Our friends over at the design blog Dezeen have launched a pop-up shop in the smartest part of town. Calling it Temporium, because it is only up for 10 days, it features the best of new British design.

Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.

From the impressive Vienna Vegetable Orchestra to hand-carved pipes and whistles in Japan, these creative people know how to find music anywhere, even in the crisper.

It's one answer to the complaint that tiny houses are too small: build it with an electrically operated, expandable slide-out.

What if we declared climate change a crisis and put some serious resources to this type of initiative?

Who says newsletters are old school? We pick the best of each day's TreeHugger and add a little je ne sais quoi

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August is the best month for tiny houses and here are the best tiny houses of August.

The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

Your favorite clothing item just got even better. These new leggings from Girlfriend Collective tick all the boxes when it comes to eco-friendly and ethical production.

Tweet tweet. Collect enough virtual birds and you could make it to the Galapagos.

Writing in Bloomberg, Marc Champion has a thought-provoking, but controversial take on horse meat, noting that the ban of horse slaughterhouses in the US has increased suffering for the animals. Is that a case for killing them here?

The company would use the Solara solar-powered drone, which can remain in flight for five years at a time!

The rating system is attacked in 2012 for its 2002 standard and the timing couldn't be worse.

The CEO of the USGBC brings it on and fights back against the Plastic People their poodles in Congress

It's the Oscars of green building products chosen by the experts, in the runup to Greenbuild.

It's a ritual; they pick the ten top products and I complain that they are not sexy. This year is different.

The Shakers may be long gone but their simplicity of design still has an influence on American furniture.

Fossil fuel divestment is a moral issue. Religious institutions appear to be taking a stand.

Researchers have discovered that the problem of ocean noise pollution extends all the way up to the shoreline. And shore crabs face a double-edged sword from too much noise from ships.

The New York Times has a stunning feature showing images of Earth and the immense damage caused by man to the land and atmosphere.

As a keystone species, the importance of the sea otter on the health of coastal ecosystems can't be understated. A new study shows that they may even play a key role in helping coastlines cope with agricultural run-off.

Just when you think climate change couldn't get any worse... BEARS!

Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

The Nature Conservancy is teaching New Yorkers about the protective natural ecosystems in the city

The world's rarest duck - the Madagascar pochard - needs a new environment if it's going to survive

Not in the ocean. Below it.

StackitNOW is a great idea but also demonstrates how intractable the problem is.

My favorite day of the year is a shadow of its former self.

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.

Here is one woman's version of simple living on the river, in a boat that is equipped to see the tough northern winters through.

I predicted trouble in winter, but they appear to still open even when buried in snow.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

An existing storage shed in the forest is transformed into a small modern home with a striking form.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.

No we're not kidding. The San Diego Union Tribune reported this morning that as Anheuser-Busch, owner of SeaWorld, is about to be gobbled up by Belgian brewer InBev, they are looking to rid themselves of their theme parks and

More and more, urban biking has become one of the best ways to see a lot of a city in a short span of time, so it's a no-brainer that more hotels are offering free bikes along with the price of the room. In

This coming Sunday would've been Silent Spring author and environmental hero Rachel Carson's 100th birthday. In recognition of Carson's contributions to the creation of the modern environmental movement, Sen. Benjanmin L. Cardin (D-MD) has announced his

We spend billions of dollars on over-the-counter cough medicine, but numerous studies find it’s not effective. Try these tips instead.

After 28 years of collecting lids, tabs, and connectors, Tilda Shalof was ready to turn them into a work of art.

Family doctors are acknowledging that there's only so much medicine can do, and sometimes a walk in the park is just what a person needs.

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.

Getting enough nutrients from food reduces risk of death, not the same could be said for nutrients in pill form. And in fact, some supplements were linked to increased risk of death.