This quiet retreat has an interesting interior of overlapping layers that welcomes the outdoors in.

No Japanese minimalism here.

Meet the 'Japan pig,' a newly discovered pygmy seahorse that is as tiny as it is beautiful.

Because of the weather, some of the country's famed cherry trees are having a surprise autumn bloom instead of in spring.

In Japan, celebrating the transient beauty of flowers is a beloved custom when the cherry blossoms spring to life.

The map above is the first illustration of worldwide imbalances in the use of phosphorus, a key component of fertilizers and an essential plant nutrient. "Typically, people either worry

The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of

Artisan is the new natural in terms of false advertising.

A government report has found that selenium contamination is connected to fish deformities, including two-headed trout.

The show is 101 years old, but this year it's the newcomers that are making their mark.

The US produces more than enough food to feed the world, but hunger is still a major issue around the world. A new study proposes some ways to change that.

Could human urine be used on a commercial scale to fertilize the food we eat?

In this case, the HORSE is a 'living' machine, not an animal, and has the potential to reinvent the food cycle.

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.

Selling energy efficiency is hard, but the UK Labour Party got it right.

In a bid to meet the city's goal of recycling 60% of its waste by 2015, Seattle is turning its sights on food scraps that end up in the trash.

She wouldn't sell to the developer around her, and now it is a prime example of "demolition by neglect."

These are interesting times for the Passive House movement in America, and this should be a very interesting conference.

And it is beautiful too.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

I could write this post in my sleep, it is such a tired playbook that happens so often in real estate development.

It really could be the future of sustainable, green and healthy housing.

Which really, is how every building and office should be designed.

Bike share programs are public transit, and that requires public support.

Residents and businesses alike are joining the Lonely Whale Foundation to help stem ocean pollution by giving up plastic straws for the month.

There's no 'turning into a pumpkin at midnight' because the pumpkin is where it's at!

Even the fruits and vegetables are wrapped in plastic so that the sensors can read them, inculcating a culture of convenience and waste.

Jeff Bezos said “Alexa, open The Spheres” and it evidently worked.

Strawless in Seattle is now officially enshrined into law.

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

Wastewater or sludge storage lagoons are designed, in part, based on statistical probability of annual precipitation and evaporation amounts. The data behind these estimates generally don't take into account contemporary

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in

Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to

It's a good demonstration of how you don't need a lot of smart high tech to build a comfortable house.

Using a self-invented "multiluminous" painting process, this artist transforms ordinary rooms into starry environments.

Consumer Reports strongly urges houses with children under 6 to avoid them altogether.

Standard washing machines use a lot of water to get rid of a small amount of dirt. One startup is aiming to close that loop by reusing the wastewater.

The next game-changing technology might not be in the form of an electric car with a longer range, or more efficient solar panels, but rather a better way to dry your clothes.

These are some seriously innovative ways to hang-dry clothes.

New legislation would require polyester clothing to have a label warning about shedding in the wash.

Washing and drying clothes can take a toll on your wallet and the planet – these easy tips make it better.

Corporate Knights Magazine asks the question and gets a different result than we did.

The proposed rules are expected to cut U.S. methane emission by 20 to 30 percent.

A new study shows a major difference between EPA estimates and actual landfill numbers.

The agro giant made contradictory claims to the government about the herbicide Enlist Duo, the EPA isn’t happy.

And the company that makes the chemical, Bayer CropScience, refuses to agree.

People want big SUVs and pickups, not little fuelsippers. What's a car maker to do?

Many of Obama's rules never came into force, and many of Trump's will never make much difference.

Reducing the benefits they can count will reduce the number of regulations that pass the cost-benefit analysis phase of regulation

But could it be the ugliest house we have ever shown on TreeHugger?