The Timber Towers Project seeks to demonstrate the viability of a mass timber high-rise.

This is the future of building, and it works. Get used to it.

This architect converted a shipping container to accommodate an expanding office.

Doug Ford, now leading in the polls, wants to open up more of it for development.

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.

It's being killed the name of "convenience."

Awamaki Lab's fashion-forward collection successfully pairs Peruvian textiles with modern styles.

Three new private preserves have opened in Peru to buffer existing national parks. Is this the sign of a new trend?

Peru continues to approve oil and gas projects despite previous exploration leading to the death of half the Nahua tribe.

A skeleton of the bizarre land-walking whale provides answers about how whales first spread around the world.

Ice cream lovers aren't happy to learn they're licking glyphosate on hot summer days.

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.

From ribs and onions to chips and corn, these barbecue-friendly foods can be unfriendly to dogs and cats.

And when you get to the top of this, you deserve a treat.

Why go diagonally when you can go straight up?

Sometimes you wonder what they were thinking.

These incredible images sent back by the Juno spacecraft gives us a detailed look at Jupiter.

This month's Full Buck blood moon will star in the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.

An astronaut-eye's view of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station shows why everyone is kind of freaking out.

For billions of years, a tiny moon has been slyly orbiting the ice giant – now the little lovely has a poetic name, as well as a surprisingly violent backstory.

Hubble's image of Messier 3 reveals what astronomers say is one of the prettiest "globular clusters" in the universe.

Just float the device in a river or stream and soon enough you'll have enough juice to charge a smartphone, GPS or other device.

A mix of wind, solar and hydro power could replace fossil fuels in every country in the world.

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof.

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.

The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects.

These photos reveal the horror of our disposable, consumerist culture and how it's ruining the most beautiful places on Earth.

A new wearable sensor technology that measures things like stance and force for sports also has the potential to harvest energy from waves, machinery or human movement.

A new technology developed by Korean researchers uses ultra-thin, flexible materials to generate electricity from body heat.

Nanotechnology breakthroughs have lead to a successful prototype of a device that could charge your cell phone with ambient noise or the conversations of users.

This quick project makes a useful emergency flashlight while recycling your leftover cardboard.

Walking and other gentle movements could power the next generation of devices.

Could this be even more encouraging than a FitBit to get up and walk around?

It goes from bland plastic to a thing of beauty.

Studio Schneemann, together with the Kenyan initiative Uniqueco, collect and turn wasted flip flops from the beach into colourful and squichy furniture and lighting.

An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.

A public memorial ceremony will be held in NYC for Wangari Maathai on November 14.

It was shot from "sea to summit" in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, one of the most dynamic landscapes on Earth.

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!

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And a really nice solar decathlon winner.

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.

The 2007 Be The Change Conference is fast approaching and has an amazing line up of speakers to inspire you with the theme "The Sky's the Limit". For the fourth year in a row the BTC conference brings together world leaders in sustainability and social

The Be The Change conference last week was chock-a-block full of fascinating speakers, enlightening information and inspiring actions. So far we've shared George Monbiot and Richard Reed's presentations and Drew Dellinger's poetry. We're just sorry we

In his erudite analysis of the global warming issue, Don Blankenship of Massey Coal expressed his opinion about the future of polar bears:

The debate over the true ecological sustainability of biofuels, the effects on global food prices, and their oft-heard claims of carbon-neutrality has been played out on TreeHugger in great detail. Adding a new

It is the battle of the M&Ms; vs the L&Ls; the Munk debate in Toronto about the statement "Climate change is mankind's defining crisis, and demands a commensurate international response" with Bjorn Lomberg and Nigel Lawson duking it out

The device is so thin it could be woven into fabric without changing the feel of it.

The data center will be the largest in the world.