in the heart of your home.

Toby Sanders' beach ball lamps and other wonderful things from the 2009 Milan Designersblock show

This lovely living lawn chaise by Deger Cengiz was recently unveiled at NYC's Best Seats on Broadway exhibit

The Pyramid Farm is an incredible concept for the future of agriculture envisioned by professors Eric Ellingsen and Dickson Despommier.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently unveiled the first of 1,100 solar powered bus shelters that will be installed throughout the city between now and 2013.

Mazda's new Kiyora vehicle features a liquid display system, slick curves and solar panels, and is also capable of capturing and purifying rain as it falls from the sky.

RCA student Dominic Hargreaves has created the Contortionist, a folding bike that rolls up to the very width of its wheels.

LA recently received a gorgeous green roof and urban garden designed by SCI-arc professor and architect Alexis Rochas

Binary Design Studio has a knack for creating beautiful desert architecture. Their innovative modern designs are based upon research into two unlikely sources: desert plants and prehistoric dwellings.

Why choose between solar power and wind turbines when you can have both? That's the approach behind this sleek hybrid wind/solar street lamp recently unveiled by Urban Green Energy.

Lofted high above the trees, Mathier Collos’ conceptual EcoCoon retreats are outfitted with an array of sustainable features including rainwater collection, a greywater system, and biomass heating.

Designed by Distill Studio, "Box Office" is a stunning piece of shipping container architecture that broke ground in Providence, Rhode Island this week.

Ecosystems just debuted a new table at BKLYN Designs that transforms into a bench with a simple swipe of a credit card.

Joseph Bellamo Home Arc is a curvaceous modular prefab home modeled on a bicycle rack.

These sustainably-built bamboo butterfly huts were designed by humanitarian design organization TYIN Tegnestue to provide housing for 24 orphans in Thailand

Think your Prius gets good mileage? The SAHIMO racer tops out at an incredible 568km / liter!

Buenos Aires-based sustainable design studio Minimahuella gives the simple bulb a second chance at life as a subtle reminder of what a difference small household choices can make.

Ofis Arhitekti just finished work on this beautiful modern reinterpretation of a classic alpine Chalet.

SOM Architects recently completed construction on their incredible Oakland Cathedral! The stunning structure makes beautiful use of glass, fly ash concrete, and fsc-certified wood, but most impressive is the incredible use of natural light.

Rather than serving simply to block the sun’s rays, these hi-tech blinds feature sun-soaking solar panels that store energy during the day and illuminate your interiors at night.

Paul Villinski's Emergency Response Studio is a totally self-sufficient traveling artist studio outfitted with solar panels, a wind turbine, non-toxic furnishings, and plenty of space to create.

Aerodynamic Eco-capsule, part gypsy wagon, part RV trailer, Nice Architect's Rolling Stone mobile home is compact, environmentally friendly materials, self-sufficient in terms of energy, water and waste.

Jenga, anyone? Axis Mundi architects recently unveiled an incredible alternative design for New York's MoMA tower that takes the form a city block stacked vertically.

Tom Raffield's gorgeous Ash Pendant lamps feature a delicate steam-bent shade constructed entirely from locally sourced strips of FSC-certified English Ash.

Mazda's all-electric KAAN concept vehicle defines the future of racing. The emission-free vehicle sports a sleek aerodynamic profile and is is propelled by an electro conductive polymer embedded in roadways.

Anara Tower is the latest supermassive skyscraper to be proposed for Dubai - an ambitious project crowned with an eye-catching propeller-shaped peak. by atkins design studio

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's plans to renovate New York's Governor's Island into an incredible eco park interlaced with waterways, aquariums, and paths for complimentary bikes.

Designed by Aora Solar, the world's first hybrid solar power plant is set to go online next week - shaped like a giant tulip.

The British Steam Car just shattered the world record for a steam driven vehicle by hitting an average speed of 139.843mph!

The Strømer, is an interactive LED display wall that weaves a wonderful mixture of art, energy-efficiency and play into the fabric of daily existence.

Jorge Graca Costa's DT House is a perfect example of how smart, energy-efficient design principles can be applied practically,and beautifully.

The good folks at GE recently unveiled the world's first OLED Christmas tree.

Stuents at Delft University recently revealed the Nuna5, a solar powered race car set to streak across the Australian outback for this year's World Solar Challenge.

Graft Labs' proposal for Bird Island is a zero-energy home that sways with the breeze thanks to its bamboo and high-tech fabric construction.

The world's first commercial wave farm recently went live off the coast of Portugal. Designed by Pelamis Wave Power, the farm employs three snakelike Energy Converters to generate 2.25 MW of electricity - enough for 1,500 homes.

Since they are constantly exposed to the sun, solar power satellites could provide the earth with a continuous stream of 5-10 gigawatts of energy each.

Seedbombs are plant-loaded projectiles designed to be dropped out of planes to help slow the spread of desertification around the world.

The city of Wembley, England recently approved the spiraling solar-powered student housing tower.

Ushida Findlay's stunning Park Houses incorporate sustainable elements such as solar power, extensive use of natural light, and locally-sourced materials, but their defining element is certainly the undulating green roof that links five homes into a single family.

This bright and beautiful Chestnut House by LPA Architects is a gorgeous example of energy efficient green architecture .

New York City will soon be updating its streetlamps with new super-efficient LED units that stand to reduce the city's power usage by 25-30 percent.

This beautiful leaf-shaped house was designed by Mareines + Patalano in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Studio Monte Rosa alpine retreat calls to mind classic James Bond architecture, complete with a futuristic design, advanced building technology, and killer views of the Matterhorn.

The Waterpod is a futuristic floating eco-habitat that makes extensive use of renewable energy and recycled materials.

BKLYN Designs features some incredible local designers that use locally-sourced materials, sustainable production methods, and high-quality hand-craftsmanship.