FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.

TreeHugger just keeps on having to eat its hat with these guys.

In a cruel twist of irony, some of the world's healthiest food – leafy greens – have become some of the riskiest in terms of foodborne illness.

Scientists find signs that the germ causing strep throat and flesh-eating disease may be moving closer to resistance to penicillin and other related antibiotics.

"People are visible Wednesday, June 6, 2007, on the beach in Dauphin Island, Ala., where a section of the $4 million protective sand berm was washed away by higher-than-usual tides over the weekend. An intact section of the berm can be seen in the

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

It's one thing to drive to the mall, but one fifth of Canadian shoppers are driving to another country. That's crazy.

We don't have a holiday Friday and Thanksgiving was weeks ago here. What's this all about?

It's the country's biggest architectural award and quite a few are TreeHugger friendly

Perhaps now our body clocks will get the attention they deserve.

This new loft adds extra space and an extra bedroom in an urban apartment in Brazil.

Chewy, salty, and impossible to stop eating, they're the next best thing to an actual trip to Brazil (especially when paired with a caipirinha).

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

A super minimalist mobile ice fishing hut consists of a wooden frame, some chicken wire and walls of ice, made on the spot.

What's the cutest tiny shed or building, best single family house, or best new furniture design? Vote on these and more.

Waste material from paper mills can be used to make a more environmentally-friendly brick.

An international team of researchers has created a new type of cement that uses these discarded items that is just as strong, but produces far less emissions.

Hurry, before the tomatoes set sail for the season, indulge in a big, beautiful Horiatiki salad.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.

Companies are in position to shift away from a linear towards a circular product economy that is at once regenerative and restorative.

Austria's Wörthersee football stadium is now thriving with life in an installation that is as beautiful as it is chilling.

They say it reduces CO2 emissions by 80 percent. Does it really?

They're using the Flashfood app to give customers steep discounts and divert food from landfill.

While the immense amount of rain and devastating floods that hit Colorado nearly two weeks ago were already tragic , they have also exposed a concern regarding the lax environmental regulations that allow the oil and gas industry to drill in flood zones.

New York judge throws the whole thing out, accusing lawyer of bribery and money laundering.

It's not only Tyson that's looking to hedge its bets with vegetarian meat and dairy analogs.

From making shoes out of marine debris to the Run For The Oceans global initiative, this dynamic partnership is tackling plastic pollution in a big way.

A piece of baby furniture that's designed to last longer by changing into other useful things as one's child grows.

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

A rare, early October blizzard has devastated the South Dakota rancher community, after as many as 100,000 head of cattle may have died following the October 3rd storm.

Because store-bought guacamole has too much packaging and potentially strange ingredients; and bad homemade guacamole is sad.

They show that the struggle is real, and you're not alone.

With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see.

Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.

Using solar stills to purify water isn't a new idea, but it's an effective one. And now new efforts are underway to use this old technology to help green the desert.

The iPod of thermostats gets updated with new energy saving features and increased functionality in its mobile apps.

The new technology would allow precise control over the transparency of windows and how much light is let in.

The largest grocery chain in the US will develop and implement a new plan to improve its protection of tropical forests.

Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Adam Werbach about coral bleaching and youth-powered activism in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green.

This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me

A biodegradable show for (almost) all occasions. A cradle to cradle design inspired by ancient Amazon inhabitants. Lightweight, compact and multi-use- it's up to you what you do with it as long as you make sure you compost it at the end of its life.

Using reclaimed wood and steel from old pig fences, this Dutch company makes exquisite tables, while recycling all byproducts into other useful goods -- cat litter, compost and alcohol..

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.