The Gene-Z app works with Apple and Android and can detect plant diseases in 10-30 minutes.

The Michigan basin has extensive shale gas reserves, yet it is not a political issue for Democrats or Republicans. Why?

The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients

Matt Grocoff describes how his ancestors lived " in an elegant cradle-to-cradle, closed loop pattern."

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.

When the incumbents do everything in their power to keep you out of the market, rather than try to compete with you directly on the merit of their products, you know you're on to something.

LEGO is cleaning and repackaging pre-loved bricks and sending them to charities for kids.

Golf courses looking to go green can look no further than Audubon International. From now until the end of this PGA season, for the first 100 golf courses that sign up at Bonterra Greens the Greens, Bonterra

Raking Without the Cussing Sometimes the greenest products are those not marketed as green at all – take the humble rake for instance. As a TreeHugger I already know that leaf blowers are the scourge of humanity (and don’t even get me started on leaf

Ideal Bite: Are you getting very, very sleepy? by Heather Stephenson "You will be if you follow this tip. Conventional anti-insomnia pills work, but if you don't wanna lose sleep over side effects and potentially addictive ingredients, induce

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,

It's catching on: homeowners letting lawns go fallow during the summer without wasting resources on watering. When I lived in Seattle it was a common practice. After the grass turns brown, come fall,

When Brighton council advertised for volunteer shepherds they never imagined that they would get hundreds of applicants. It's not the greatest job description: no pay, lots of walking on quite steep, uneven slopes, duty

It sounds counter-intuitive to say the least, but a team of scientists has discovered that running barefoot is better for your feet. What!

This is England, the parks and gardens and countryside are supposed to be filled with golden daffodils by now. This is why we live here. But where are they? With this year's never ending winter and the long cold spell just

British artists Ackroyd and Harvey have created a series of temporary grass "photos" of people who work for the local government.

The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying.

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?

Hinduism is the oldest

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even

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Some timely examples of the intersection of Islam and environmental stewardship, both coming via the good folks over at Green Prophet: 1) Any new mosque built in Qatar must be eco-friendly, and 2) a new green guide to

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

Like the word 'sustainability', 'environmentalism' has become a hollow word, a word divorced from meaning, a word lacking in soul, separated from its essence.

Could it be that green living is making a comeback?

Perhaps it is time to stuff this duck analogy.

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.

Natural light is free and plentiful and the day is long.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?

It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions.

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.

The message "Electrify Everything!" is beginning to spread.

E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.

Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones.

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

There's a lot to look forward to, but what should we expect to see more of in the short-term?

Starting in 2015, it will be illegal to leave computers and other electronic for curb-side pickup, as part of an effort to fight e-waste.

Here are some staggering numbers of what could be saved.

From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering.

And the Oatmeal says " I'm ready for our army of Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots."