There are huge upfront carbon emissions from building new housing; a better approach is to be smarter about what we have.

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?

The results of our annual survey are often surprising.

With a carbon credit card, it doesn't have to be hard.

More on why our personal consumption habits matter in the climate emergency.

The origins of Joseph Pilates' regimented workout program began when he was sequestered in an internment camp in England during WWI.

It's time for a rethink about what's really important in a home.

Design for deconstruction out of low-carbon materials is the way of the future.

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.

Contractors are having trouble meeting the new safety standard.

The Level Market wants to make the procurement of humanitarian aid and development products as easy as shopping on Amazon.

For the last two decades, Nargis Latif and her organization have been researching how to divert waste from landfills and reusing it as quick and cheap construction materials.

Why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?

How do companies close the “green-gap” and turn consumer values into action?

When it comes to communicating an alignment with personal values, it doesn’t get more personal than social media.

Atmospheric glazes of color and hand-shaped clay leaves and tree trunks adorn these beautiful ceramic pieces.

Using various vintage fabrics, many with a story behind them, this artist portrays ordinary people and historical figures with an artful eye.

Do we have the political will to do what has to be done? Simon Kuper doesn't think so. I do.

I was disappointed to see that Subaru, beloved of TreeHugger types, is on the wrong side of this issue.

It's about time more cities did this.

Switch to a planet-friendly diet this year, and show others how it can be done.

The top 10 percent consumes 20 times more energy than the bottom 10 percent.

No matter how hard we may try to tame her, Mother Nature always comes back to claim her turf.

If you must shop, do it from a company that's spreading the wealth.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

Pipeline company Kinder Morgan claims that they create "business and employment opportunities".

If a hurricane is headed your way, you surely have a lot on your mind. Knowing the energy infrastructure risks in your area may be one more thing to throw in there.

A look at the fallout from the recent oil price crash.

One hundred years later, we are still playing chicken with peoples' lives.

Barley doesn't like rising temperatures, and neither will beer lovers.

A new study found pollution is dangerous for the brain ... especially if you're male.

Corporate commitments to clean energy mean renewables are harder than ever to derail.

If you're going to go for it, you may as well REALLY go for it.

The online-only financial institution will provide low cost loans for solar, electric cars and even electric-assist bicycles.

All 2,800 stores will go paper or reusable bag only... eventually.

'Instead of putting the money back into our business, we’re responding by putting $10 million back into the planet. Our home planet needs it more than we do.'

The big Danish design competition really has similar goals to TreeHugger: to promote good green design that makes the world better

A look at some of the nominees which are brilliant, and others that are something else.

Using shipping containers for housing near a Danish rock music museum makes sense, sort of.

They don't know how they are going to do it, but it is a bold promise.

Billions of gallons of water may be wasted because of this.

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

It's cow bliss at a dairy in Hertfordshire, England run by the Hare Krishnas. There are only 44 of them but life is sweet: On this farm all the cows have names, they are hand-milked whilst listening to Sanskrit music and

When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery

The wide use of antibiotics in factory farms to prevent infections and promote growth is a breeding ground for superbugs.

A new logo is coming to dairy products near you, so learn what it's all about.

Historically we've looked to nature to help forecast the weather; here are some indicators gleaned from generations of folk wisdom.