Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in

There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.

"It's an emergency," say council members. "So let's act like it."

This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to

I have been trying to write something punchier than David Goldberg at Transportation for America did but I cannot, this event is "so utterly outrageous, so emblematic of the failure of our current transportation

There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.

Proof that buildings from the 70s and 80s can be fixed well instead of demolished: Perkins + WIll gets the highest LEED score in America.

Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy

One might think that promoting walking as an alternative to driving might be good for cities clogged with cars full of overweight people.

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.

Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl.

It is the first big city in the South to commit to being fully renewable energy powered.

It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and

Without a hint of irony, FDA maintains several web pages with helpful information for parents and others wishing to avoid BPA, such as: “What You Can Do to Minimize Your Infant’s Exposure to BPA.”

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.

From one problem to the next...

Nobody should be drinking canned beer. Period. But it is particularly bad for young women.

Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.

Check out these photos of a surprise 10-mile lake that popped up in Death Valley, California.

Doing laundry uses up a lot of energy and releases tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere every year. Here are some tips for reducing your impact.

Ampere Energy has developed a battery that fits in your minimalist apartment.

As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious.

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.

Our photo of the day shows how to make an awkward bill look like a thing of grace.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

Our photo of the day reveals the wonderful frippery of waterfowl.

Our photo of the day comes from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas.

Our photo of the day comes from above the Pacific Ocean.

Our photo of the day comes from Hampton, New Hampshire.

Some moth species have evolved noise-cancelling abilities that are more efficient than today's sound engineering technology.

We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com.

We take a tour of a sustainable factory that turns discarded glass into durable building materials.

FC Modular, that "cracked the code" of tall modular, is no more.

The Brooklyn Journalist covered this project like a blanket, and looks at some of the detailed claims.

One can build a house out of wood and cover it up, or one can celebrate the nature of wood, as this one in Slavonice, Czech Republic does. Designed by E - M.R.A.K. | Martin Rajniš, Kamila Amblerová, Václav Horecký, it is built out of unplaned, uncut

Just when we thought there was a chance for a rationalist US Administration to mesh with the Climate-action oriented EU and with an increasingly open-minded China...[Vaclav] Klaus has called man-made global

Short on space for growing herbs? Well, this graceful pendant lamp -- which doubles as a mini-greenhouse -- could be one way to add more luscious greenery to one's space and diet.

A Czech church was 3-D mapped and made into a one of a kind musical instrument, controlled by visitors' laser pointers.

Charred wood never looked so good.

This woodland cabin in the Bohemia region of the Czech Repbulic keeps it simple but clever, with one end perched on a large rock.

Sporting an attractive unibody frame, this meticulously handcrafted wooden bicycle is made to be strong yet flexible.

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.

Last month, my partner gave me a Fjällräven Kanken rucksack for my 30th birthday, and I have to tell you about it, as this is a classic amongst the eco-designs nowadays. I first spotted these slightly odd-looking bags in London many years ago, and

Examples of government looking out for the public good by rational regulation are resurfacing.

Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.

Are carbon offsets still relevant in turbulent economic times, and how has the concept evolved? Join us for a live chat with the Carbon Neutral Company to find out.