This very easy trick gives shoppers a quick way to grasp the good, the bad, and the ugly in packaged food.

Social distancing and quarantines don't mean you have to live on canned soup alone.

It's a lot more than just a box, it's packaging as a service.

What happens to old hotel soap? One young social entrepreneur created a humanitarian and environmental nonprofit that saves, sanitizes and supplies recycled hotel soap for the developing world.

Bird populations in the US and Canada have plummeted by 30 percent since 1970 – here's why, and what we can do.

New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris.

Record droughts, falling water tables and the rapid depletion of aquifers have helped make desalination, a process once considered impractical and too expensive, a viable technology -- at least in some places. As such, there has been a rash of stories --

Droughts and possible water rationing have been in the news recently in California, Israel, Mexico, and Australia. As much of the water used is these regions is for watering gardens and lawns

Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.

Here's a frequent question asked by people wanting to create positive sustainable changes in the world: Is it more effective to work as a change agent from inside the current system or is it better to

The UAE's clean tech giant plans to have a commerical-scale plant by 2020.

A proposed office uses "climatic architecture" to cool the building by making it into a natural wind tunnel.

Google's St. Ghislain, Belgium data center is its most efficient thanks in part to letting the server areas run at temperatures up to 95 degrees.

At the tech company's New Mexico data center, it found that oil-submerged servers require far less energy for cooling and actually perform better.

A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.

The smart thermostat will help people save even more money and help utilities curb peak demand loads.

This ancient method is simple and cheap.

Plastic pollution doesn't just kill fish. It kills people too.

It's an industrial design approach, a product that is refined almost to perfection.

The company explains why all-electric homes are healthier, safer, and more sustainable.

You have heard of "fast fashion." Get ready for fast architecture in container-sized modules.

With aging baby boomers and young people who can't afford housing, there's going to be a huge market for these.

Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Adam Werbach about coral bleaching and youth-powered activism in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green.

Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann talks to Eric Corey Freed about his book Green Building for Dummies, disco balls and the death of Pergo floors in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. Eric is the principal architect at organicARCHITECT, and

Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Prudence Ferreira about the three criteria for Passivhaus certification. Prudence is the founder of Integral Impact Inc, a green building firm with a strong focus on zero energy buildings. As the president of

Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Michael M. Wheeler about government messaging in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. Michael is currently the Energy Adviser to California Commissioner Dian Grueneich, he has also worked for the EPA and the DOE

Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann interviews Barry Hooper from SFEnvironment about government policy for new and existing buildings in San Francisco in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. Barry Hooper collaborates with design

Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Peter Yost from BuildingGreen about working with Lawrence Berkeley National Labs on energy efficient window treatments in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. Peter Yost has been

Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Hunter Lovins from Natural Capitalism Solutions in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. Hunter is a professor, speaker and author on changing the conversation around business to

West Coast Green was this past week here in San Francisco, California. With speakers like Van Jones, Arianna Huffington and Michelle Kaufmann, the trade show was a nexus for greenies far and wide. Michelle Kaufmann was

This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me

A compact chicken coop for city dwellers that wheels around the yard and fertilizes soil is on display at "Dwell on Design" this weekend. The show's awards recognize

Using reclaimed wood and steel from old pig fences, this Dutch company makes exquisite tables, while recycling all byproducts into other useful goods -- cat litter, compost and alcohol..

From improving sleep and indoor air quality to reducing anxiety and fatigue ... houseplants are powerful allies.

Especially when trees are newly planted, they need all the help they can get.

If you don't have an independent plant shop nearby, Bloomscape is the next best thing.

A medical practice in Manchester, England is giving patients indoor plants to help boost wellness.

This could take a lot of smelly gas mopeds off the road.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.

Bill Murray looks like he is enjoying the ride. Others might go a bit faster.

You can't call an aluminum guest house dropped by helicopter green, but you sure can call it cute.

Is this really the future we want?

The animals get distracted and distressed. Oh, and you could get your head bitten off.

Google and Save the Elephants teamed up to bring Street View to the Kenyan wildlife reserve to show its residents and spread the need for conservation.

Jellywatch.org has tapped into the power of citizen scientists to collect data on jellyfish populations and you can help.

The findings could help us deal with environmental changes happening now and in the future.

A shark's fin is like its fingerprint, with each animal having its own unique patterns and scars.

Aircraft will have to fly new routes to avoid major bumps.

The tech giant just agreed to purchase all of the energy from GE's Tullahennel wind farm.

A suitable celebration of Pi Day.