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

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's

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

Seven architects have created massive and impressive new structures inside a building from the 1700's.

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

It's not a bee attack -- it's just a bee swarm. Here are tips on how to deal with one.

Two years after legalizing urban beekeeping New York City could be running out of space for bees.

All photos credit Collin Dunn Ed. note: 24 of the top teachers in the U.S. have been chosen to go to the Galapagos Islands, with a stop in the Florida Everglades, with the Toyota International Teacher Program. The program is designed to engage a variety

Environmental education is playing a bigger role around the globe as we all learn more about our environmental surroundings. As

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

The difference between visiting the islands largely untouched by humans and those once habited by people is

The scandal du jour is unquestionably the phone-hacking debacle surrounding Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid -- which, until it was canned due to allegations of myriad criminal deeds, was England's top-selling

"Cities have been burying garbage for thousands of years"- so lets keep doing it!

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.

In the Netherlands it is actually a thing, to ride your bike as slowly as possible without falling over.

This contemporary tiny house from the Netherlands incorporates lots of great layout and storage ideas.

This stylish and durable trailer looks like a cross between a mini-Airstream and a horse trailer, and has a kitchen in the back.

Inspired by her own spine-shattering accident, this sculpture shows the struggle and transformation of these remarkable insects.

It even has moving sidewalks for bikes. This is how you get people out of cars.

125 US cities, 9 states, 902 businesses, and 183 schools so far have all signed a declaration promising to honor the Paris Climate Agreement.

This small and versatile apartment in the heart of Paris uses innovative modern materials for its furniture and cabinetry.

Spoiler alert: The writer turned out to be a YouTube star.

Using a combination of LED lights, sunlight and environmental data, a disused oil silo has been transformed into Helsinki's newest art installation and urban destination.

Urban dwellers can get a taste of camping out in nature with this temporary island cabin just outside of Helsinki.

The wheels on the desk go round and round.

Because standing desks cannot stand alone.

In this installment of Town & Country, Margaret and Katherine share how they work from home.

But there is a real question of how much one should pay for an artisanal shelf bracket.

This standing desk is packed with clever organization features, and can be customized for left or right-handed people.

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.

photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara

Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island

A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.

Campbell Soup Company will soon be sourcing about 15 percent of the energy used at its factory in Napoleon, Ohio (the company's largest) from solar power generated by a just-announced power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease

After a series of 11 earthquakes in nine months, a fracking operation near Youngstown has been suspended.

Two days after the earthquake caused by a nearby fracking well the mayor said, "I called my insurance man and got earthquake insurance.”

Weak regulations mean an extra dose of toxic wastewater for some states, like Ohio.

One was recently installed at an Ohio university. Is this the message one wants to give to students there?

The hot young Swedish firm We Are You came third in a competition to design a new bicycling center in Philadelphia. (They must be really young- entry criteria include only those who graduated later than 2007). Its mission: "to promote bicycling in all

Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate

A new public space in Philadelphia helps make the city more human-scale and increase quality of life for people who work or pass through the area.

If you own an electric car but don't own a garage, what do you do?

Turns out he was doing 46 miles per hour in a 25 mile-per-hour zone. But let's all blame the girl for distracted walking!

Architects and builders take to the streets for the Extinction Rebellion, get arrested.

One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want.

I mean, shipping containers are hot. But does this kind of shipping container architecture make sense?

Of all the places to take action on marine litter, this one makes the most sense.

An electrifying story from Germany, where they are wiring the autobahn.

Another look at a controversial housing project.

Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.