Get a taste of tiny house building, thanks to Jake and Kiva, who are documenting their tiny house building process, step by step.

Lightweight shelters might be an affordable and quick option for emergency housing, but they are also susceptible to damage from high winds. This prototype could be a better solution.

Designer Maria Antonia Godigna spent two years studying the spinning techniques of the Warao and created a line of furniture with Moriche, the palm fiber produced by them.

Tiny-room specialists H2O Architects have come up with a superb design which accommodates four private sleeping areas while still doing this place's views justice.

Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a

Different themes seemed to be embedded in the Valencia Design Week. After spotting 6 great wooden flat-pack designs, I also found these little

A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and beautiful object.

It's one of the few areas where people buying a home have a lot of choices. Here's a Pecha Kucha look at how to make the right one.

It's not every day the more industrial inner workings of a school district are featured on the front page of TreeHugger, but if you’re looking for a school that’s on the cutting edge of energy conservation and making smart use of taxpayer dollars look

Kitting out your home with a solar power system just got a bit easier in the state of Connecticut. Under the Connecticut Solar Lease Program, qualifying low and moderate-income homeowners—those people whose household incomes is

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

In a move which Connecticut governor Jodi Rell says will help position Connecticut as "the preferred location to grow clean tech jobs", the state has launch the Connecticut Clean Tech Fund to

They've done more than just change out a few lightbulbs to meet this goal, and in fact this is only the beginning. Their ultimate goal is to reduce Yale University's greenhouse gas emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by the year 2020. Sure, you say, but

In the north, a lot of people burn wood all year round, but even a single fire is worse than smoking cigarettes.

Woodzee founder opens a factory in his own hometown, to make wooden sunglasses from recycled materials.

This versatile accessory keeps your infant close to your body, or it can become a cradle or rocker to be placed on a flat surface.

45 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

50 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

The sharing economy is built on reputation. So is online social gaming. Now the two are coming together.

Mark Boyle has literally lived without money, so he had more room than most to critique our economy. Now he's formulated a manifesto.

A new 'eco tax' will raise money for less polluting modes of transportation.

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling.

Tesla's new boutique shop on Berlin's famous KuDamm beckons, but where is Germany's national strategy for electric cars?

You thought disco was dead? Not with these old payphone booths, now transformed into ultra-exclusive, tiny dance clubs, complete with the disco ball.

High Fashion from roadkill? We also have an art installation that sent Estonians into the trees, egg nog pancakes, the year in gingerbread design, and more.

Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.

Done with that pencil? Sink it in the soil for a second life.

These handy accessories tick all the boxes for ethics and eco-friendliness.

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.But Medellin has come a tremendous distance in less than a decad

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.

North American bees are at risk of disappearing thanks to severe habitat loss and increasing pesticide use, among other threats, new report reveals.

While not banning the killer pesticides altogether, the new measure will at least hopefully help the beleaguered pollinators.

One of the rarest insects in the world, the Wallace’s giant bee, has been found in Indonesia.

The pioneering site that brokers accommodation in private homes must now pay city hotel tax in San Francisco, according to a new ruling. What does this mean for collaborative consumption?

But regardless of what green initiatives they implement, tourists must be willing to change, too.

This NGO is doing wonderful work to bring sustainable tourism into the mainstream. It's time to start planning your next vacation!

More and more people are working remotely. Now, alternative travel companies are offering what they are calling "co-workations" -- a combination of a creative business trip and inspirational adventure holiday for location-independent professionals.

Known as "lean finely textured beef," the highly processed meat has been dropped from by many fast food chains, but are still one the menu at public schools.

The company has launched a few efforts to reclaim marketshare, from promoting regional specialties to answering questions about food production. Too bad the promotional videos aren't convincing and fail to address the whole issue.

Recommendations to eat less meat for environmental reasons won’t be included in the final 2015 dietary guidelines.

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.

Bigger wheels mean more stability and regular-bike feel, but it comes at a price.

It's an interesting alternative to a Murphy bed, and gets it out of the way fast.

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.

Secrets of bed bug success can be read in their genes -- can the knowledge help you fight bed bug infestations?

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.

These architects propose building a living space into the nacelle of giant offshore wind turbines. What could go wrong?

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.

Half a century ago zebras were hunted to extinction in the region, now the area is being rewilded and the zebras are leading the charge.