Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Plant-covered "living walls" are becoming increasingly popular, as they look nice, produce oxygen, and (when outdoors) help keep buildings cool. A relatively new one is claimed to be more ...

Fans of vertical gardens or green walls say governments should provide incentives for green initiatives as they save energy consumption by reducing heat in buildings. (Photo by John S ...

Rochester Institute of Technology and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) researchers received a patent for green wall technology that will provide craft breweries cost-effective ...

In spring of this year, Atlanta artist Yuzly Mathurin faced a rough stone wall two stories high overlooking an alley. Just as challenging as her canvas was the cultural context she wanted to capture: ...

SKIPPACK TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania -- When Sara Weaver and her husband bought their dream farmhouse in Skippack Township, Pennsylvania last fall, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. "I knew it was big.

On ancient stones and new barriers, computer screens and emergency exits. By Nicole Krauss Ms. Krauss is a writer. A long time ago, I read of a torture technique that a journalist heard was used by ...