One more US city fully commits to transforming itself into a better place to live for all.

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.

Don't give up; Collective and individual actions can change the world.

The case is actually moving forward.

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.

A growing number of cities are getting serious about tackling the climate emergency.

Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

Climate action is about to get radical.

He's not exactly treating it like a crisis. But at least he's doing something...

Two weeks of climate action are starting on April 15.

Managing a sugar bush is a win-win situation for all involved.

It's a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of a body than burning or burying.

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.

We are never going to switch to electric cars in time to make a difference. That's why we have to get out of our cars and walk.

It's happening all over, and wood construction can make it even easier and faster.

It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.

We have never actually explained this in one post on TreeHugger. I am going to try.

Architects ignore it. "Heads of sustainability" ignore it. Critics have ignored it, but this may be changing.

It's a moving target and, like TreeHugger hero Chris Magwood, we are all learning on the job.

We have to reconsider what is "acceptable for how houses should look and feel."

Quebec architects propose a 48-storey tower in a forest, "a new relationship between humans and their natural habitat."

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.

Leed is for wimps; the Living Building Challenge really pushes the building envelope.

The future of green building depends on what comes out of our soil.

When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem.

It also can put people back to work and save our forests.

"This is our last chance to avert a climate disaster. We must act now."

How my thinking has evolved in the last decade

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

Perkins&Will's new Dallas office tries to do all three certification systems in one beautiful historic building.

The KISS principle applies to everything, including building design.

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.

It will start as a stand-alone course, but eventually be integrated into all subjects.

Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way.

If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years.

George Monbiot says you don't set targets in an emergency, you act.

"No justification can be possible for this nonsense."

One little trip can blow you right out of the water.

We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?

At TreeHugger, we like to keep things realistic, raise a skeptical eyebrow to potential vaporware, and to keep in check our giddy inner children that get sweaty palms when we see something like the VentureOne. After all, a bright idea, some capital, and

Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills

This month's issue of Wallpaper* magazine is dominated by the 2007 Design Directory, their hand-picked favorite architects and designers from the past year. Always the epitome of cool, the mag's slick picks

BMW has built the first of their Hydrogen 7 cars for public use, and handed the first set of keys over to US funny-man, Will Ferrell. 25 of the first 100 cars will be handed out to celebrities in order to promote their hydrogen cars in a predictable PR

Anticipation hangs palpably ahead of the Frankfurt International Motor Show: what will German engineers bring to the green table? After bucking the trend for several years in favor of the already well-established "clean diesel" technology, German car

The DIE Moto, the diesel-engined motorbike which we have covered before, has broken the land speed record for a diesel motorbike, with a speed of 130mph.

Duke Energy Corp. is reportedly discussing with BMW Manufacturing Co. the potential for building a solar energy plant at the car company's Spartanburg South Carolina USA facility. Well, isn't that a German sort of response to US government pressure?

During a recent interview, BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer revealed that the German automaker was considering bringing a battery-powered vehicle to the U.S. market by 2012 in an effort to meet more stringent

Despite the fact that Venice, CA seems to be the epicenter of SoCal's green lifestyle movement, the 24th annual Abbott Kinney Festival that took over the city's main drag on Sunday, September 28th was far from eco-friendly. After claiming last year