These are the ones that also had a green slant to them, making them special to TreeHugger's heart.

"There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." (Kenneth Grahame)

This year, Gandhi's birthday will be marked by a national crackdown on six specific plastic items.

It's time we stopped greenwashing plastic alternatives and realized they do more harm than good.

Judith Thornton questions the conventional wisdom about plastic packaging. She has a controversial point.

Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy

Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were

Paper Age reports that "total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6.4% in August compared to August 2010." Burrowing in, Fortress Specialty Cellulose echos the

One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.

Though only powering 75-100 homes at launch, the TidGen Cobscook Bay project, in Eastport, Maine, is slated to expand to ten times its initial size.

Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it.

A mix of modern and traditional design elements that are appropriate for the Northeast make these very interesting houses.

The iconic English office pod can be used for all kinds of things.

GO Logic have always designed beautiful homes. This was the next Go Logical step.

Competition, oversupply, and unpredictable weather has caused the price of wild berries in Maine to hit a 30-year low.

In the US, Arbor Day is April 27, 2007. When this writer was a child, our grade school class planted trees on Arbor Day, told that when we grew up that "our" trees might well still be there, beholden to our childhood actions. We even had an

Cigarette filters are a scam and are a leading source of plastic pollution worldwide, say experts.

A sweeping new survey reveals that Americans on average have a surprising amount of leisure time.

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.

37 species under national protection have been observed in the Ziwuling area, thanks to massive reforestation efforts.

For the first time ever, a nursery for endangered ray pups and adolescents has been discovered – giving researchers hope to learn more about these rare gentle giants.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

New trucks will all have much greater visibility for the drivers, saving lives of people who walk and cycle.

A study shows that many want to make better decisions, but don't know how.

How do you design a green, sustainable and healthy kitchen?

The first affordable microwave changed the way we cooked- for a while, anyway

More proof that some things never change.

It is evidently big news in Toronto that condos are being sold without ovens, but it shouldn't surprise anyone.

When you think Mexico, think biofuels (not just tequila). That's the message of OriginOil, a Los Angeles, California, company that's been contracted by the Mexican government to produce 1 percent of the

We really do need more of this kind of thinking.

Florida's waterways are rapidly become gross slimy things.

This year, NOAA predicts a massive "dead zone" the size of New Jersey will bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Brian Merchant reports on the cause and consequences of dead zones.

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.

These are for those nights when cooking feels impossible, but has to be done...

Fresh and seasonal, these recipes offer maximum flavor for minimal effort.

Whenever we've discussed Triodos Bank, the European sustainability-oriented savings bank with branches in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium, we've always been impressed at the number of customers who attend

Stunning Art Project Projects Impacts of Climate Change TreeHugger was founded on the idea that art and design can help solve the ecological crisis we are facing - most recently evidenced by our round up of environmental artists shaking up the art

Non-violent direct action is an important part of our democratic heritage. But occupation is a tactic, not an end goal.

The British city of Bristol hopes to promote local business with their own high-security scrip featuring local designs

Abandon not all ye moth-eaten and shrunken cashmere sweaters—designer Brooke Serson Cernonok of Teddylux can sprout an entire menagerie from your castoffs.

This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than

There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.

If you thought the top market for electric car growth was somewhere in California, you'd be right many months out of the year, but not the 4th quarter of 2013.

This loft-less tiny home makes quite a statement, both inside and out.

Just when I thought it would be fine to cook with canned tomato sauce - bis-Phenol A recently having been granted toxicology probation - emerges the possibility that BPA can make you obese. Ohhh wait - not

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.