Jewish leaders met at the beginning of this month in San Francisco for the first conference dedicated to

This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign

Art Works For Change is using a unique online exhibit to inspire change through storytelling, including 'featured tours' of the galleries by leading eco-organizations.

Global Citizen changed the lyrics to include a strong anti-food waste message, and the result is both entertaining and informative.

It creates as much CO2 as a million transatlantic flights. Why isn't this a bigger deal?

Go Box founder Laura Weiss has worked hard to make Portland (foodie paradise) just a little more sustainable, waste wise, with her system of reusable to go containers.

It is a cup as service, rather than cup as product.

A new lightweight thermoelectric generator has been developed at NC State, which may be able to power small health sensors or other small wearable devices.

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

Researchers propose using the vibrations of the heart to keep pacemakers going, eliminating the need to replace batteries.

Raking Without the Cussing Sometimes the greenest products are those not marketed as green at all – take the humble rake for instance. As a TreeHugger I already know that leaf blowers are the scourge of humanity (and don’t even get me started on leaf

Do posh bees make better honey? These bees, living in the heart of Mayfair, only forage in the best places such as St. James Park and Buckingham Palace.

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

"A Jewish ecology is 'not

photo: Rebecca Wilson/CC BY Editors note: The following guest post is by Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati an American-born renunciate at Parmarth Niketan ashram in Rishikesh, India (full bio below). While this post may be a bit broader than other items in the

A new study in the journal Conservation Biology found that snow leopards living near Buddhist monasteries in Tibet are being helped by monks who actively patrol the forests to prevent poachers from killing the endangered cats.

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.

The message "Electrify Everything!" is beginning to spread.

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.

Picture this: In 2016 the world generated enough e-waste to fill a line of 18-wheelers from New York to Bangkok and back.

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.

Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure.

Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition.

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.

The Canadian province is overhauling its recycling program, which would include holding producers accountable for their wasteful packaging designs.

One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy.

It's up to you to decide if you want to take the shortest route, the cleanest one, or the quietest one.

A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.

Lloyd Alter would be so proud.

Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.

Weed killer, it's what's for breakfast! Glyphosate found in 43 of 45 conventional oat products tested by EWG.

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.

Docked electric cars can be worse than dockless scooters for pedestrians, but the UEone is a step in the right direction.

E-bikes will eat cars, and H2 bikes will eat Toyotas.

The New York Times devotes an entire issue of the magazine to food, and of course, Michael Pollan has a place on the menu. He takes our our beloved KFC double down sandwich, Froot Loops being a smart choice, and

Photo by Jaymi Heimbuch Bioneers 2009 - a weekend-long gathering in San Rafael, California of social and scientific innovators focused on environmental issues - kicked off on Friday with Michael Pollan as a headlining speaker. His talk came in the

We usually start with "A Picture is Worth", but in this case the thousand words are much more powerful. Boingboing quotes designer Justin Perricone: "This is a poster I designed using all of the ingredients in a Ham & Cheese Hot Pocket. First in a

Saul's is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries. Located in the gourmet ghetto of North Berkeley near Alice

Almost every time we post something on the meat debate we get a slew of emotional comments from readers that sit on either side. The vegan side was backed up by sustainable food icon Michael

This weekend's New York Times Magazine was their annual food issue, about a subject dear to TreeHugger's heart: "how the food revolution- from farm to table- is really a story about seeding and savouring communities." Christine Muhlke, in Growing

If you don't subscribe to the print version of Mother Jones you may have missed what seems to be a really sort of creepy story about how the US beef industry is not so subtly waging war against sustainable and slow

With guests Kathy Freston and Michael Pollan, Oprah dedicated her full show yesterday to veganism and meat production. She and her staffers went vegan for a week, some of them have decided to continue the diet (or go "veganish") even

Now Michael Pollan's Food Rules wasn't my favorite book of his, but it was a best-seller and a new edition is being written--and Pollan is in general a fine writer. To help craft it Pollan is partnering with Slow Food USA for a user-generated portion