Frank Lloyd Wright would probably have liked this little addition to his winter home.

This quiet retreat has an interesting interior of overlapping layers that welcomes the outdoors in.

No Japanese minimalism here.

The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of

Some of the factors influencing grain yields are natural, while others are of human origin.

Radiolab tells the story of the New York City Poop Train, which used to ship tons of human waste sludge from New York City to farmers in Colorado, 1,600 miles away.

Straight outta Humboldt, this app is a great intro to the "art and craft" of brewing your own compost tea for boosting microbial activity in the soil and improving yields.

It's time to put a stake through them and build efficient Passivhaus buildings.

Peter Rickaby says he has "never been more optimistic about the possibility of change," but it will require some radical action.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

Even the fruits and vegetables are wrapped in plastic so that the sensors can read them, inculcating a culture of convenience and waste.

Strawless in Seattle is now officially enshrined into law.

Not many details on this one, so I'm not sure if it's a genuine modification, a weird advertising campaign or even an art installation. Anything’s possible. I like to think though, that it's a Hungarian motorist who places sustainability as a higher

This week is all about climate change and its myriad ripple effects. Melting Arctic ice has opened up an international controversy over deep-sea land rights, and Russia will now make a bold move by planting its flag 14,000 feet below the surface. New

It sounds like a plot-line from a bad 1950's sci-fi movie, but unfortunately there's nothing fiction about it. Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from

Wastewater or sludge storage lagoons are designed, in part, based on statistical probability of annual precipitation and evaporation amounts. The data behind these estimates generally don't take into account contemporary

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in

Stand Up (On Your Bike) And Be Counted I've already written about Copenhagen's cyclist counter a while ago. I still think it's a great idea, not only to count cyclists, but as a subtle tool to show the strength of the local bike community and to add a

Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to

Hold on to your pants as we show you how to solve the last mile problem.

What's the point of doing laundry with non-toxic soap if it still produces loads of un-recycled plastic waste?

Consumer Reports strongly urges houses with children under 6 to avoid them altogether.

Standard washing machines use a lot of water to get rid of a small amount of dirt. One startup is aiming to close that loop by reusing the wastewater.

TreeHuggers Katherine and Margaret talk laundry.

The electricity-free and low-water Drumi device could be one method of washing clothes without taking a huge toll on the environment.

You don't need to tumble-dry clothes at this time of year. Here's why you should take your laundry outside to hang-dry in the warm sunshine.

The Care Label Project will add a label to thousands of clothes in hopes that people will adopt laundry habits that are better for both fabric and the Earth.

New legislation would require polyester clothing to have a label warning about shedding in the wash.

Washing and drying clothes can take a toll on your wallet and the planet – these easy tips make it better.

Anyone can make use of this free, eco-friendly laundry tip.

Help your clothes last longer by learning how to decode the mysterious hieroglyphics of care labels.

You're probably on autopilot after all these years, but could your technique be further refined?

A cost-benefit analysis seems appropriate for any major regulation -- but at what point in the process?

A new study shows a major difference between EPA estimates and actual landfill numbers.

A number of states and several business groups are preparing to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over the rules to cut carbon emissions.

Many of Obama's rules never came into force, and many of Trump's will never make much difference.

Reducing the benefits they can count will reduce the number of regulations that pass the cost-benefit analysis phase of regulation

It has a solar powered smoke alarm, GPS and is standing on guard, ready to phone it in.

Inspired by the human-based Modulor system of proportion, this small Madrid apartment is defined by a series of wooden alcoves that hold different daily functions.

This flexible interior design for a collaborative workspace has plenty of hammocks and giant exercise balls to keep its co-working members happy.

Severe flooding in Spain has led to shortages so bad in the UK that some supermarkets are flying produce in from the United States.

This compact, wood-clad cabin is made as a comfortable eco-hotel suite in natural settings.

This modern houseboat can accommodate up to two people comfortably.

It sends the wrong message to brands and retailers.

A few days ago we asked you, readers, what you thought of Live Earth. All in all there seemed to have been some great response to the 7/7/07 concert and today a press release was issued with some impressive numbers: - More Than 8 Million Viewers

I had the chance to meet Leila Conners Petersen, the co-founder and president of Tree Media Group. Leila, along with Nadia Conners, co-directed the soon-to-be-released documentary The 11th Hour which is narrated Leonardo DiCaprio. The 11th Hour

My name is Daniel Wallach, and I am Executive Director of Greensburg GreenTown. My wife, Catherine Hart, is the Coordinator of

We're hoping that you've been following the newly launched Planet Green, the first ever 24-7 TV channel dedicated to green living. With more than 200 hours of original green lifestyle programming, Planet Green is a fresh conversation about what it

Watch a remarkable clip of Heidi the octopus as she sleeps and dreams – from the new PBS series, Octopus: Making Contact.

Timely but not fleeting, flouncy but not frilly, unique but not unwearable, clever but never over the top -- Mr. Larkin's Spring 2010 collection was everything green fashion should be. A relative newcomer on the eco-scene, the