A Brazilian firm translates small-spaces ideas into a cute shopping mall shop.

The London Olympics are only beginning, but the next ones are already underway with Rio's ambitious urbanization plan. Its latest inauguration: the city's third largest green area.

Fan(c)Fan is a creation by Marco Gallegos which challenges this product's typical scale and materials.

In a decade-long case by a group of plaintiffs, a court sentenced a farmer and an aviator to prison for spraying agrochemicals, linking them to environmental pollution and health hazards. Only they can skip doing any time.

Designer Maria Antonia Godigna spent two years studying the spinning techniques of the Warao and created a line of furniture with Moriche, the palm fiber produced by them.

Aren't the enjoyment and pleasure some sustainable choices provide much more compelling selling points than their intangible environmental benefits?

The space is the first to pop up at the recently opened Casa FOA interior design exhibition, the largest in the city.

An easy-to-emulate arrangement by local designers made for design exhibition Casa Cor Rio.

Last year at ICCF the material du jour was felt; while its presence is still being, well, felt, this year the stuff that dreams are made of is cork. And not just thin sheets of cork but big honking blocks of the stuff. It is post-industrial recycled

Actually, the student designs steal the show every year at ICFF, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair held annually in New York. This year was not quite up to Pratt's spectacular exhibit from last year, but was close. Parsons I think Parsons the

Finally, the inside of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is done. The church, set out to build 125 years ago and expected to be finished in 2026, attracts millions of visitors every year. This is no surprise due to the

These beautiful and affordable handcrafted timepieces, made from natural and renewable materials, could also serve as a catalyst for conversations about sustainable goods.

Elevated above a flood-prone salt marsh on the Essex coast, this small beach house looks like a bird perched among the grasses.

A new report from the NRDC has some surprises.

When 16-year-old Sam Allen realized his devotion to fashion and the fight against global warming could potentially work wonders together he enlisted the help of a few friends and set out to create a line of clothing that would make a difference… Enter

Kitting out your home with a solar power system just got a bit easier in the state of Connecticut. Under the Connecticut Solar Lease Program, qualifying low and moderate-income homeowners—those people whose household incomes is

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

In a move which Connecticut governor Jodi Rell says will help position Connecticut as "the preferred location to grow clean tech jobs", the state has launch the Connecticut Clean Tech Fund to

Some regular TreeHugger readers (and commenters, you know who you are...) are no doubt exclaiming that they being saying the same thing for years, that hemp makes great biofuel--if only the Feds would get out of the way. Well, researchers

One to keep in you pocket whenever you're faced with someone trying to tell you than putting a price on carbon and promoting energy efficiency will hurt more than they help: Huffington Post reports on the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas

DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's

"The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership & Governor's office felt the Constitutional rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state."

The bottled water company responsible for profound and pointless waste of water and fossil fuels is praised for low flush toilets and white roofs.

Armani has some explaining to do. But she is, of course, an anteater, and they're notoriously tight-lipped.

It's a TreeHugger tradition, and it's time to declare our independence from these dangerous and polluting anachronisms.

Yet more ways that cars and trucks are killing us and ruining cities.

This problem gets worse as cars get bigger and heavier, no matter what they are powered by.

In the north, a lot of people burn wood all year round, but even a single fire is worse than smoking cigarettes.

These graceful, nature-inspired wall clocks are a timely delight to look at throughout the day.

It's boxy, aluminum exterior hides a cushy bed, and a convenient galley kitchen -- all powered by the sun.

Welcome to the world of planner mania! Here you will discover the hottest planners on the market. If only we could use every single one...

Plastic pollution in our oceans is a big deal. These designers went out and collected some to create this surprising collection of items that look quite luxurious.

Using a customized printer, these designers combined new technology with low sounds to create this modern collection of ceramics.

Mountains of discarded materials sourced from refugees' boats and lifejackets will be transformed into bags -- by asylum seekers themselves, for a decent wage.

Luxury fashion designer Balenciaga has released a Italian leather version of IKEA's iconic utilitarian shopping bag, leading one to assume the world has lost its mind.

Add some pizzazz to your hairdo with these fun, colorful accessories, all made in USA.

Built to last using sustainably sourced materials, Awake offers luxury-brand quality at a reasonable price point.

These intricately redone antique pocket watches and other timepieces feature scenes inspired by fairytales and steampunk.

A coastal grizzly bear pauses in its fishing efforts to pose for a group of photographers watching nearby.

A female northern elephant seal protects her newborn pup as she warns away a young male with amorous intentions for her.

If you are tired ot dragging home a live tree and having it shed its pine needles through your home as it dies, look no further. All this tree takes is your love, and the books from your bookshelf.

45 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

Take a thermographic tour of my house to see why.

It's the season of rampant zucchini and copious cucumbers. People will give them away to you in big paper bags. What to do if you don't relish loaves of zucchini bread?

Welcome to New York.

It's my favorite new memory trick.

50 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

The sharing economy is built on reputation. So is online social gaming. Now the two are coming together.

As Seattle welcomes yet another tool library, there are bigger picture lessons to be learned about the value of sharing.

That's an alternate name for Halloween, but let's not forget the rest of the year.