With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.

And a few looks back at themes of the last ten years.

Also, much ado about nothing.

Here are the favorites in our favorite category

We love little boxes!

A Guardian article inspires a silly roundup

Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....

Lloyd Alter's favorite stories from our sister site.

You picked them! We hug'em!

August is the best month for tiny houses and here are the best tiny houses of August.

From tiny houses to busy bees

They are light and efficient and easy to tow.

Gather round the holiday vegetable loaf and hear of Thanksgivings past on TreeHugger

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

A new platform aims to remove the barriers between would-be investors and solar developers, increasing the adoption of renewables in the process.

Tweet tweet. Collect enough virtual birds and you could make it to the Galapagos.

Who are the best ambassadors for clean energy, energy industry innovators, activists, and more? Vote here.

Whlle TreeHugger has covered energy issues since its founding, Energy as a Best of Green category is new for 2012. Find out the best energy project, energy ambassador, activist group, and more.

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.

The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials

It is a fascinating product, glazing that darkens at the flip of a switch, eliminating the

We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

The CEO of the USGBC brings it on and fights back against the Plastic People their poodles in Congress

There were inspiring people and some neat new things at Greenbuild, and my biggest ever Best of Show.

When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.

As a keystone species, the importance of the sea otter on the health of coastal ecosystems can't be understated. A new study shows that they may even play a key role in helping coastlines cope with agricultural run-off.

The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed.

Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

Turns out whales have been contributing to rejuvenating the ocean ecosystem this whole time!

Thought experiments worked for Einstein. Can they help protect the environment too?

The ecosystem had thrived for thousands of years but collapsed less than two centuries ago.

Not in the ocean. Below it.

This 10-minute video was shot by a man who was supposed to be at the MusiCafé bar that was engulfed by flames on july 6.

Stairs are coming out of the closet and becoming the major architectural element, helping keep people active and healthy.

In a country covered in wood, by a lake far from construction workers, it makes so much sense.

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.

It's a big step forward for the high-tech timber industry.

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.

This is a beautiful house, but it raises a lot of questions about what "respect for the environment" means.

This winter-proofed van is now home to two engineers who love the outdoors.

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will

This renovated bus is a mobile coworking space that brings location-independent professionals out into the great outdoors, combining work with a hike, a bike trip or a surf ride on the waves.

A new study on chicken embryos may help researchers understand how humans developed their sensitive daylight vision.

A visit to a Sri Lankan herb and spice garden reveals a rich history of trade and alternative medicine.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.