St. Augustine said "Solvitur Ambulando": It is solved by walking. So does Tom Vanderbilt in this great series in Slate.

Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy

Bogobrush is socially-minded, biodegradable toothbrush that gives back to the community.

One might think that promoting walking as an alternative to driving might be good for cities clogged with cars full of overweight people.

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.

If you thought the top market for electric car growth was somewhere in California, you'd be right many months out of the year, but not the 4th quarter of 2013.

Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl.

Things don't quite work as they are supposed to when people stand up.

Yumbii, an Atlanta-based food truck, adds a low emissions super food truck to its fleet. Check out its environmentally friendly features.

This loft-less tiny home makes quite a statement, both inside and out.

It is appalling that in much of America, they are considered a frill.

Forever is a very long time.

It is the first big city in the South to commit to being fully renewable energy powered.

It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and

More and more stores are getting rid of paper receipts and offering to send electronic versions by email.

A new study from the Breast Cancer Fund shows that BPA is found in canned foods marketed specifically to kids. This should be no surprise to TreeHugger readers; we have been talking about BPA lining cans for years. All

Just when I thought it would be fine to cook with canned tomato sauce - bis-Phenol A recently having been granted toxicology probation - emerges the possibility that BPA can make you obese. Ohhh wait - not

BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.

A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.

Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion

New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.

It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't.

Without a hint of irony, FDA maintains several web pages with helpful information for parents and others wishing to avoid BPA, such as: “What You Can Do to Minimize Your Infant’s Exposure to BPA.”

Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?

The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.

It seems that the only people who benefit from this rule change are the members of the American Chemistry Council who make BPA.

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.

Cartoonist Joe Mohr shows how the chemical might have affected the cartoon hero

A new study from the University of Illinois shows how chemical exposure early in life can alter stem cells and cause disease.

Researchers have found that lignin, a compound found in wood, could replace BPA in plastics.

Studies of humans, mice, monkeys, and sheep all point to the same scary conclusion -- that BPA wreaks havoc on the female reproductive system.

What's in that "polymer lining" in every can? A gender-bending hormone that may be really bad for you.

Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now.

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.

From one problem to the next...

A new report shines the light on a dirty little 'secret' of canned goods, which has little to do with the food itself, and everything to do with the coating in the can.

And that was after one week of avoiding foods that may have come into contact with the notorious hormone-disrupting chemical!

Nobody should be drinking canned beer. Period. But it is particularly bad for young women.

Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.

There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

A new bill in California would make digital receipts the default; here's why it's a big deal.

There is no place for you in a healthy, circular economy, and this is nothing to celebrate

The Aral Sea, Central Asia's most (in)famous body of water, has become a global symbol of environmental mismanagement. But at least one government in the region doesn't seem to have

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,

After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan, an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical

Locals in one region of the Australian Outback have been terrorized of late by a roaming band of feral camels. Drought conditions and a recent heat wave are being blamed for driving some 6,000 camels into residential areas near

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the