I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under

By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now

For most people, living along southern Chesapeake Bay with a scenic view over the waterfront might sound idyllic, but for nearly 100 residents who do, it's turned into a nightmare. Slowly, the

Back in 2009, the EPA was sued for "abdicating leadership" on protecting Chesapeake Bay. Part of clean water advocates' anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding. But

What started in Maryland is spreading. A running club with zombies that chase you. It's about survival of the fittest.

They are certainly more reflective, but that's not the only thing that matters.

Green roofs are wonderful things and lovely to look at, but there are other factors in play here.

Really, this trend should be nipped in the bud.

There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.

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

This delightful apartment renovation in Spain hides a huge bathtub and other mysteries.

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

Biochar, the "co product" of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has

TreeHugger didn't show many of the proposals for housing in Haiti, like Andrés Duany's proposals for a flatpack design (here in Jetson Green); We have spent too much time with Cameron Sinclair, who says "Top down solutions will

Growing up in California, I was never really scared of earthquakes -- they happened frequently and most caused little, if any,

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

Kate Stohr, the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, dropped me a note suggesting that I have a look at their Year in Review of their work in Haiti. I did, and couldn't help but come to the conclusion that it was really boring.. I mean really,

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.

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

How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.

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

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

On land, slugs are far from nature's most beautiful creatures--but underwater, the family of shell-less creatures known as nudibranchs come in bright neons, glowing pastels, and vibrant primary colors. The 3,000 different kinds of nudibranchs get their

Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members

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

The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by other vegetable oils.

PNC Financial Services Group, based in Pittsburgh PA, has built a plant-covered exterior wall, "to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient." Looking like one of those huge billboards seen along an

Ambitious thieves spend a month torching apart a Pennsylvania bridge

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.

Technological advancements, combined with an escalating climate crisis, suggest its time to revisit some once fanciful ideas.

A growing number of cities are getting serious about tackling the climate emergency.

Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

Climate action is about to get radical.

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost

If one geoengineering plan doesn't work, maybe two or three combined will

Provoked by questionable propaganda, a group of scientists is setting out to offer an antidote.

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

"Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle

What could ravers and other all-night clubbers of the world possibly have to do with the increasingly rare Mreah Prew Phnom trees (Cinnamomum parathenoxylon), found in

A few short weeks ago it came out the China had plans in the works to place 20 hydroelectric dams on the upper

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

Angelina Jolie has inadvertently (or perhaps by design) added "Ambassador for Insect Proteins" to her credentials as a do-gooder. In an interview about her Louis Vuitton ad (you remember, the one

Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes.

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.

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

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.