As more homes are built, a lot of once-permeable ground is being covered by concrete, asphalt, and other materials to create driveways. This increases stormwater runoff and can produce urban heat ...

When the salesman at a new residential development turned a garden hose on full force, the water disappeared into the driveway. Not one drop ran into the street, the gutter and eventually the ocean.

Twenty-two years ago in Carlsbad (San Diego County), a Swedish family headed by Jan Erik Jansson set up Soil Retention, a small company that produces a European cement block building system that ...

Twenty-two years ago in Carlsbad (San Diego County), a Swedish family headed by Jan Erik Jansson set up Soil Retention, a small company that produces a European cement block building system that ...