Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

A new government initiative called "Childbirth is Normal!" addresses the epidemic of caesarean births plaguing the country.

Since 1984, Brazilian farmer Ernst Gotsch has been restoring 1,200 acres of deforested land into a working, regenerative farm. The results are amazing.

Built as part of a community training project, this multifunctional structure acts as a place for visitors to stay, as well as an extra office or a place for the kids to play.

Chewy, salty, and impossible to stop eating, they're the next best thing to an actual trip to Brazil (especially when paired with a caipirinha).

In 2009, architects Franck Deboute and Karine Montagnon decided to build their dream home and office. The site: the Pointe du Raz, hanging out over the Atlantic Ocean, in Brittany, France. The

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

When the team at nature-minded Spanish architecture firm Urbanarbolismo decided to build a tree house, they set some high standards. Working with a centuries old oak tree, they wanted to create a place for

Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

Building and living in a tiny house can be a big step toward living more sustainably, but using repurposed salvaged building materials to build one might be the Holy Grail of green living.

Want to build your own tiny house? Clueless about where to start? Check out this Instructables tutorial.

"Exuberant low cost studios for creatives and artists" are plugged into a giant structure in this revolutionary project.

Take your creamy vegetable soups from dull to delectable with these tips.

After decades of eating mostly a plant-based diet, these are the basic staples I've learned to keep on hand for a variety of meals.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.

The Story of Stuff's latest film underscores the importance of putting deposits on all cans and bottles.

We don't have time for purity tests.

They have always been controversial, and they may well be counterproductive.

For many parents, working from home is the biggest professional challenge they've faced to date. Here are some coping strategies.

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Created by Zaha Hadid Architects, this innovative project demonstrates the possibilities of using KnitCrete technology for creating curved concrete shells efficiently.

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.

They keep piling it on Florida's beaches, but they can't keep it up.

It is as counterintuitive as it is true: Around the world, communities who have resided on the land the longest often have the most tenuous rights to that land.

There's plenty of "recognizing," "acknowledging," and "noting" going on in the final draft of the Rio+20 text. Lot's of UN-ese. And that's about it.

Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

The large solar-powered box will help farmers get more food to the market for selling.

A new plug-in diagnostic tool could mean better healthcare around the world.

The device made from household objects could replace AA batteries for powering small electronics.

For the last two decades, Nargis Latif and her organization have been researching how to divert waste from landfills and reusing it as quick and cheap construction materials.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

Tiny scales along the animals' bodies improve the efficiency of their movements through water. These structures could do the same for aircraft.

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?

Because “the pursuit of speed is a moral imperative.”

If it weren't so subsidized, it would be a lot more expensive, and people might fly a lot less.

Cat lover? New plant parent? Fortune seeker? Traveler? We've got the perfect plant for all.

These photo-luminescent artworks hide fascinating stories about the places and cities they are located in.

Using a series of rotating LED lights, this work highlights the visually transformative powers of the Moon.

Just take them with big photos, nobody will ever know.

“If it ain’t Boeing, I ain’t going.”

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.