This super-insulated home is built to be earthquake-resistant too.

A group called Para Kore has been working since 2009 to spread the message of waste reduction and diversion.

This industrial designer's 3D/4D printed, life-like forms ask the question of whether we can design and engineer "intelligent" plants that can adapt to environmental changes.

It's always about the car, but this Florida company is thinking about the rest of us.

This is a very good idea that all of North America should consider.

Learn how to care for leggings and other activewear to help lengthen their life.

But can fast fashion ever be green? Fabrics are easier to change than business models.

Massimiliano Locatelli is writing a new language of design that reflects the new technology.

This affordable tiny house was 3D printed using mud, rice husks and straw to create a "zero-kilometre" structure.

This modern prefab from Italy is conceived with energy efficiency and ease of assembly in mind.

But there's a strange loophole for biodegradable plastics, which we know aren't much better.

A special task force has been set up, but whether the talk and research turns into action is another matter.

Ethically sourced dresses for this spring, summer and many more sunny days to come.

It's that time of year when conscious shoppers remember the Rana Plaza tragedy and unite in their efforts to demand greater safety, fairness and transparency in the fashion industry.

This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.

House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority.

Design like you give a damn with the second edition of Monadnock Paper Mills' how-to guide for creating more-sustainable print materials. A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print, accompanied by luscious illustrations by the

This is wonderful. A bi-partisan political storm is brewing over New Hampshire because Al and Arnold have found a clever way to inject serious climate discussion into the coming US presidential primary season. Timing could not be better, with the IPCC

This next week is all politics, what with today's Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries on January 8. Most Americans are probably already tired of the election coverage, but we're hoping people stick it out and ask the these presidential

DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama

For the first time in my lifetime the environment is a top-tier issue in a presidential race, as was clearly in evidence in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. It was next to impossible for a candidate to have any sort of press event

According

The North American holiday actually has its roots in a newspaper strike in Toronto, a fight over toxic working conditions.

A pioneer of peak oil community action sits down to talk with her mother about a previous crisis and how she survived it.

This rapper nails it, imho.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.

Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity.

The unicorn of cheap clean home energy will most likely be found in an affordable solar roof that doesn't look like a solar roof, and that can pay for itself quickly. This startup may have developed it.

The unique paint could provide clean power to homes at a low cost.

The solar cell can be stretched, bent and compressed without substantially affecting performance.

A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.

A smart fridge might well make you fatter and poorer.

The sustainable fashion design competition is encouraging Asia’s emerging fashion designers to create mass-market clothing with minimal textile waste.

This digitally fabricated project revives a traditional material with new building technologies.

Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else!

The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are

That honey that lines the shelves of your local grocery store probably isn't honey at all.

Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder.

The stunning new marine preserve surrounding the Galápagos will be off-limits for fishing in a bid to conserve its unique habitat.

Earlier today, I wrote about a New York Times article that described Chicago's ongoing efforts to prepare for and adapt to a warming climate. I'd like to revisit that article for a second, as it just so

Jeff Bezos' purchase is just another step in the long march away from newsprint.

We pick the best of TreeHugger and deliver it to your mailbox or your phone every morning.

Why can't the Wall Street Journal call it what it is?

They are building "five great houses that are comfortable to live in and will have happy occupants."

Parisians are complaining, but the fact is that people need a place to pee; it's a human right.

Clever idea from Finnish designer combines portable storage with fixed dresser unit

Forget about 3D printing houses; digital fabrication using sustainable materials is a much bigger deal.