"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.

The Nature Conservancy teamed up with two artists to create a habitat-enhancing sculpture made from natural materials.

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.

It may be decades before AVs are good enough, so in the meantime everyone will have to keep out of their way.

Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems

This poetic, one-of-a-kind urn floats on the water while slowly returning cremated remains to nature.

Here's a one-stop green guide to traveling in San Jose, from hotels to a night on the town.

This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them.

The unmanned flying devices cut out expensive and polluting shipping methods for the heavy books.

Commercial kitchens are really expensive to build. Why not share?

There are 1.2 million real ones, but most of it is all about the show.

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

Could TreeHuggers soon find themselves hugging a fake tree or idly philosophizing in meadows of artificial grass? More than 225 million square feet of Astroturf have been manufactured since the plastic carpeting made

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

And why not?

As Asian countries buy more electronics, the piles of discarded devices are increasing and it's putting people in danger.

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.

Books aren't just for reading -- you can carve incredible works out of them too, as this artist has done with this 24-volume set.

Fleet purchasing may turn out to be critical to electrification.

This doesn't seem right.

A judge has ruled against Monsanto; company complains that it would drive some customers away. Unsealed documents add to drama.

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

We have been saying for years that building materials should be healthy and high fiber like the food we eat, and now Perdue delivers.

Of course, when purchasing a new appliance, it makes sense to go with the most efficient energy star rated appliance. BUT, buying a brand new efficient energy star rated appliance is not always greener or less expensive

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the

The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough.

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a

Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized

Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.

This simple idea could change how governments deal with the environment.

And we thought it was all about symbolism...

Haiti's best-known export, the century-and-a-half-old rum company Rhum Barbancourt, is back in business after grinding to a halt following the devastating earthquake that hit the island

photo: J. Novak Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on

Haitian schools connect to the internet for the first time, powered by the sun.

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.

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The case is actually moving forward.

He's not exactly treating it like a crisis. But at least he's doing something...

We love products that support or revive traditional crafts. Check out, for ex ample, the work of Kallari, fair trade suppliers of traditional Amazonian baskets, which we reported on here. Now we've come across another cool basket supplier, this time

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the

What could ravers and other all-night clubbers of the world possibly have to do with the increasingly rare Mreah Prew Phnom trees (Cinnamomum parathenoxylon), found in

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

There are only an estimated 116 wild Asian elephants in Cambodia's Seima Protection Area, and until now most of the photographic evidence of them has be taken by camera traps. New footage released by the Wildlife Conservation Society changes that. The

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.