Can Crusher is the first mobile game APP that educates kids about recycling in a way that encourages them to go faster and learn how much they just made by crushing cans and how much of an impact they can have in preserving our planet.

A renewable energy company has proposed what it says would be the largest offshore wind farm in the United States: a 200-turbine, 1,000-megawatt project off the coast of Rhode Island that would provide power to multiple states along the East Coast.

This Saturday, the first Nissan Leaf will be delivered to an individual living in Redwood City, California. What happens then is up to you – and to California. This is a truly historic moment.

Greenie parents know all too well that diaper disposal is no bed of roses. According to Knowaste, a company that transforms plastic from disposable diapers into new roofing products, the average baby goes through 6,000 diapers during its childhood. That’s a lot of plastic and – ahem – organic waste.

Unlike old piecemeal forest-protection efforts, REDD is a global effort with standards, monitoring and a pay-for-results system that would give people incentives to leave their forests standing and to keep from emitting more carbon into the atmosphere.

Give greener this year by gifting goods that will help the lucky ones on your holiday list save energy and money in the months to come. Take a closer look at five of our favorites below.

It's a rechargeable world. Between tablets, electric cars, and the ubiquity of cell phones, batteries threaten to supplant paper, oil, and copper wire. The worldwide market is expected to grow from $36 billion in 2008 to $51 billion by 2013 -- and nearly $10 billion in the United States alone.