One of the world's most famous architectural renderings turns into a building. Will it thrive?

It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy.

It also pushes the limit of what we mean by historic preservation.

It may be the most expensive and useless green roof ever built

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.

From the green roof down to the electric boat, there are so many interesting aspects of sustainable design.

This modern, Scandinavian take on the hostel includes private rooms and a jacuzzi in the old vault.

A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room.

Diverging from the Sprinter van conversion trend, this man revamped an old life-saving vehicle into his own tiny home.

A fading fairytale village will become Switzerland's first 'scattered hotel' thanks to a foundation committed to saving it.

This family with four kids is traveling full-time in a beautifully redone vintage Airstream trailer.

Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy.

Is global cooperation the anecdote for global competition?

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

Kids have been digging in salt mines for thousands of years.

And we thought it was all about symbolism...

Pioneers are already making inroads into the market. But once economies of scale kick in...

We used to say this stuff should be banned because it was always installed badly. Has anything changed?

But some people are beginning to take the issue seriously. Anthony Pak writes a good article about it for Canadian Architect.

Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.

photo: J. Novak Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

U.S. hospitals waste thousands of tons of medical supplies every day. DOC2DOCK collects and redistributes these supplies to match the specific needs of hospitals in the developing world.

Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.

Three years after a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, health care workers are still finding it difficult to get medical supplies, but an aid group is putting 3D printing to work to make some of the needed items.

Small-scale solar panels promise many off-grid applications for renewable energy, and the SolarPuff is a particularly elegant example.

The update to the "Red List" illustrates the worldwide crises facing many species around the globe in the face of habitat loss and degradation.

This company proves that plastic waste can be a valuable resource.

Number of storms predicted per year during the period 1854 -- 2006 versus numbers actually observed for the Atlantic (filled diamonds). The model predictions (grey curve) have been normalized to the data. A quadratic fit to the model is shown for

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic piles on the Infographic debate, " issuing a plea to bloggers to help stop this plague in its track."

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

One more US city fully commits to transforming itself into a better place to live for all.

It's a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of a body than burning or burying.

"Being the Change" is proof that weaning oneself off fossil fuels is not only possible, but also joyful and fun for a young suburban family.

The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere

Barley is a key ingredient in beer and cannot withstand rising temperatures and longer droughts.

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.

We’ve covered numerous tote bags here on TreeHugger, but there are so many cool styles out there we always find the need to post info about new ones that we spot. This one, found at Global Exchange (who we’ve mentioned before) is handcrafted in

With a population that approached 1 million and a surface area of more than 115 square miles, the Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial settlement on the planet. After coming into being during the ninth century A.D., it thrived

Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse

Karaoke video explaining not to drink water from wells painted red as they contain high levels of arsenic (YouTube via RDI-Cambodia) For this writer, karaoke has long been thought as an activity to be endured rather than enjoyed (and I am sure I am not

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

In 2007, villagers captured a mysterious young woman in a remote region of Cambodia who, by all accounts, was completely isolated from human society, a feral child living in the forests. News of her discovery

There are only an estimated 116 wild Asian elephants in Cambodia's Seima Protection Area, and until now most of the photographic evidence of them has be taken by camera traps. New footage released by the Wildlife Conservation Society changes that. The

A community effort in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains offers hope for this unique mammal.

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.

Architects ignore it. "Heads of sustainability" ignore it. Critics have ignored it, but this may be changing.

Leed is for wimps; the Living Building Challenge really pushes the building envelope.