Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.

Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.

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

The project will also include molten salt energy storage for 24 hour solar power.

The HELIOtube is a radical departure from conventional CSP technology, as it is based around tubes of inflatable plastic film.

The device monitors the energy use of all the power loads in your house.

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

Hong Kong has been trying for a long time, through various 'clean air' measures, to deal with smog that is estimated to cause 3,000 premature deaths every single year.

This stunning temporary pavilion utilizes Hong Kong's time-honored bamboo construction methods in conjunction with cutting-edge computational design.

The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.

This is how you pack'em and stack'em.

We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.

Designer Orla Reynolds Designs a Bookcase Like a Stage Set for Small Spaces

We have been asking that question for a while and it keeps coming up.

People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing."

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.

A quantity surveyor deals with construction costs for a living, and shows how it's done.

Passivhaus or Passive House does not mean they are just houses.

These delightful mementos of the Irish countryside remind us of nature's beauty, but are also responsibly sourced and packaged.

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

Go beyond your morning toast with these sweet all-natural beauty hacks featuring one of our favorite ingredients.

In China, it's shark fin soup, in Japan it's blue fin tuna for sashimi and sushi, and in the U.S. it's our love of nice thick fish fillets and billions of fish sticks consumed annually - these cultural habits are

TreeHugger asked Andrew Sharpless, CEO for the Oceana ocean protection organization, why we really personally care about the health and fate of the world's big water bodies. Many of us, after all, live far from

Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding:

The current wind power installation has replaced millions of liters of diesel fuel and helped protect the islands' endangered animals.

Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the

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Looking to tiny houses for design inspiration, these new student housing units have been constructed in a former Rotterdam office.

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

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

This is Paris' largest mural, made with hand-folded origami paper birds and a bit of spraypaint.

Touch the trees, hear them hum and murmur.

A NYC-based artist and programmer makes music out of pollution; listen to it here.

Like a gadget from a superhero's gizmo-kit, two engineering students have invented a device to battle blazes with noise – water and toxic chemicals not required.

Formidable Vegetable Sound System strikes again, this time with their 'ecological electroswing' celebration of soil.

A new study finds that music helps alleviate symptoms of anxiety, pain and fatigue in cancer patients, while also boosting their quality of life.

The unusual concert was held in the depths of the Florida Reef to promote coral reef protection.

While the sun may be stealing the show, the solar eclipse would be nothing without Earth's own heavenly satellite.

In a press conference for an upcoming Carnegie Hall concert, Smith and the founders of Pathway to Paris talk about art, community, and keeping the spirit up for climate action.

Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary.

The Musical Mountaineers carry a violin and piano up trails to perform in secret wilderness locations.

Light up your life and your living room with gorgeous lights from the London Design Festival.

Helsinki's old abattoir has become the heart of the city's culinary revival, a movement blending innovation and tradition that integrates local foods, pop-up eateries, and urban gardens.

This classic design is 80 years young and some famous designers pay hommage.

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.

There's finally momentum on the international stage. And this is one of the most ambitious announcements yet.

It is about time that people acknowledged that it's not just cyclists that hit their heads. Helmets for everybody!

This Finnish design doesn’t look quite finished but it is ingenious.