As always, they warm your hearts as well as your toes.

Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing

We have a look at the eco-sheds

This being TreeHugger, we look at the eco-sheds first.

Metsä Wood design competition produces very interesting entries, like this one from Sigurd Larsen.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

Established food shopping routines have been turned upside down. Here's how to navigate the strange new world.

This self-sustaining mini-ecosystem is made by a designer who wants to create habitable structures that are also themselves alive.

This shipping container house stacks two to get more living space.

This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

This inviting, one-bedroom canal boat is in the 600-square-foot range and has all the comforts of home.

Architects all over the world should be doing this too.

Yep, people can do pretty amazing things when they set their sights on it. These are some of our favorite (sometimes crazy) human accomplishments and amazing feats of strength.

Something to put all the composting, shorter showers and EV talk in perspective.

A young Ecuador slender-legged tree frog considers a fern.

The dorado catfish swims more than 7,200 miles, making it the world champion of freshwater fish migration.

The jungle wasn't untouched rainforest after all.

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.

When the government furloughed park workers responsible for emptying trash bins, it came as welcome news for bears.

The Obama administration ban didn't last very long at all.

What do greenhouse gases bubbling up look like? In these starkly elegant images, we get to seem them up close.

This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.

This month, BookHugger presents Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs edited by Max Allen with an introduction by Mary Rowe. Readers can order a discounted copy today and join in a discussion with distinguished urban

Lance Hosey argues that how things look and feel is as important as how they're made. If it doesn't move the heart, it doesn't move the needle on sustainability.

A follow-up to the book by the same name, this intriguing film shows how one American family has weaned itself off fossil fuels.

Becker's latest work is not only a how-to guide, but an invitation to reevaluate all aspects of your life.

It's the practical sequel to 'The Reducetarian Solution,' striving to get more people eating fewer animal products.

All because people are too lazy to find a sink.

If American's cats and dogs were their own country, they'd rank 5th in global meat consumption, says new study.

A feline clinic in Dublin has published a full-time job listing for cat cuddlers.

After spending most of her life in search and rescue, this grand 13-year-old Australian Shepherd is enjoying her golden years with her companion human.

The heroic lab saved 12 lives and recovered 41 bodies during her career as a search and rescue dog.

On our sister site I write about issues affecting the baby boomer generation. Here are some of my favorites from the year.

A study has found that the more exposure a person has to the natural world, the more inclined they are to make eco-friendly choices.

Not only is it Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday, but it's also an extra-special 8-digit palindrome day.

Libraries were the 'most common cultural activity' for many Americans last year.

Contrary to popular opinion, young people aren't practicing what they preach.

A lesson in coexistence.

Greenpeace wants you to vote on your favorite of its submissions, all inspired by local endangered species.

A small survey by Bosch shows that U.S. homeowners feel guilty about wasting food, but need to change their habits.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

When you create a law to regulate something, there's always the danger that people will drive a truck through the loopholes, adhering to the letter of the law but not its spirit.

When two male Alston's singing mice meet, they sing an operatic duet that researchers say offers clues about our own speech.

Anthropologist David Graeber thinks we could do without half our jobs.

Boom-and-bust cycles are no coincidence.

The sci-fi show pulls no punches when it comes to humanity's complicated relationship with work and nature.

Commonly thought to be a byproduct of economic distress, a new report suggest that dollar stores are a cause of it.

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.

Now if only he can keep his job in the fall election.