Swimming against the cultural tide of over-parenting is hard, and a word of encouragement goes a long way.

Distressing photos received by the Ocean Conservancy show just how helpless marine animals are in the face of drifting nets.

Constantly fulfilling your desires leads to financial problems. Learn how to get that under control.

Skip the whole bloodsport of shopping thing and plan a craft day, cookie exchange or clothing swap instead.

Designed with the ultra-minimalist office in mind, this all-wood desk has a lot of concealed places to stash your clutter.

This intriguing design brings in more healthy rocking and rolling movement as you sit, work and socialize.

This smart system automatically frees up floorspace and can learn your preferences.

These old, thick cable ropes have done their job: now it's time to reuse them in a beautiful way.

If the goal is to reduce meat consumption, then why not make it more expensive?

Here's what happens when kind humans and open-armed owls encounter an orphaned owlet.

You may have heard that the iPhone 3G went on sale this morning. I saw a line outside of the AT&T; stores here in Manhattan, and I heard there was a line around the block this morning at the Union Street Apple store in San

There's a , and now trees in Central Asia have theirs as well. The

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

It has challenged designers since the invention of the bar code: What to do about those stupid little labels?

Fruits and vegetables last all winter with jams, fruit butter, marmalades, and pickled vegetables from new cookbook Home Canning by Janet Cooper.

Artist Jessica Rath uses sculpture and photography to highlight the problem with new hybrid apples and endangered varieties.

Supporters think the Arctic Apple will be a game changer - the first GMO to be marketed directly to consumers as convenience food.

Dutch designers build a border wall that you can skate through.

There are 17 atriums that need to be filled with creative uses.

Lots of great ideas for green building in this year's crop.

Created by BIG and WeWork, this open-plan school in NYC offers another model for education.

An old garage shed is transformed into a spacious little home for one grandmother, living near her kids and grandkids.

This modular curtain could help existing buildings photosynthesize oxygen and get rid of pollution in cities.

Architects all over the world should be doing this too.

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines."

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

Love chocolate? Help protect endangered cacao trees and the livelihoods of the Asháninka people.

The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.

A federal study of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska, where the Exxon Valdez supertanker spilled around 30,000,000 gallons of oil about 25 years ago has concluded that the otters have returned to pre-spill numbers.

The largest wildlife refuge in the United States needs protection from oil & gas development.

This month, BookHugger presents Hope Is and Imperative by David Orr. Readers can order a discounted copy today and then join a live chat with Orr on May 25 at 3pm Eastern. (NOTE: The chat has been postponed one day and will

This month, BookHugger presents The Death and Life of Monterey Bay by Stephen R. Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka. Readers can order a discounted copy today to get ready for the live chat with the authors on June 13 at 3pm

This month, BookHugger presents The Death and Life of Monterey Bay by Stephen R. Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka. Readers can order a discounted copy today and then join a live chat with the

There has been a profound change in the green movement over the last five years, the realization that solar panels on the roof and bamboo sheets on the bed are not enough; that where you live matters far more.

This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.

Mangroves are a special ecosystem. Found all over the world, they thrive in the in-between zones of land and sea, and act as nurseries for a vast variety of animals, grocery stores for humans, a buffer between homes

When everything seems to be falling apart in the world, the most useful thing you can do is focus on your own community and making it a better place.

A follow-up to the book by the same name, this intriguing film shows how one American family has weaned itself off fossil fuels.

With a topic this complicated, parents need all the help they can get.

These books get down to the bare-bones of home cooking.

You'll be shocked to learn what goes on behind the scenes at grocery stores – and relieved to know there's a much better alternative.

It's good for so much more than treating sunburns.

A gentle reminder to never, ever, Free Willy your goldfish.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Scott Z. Burns explains why the villain of his blockbuster film is an anti-science blogger, while the heroes are government officials.

Schools are closing classrooms and going online all over the world. This may be as much of an opportunity as it is a crisis.

A lesson in coexistence.

One way to guarantee a view and to tread lightly is to build high in the sky.