In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

Here is a way to squeeze six stories of building in the space of five.

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.

An experienced Chicago builder is making a big investment in it.

When you stop buying prepackaged foods, you have to start cooking them yourself. It's not that hard once you get into the swing of it.

Hurry, before the tomatoes set sail for the season, indulge in a big, beautiful Horiatiki salad.

Here's a simple trick for elevating already delicious roasted vegetables.

The top how-to food stories can be summed up in one word: COMFORT.

After decades of eating mostly a plant-based diet, these are the basic staples I've learned to keep on hand for a variety of meals.

It's part of a statewide effort to crack down on plastic waste.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

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

A hopeful report by Greenpeace envisions a future where supermarkets have gotten rid of superfluous waste.

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

The Story of Stuff's latest film underscores the importance of putting deposits on all cans and bottles.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.

Some question if it is even possible.

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

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

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

They save concrete and look great after all these years.

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

It's a celebration of a technology that covers longer spans with less concrete and looks good, too. Here are some I have feasted on.

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.

A new solar-power kit from BRIGHT Products is like the Swiss Army Knife of solar gadgets.

Just 30 minutes of play time can power a lamp for three hours.

A new generation of succesful for-profit, mission-driven businesses are serving energy-hungry communities across the globe.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

Many areas of the world have scarce access to electricity. This new solar lantern will provide light and charging power for cell phones.

Groups working in developing regions could use solar-powered 3D printers to make tools, lab supplies and more on the go.

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling.

The toilets could be used to power lighting in refugee camps.

The technology could save countless lives.

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.

Companies and manufacturers are creating custom solutions for their difficult-to-recycle waste

A major brand is putting out the first fully recyclable shampoo bottle made from recycled beach plastic

We need to see plastic for what it is: nearly-indestructible, highly polluted and far from disposable.

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

World Oceans Day celebrates awareness and brings to attention the resources available to all of us in the battle against plastic pollution.

To do their part toward tackling the climate crisis, the Emerald Isle is undertaking a massive reforestation project.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

Tiny scales along the animals' bodies improve the efficiency of their movements through water. These structures could do the same for aircraft.

On the heels of their success pushing sales of electric cars, Norway want to spur the move to electric airplanes

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?