Architype demonstrates that simple forms and careful window choices are the way to build efficient, affordable homes.

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

Here's one room in the house that might benefit from a bit more tech.

Wait, there's more! It slices! It dices!

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

The fact that it is supposed to last longer is a bigger deal.

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

Where I was preoccupied with everything Herman Miller after a tour of their factories

When cars first began appearing in the late 19th century, some cities moved to ban them -- but there is still one place in the US that has yet to change its mind.

It wouldn't solve everything, but becoming a solar power hub could give a new spark to the area.

Phoenix Haus brings European prefab technology to the midwest

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

LEGO is cleaning and repackaging pre-loved bricks and sending them to charities for kids.

:: Make your soles sustainable with shoe shopping tips from Summer Rayne Oakes.

Ideal Bite: Are you getting very, very sleepy? by Heather Stephenson "You will be if you follow this tip. Conventional anti-insomnia pills work, but if you don't wanna lose sleep over side effects and potentially addictive ingredients, induce

Image: Fiskars If it's true that gas-powered lawn mowers crank out 5% of the nation's air pollution, then it's truly time to consider workable alternatives. If we haven't convinced you to replace your lawn with a xeriscape or food forest, you might want

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?

Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines?

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even

"A Jewish ecology is 'not

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

Like the word 'sustainability', 'environmentalism' has become a hollow word, a word divorced from meaning, a word lacking in soul, separated from its essence.

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

It's a moveable feast of cheaper, cooler, greener electricity for building blockchains.

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?

That's compared to 624 in the whole of 2017...

And why not?

It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions.

The message "Electrify Everything!" is beginning to spread.

E-waste is a big problem, but there is also a counter-trend that helps fight it.

Photographer Michael Ciaglo has shared his haunting photos from Agbogbloshie, the "digital dump" on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana.

Kodjo Afate Gnikou is a 33 years old inventor from Togo, in West Africa. Using mostly e-waste that he found in a scrap yard, he built a functioning 3D printer that he calls W.AFATE.

Starting in 2015, it will be illegal to leave computers and other electronic for curb-side pickup, as part of an effort to fight e-waste.

Donating your old cell phones to these causes will keep them out of landfills and help others too.

From 50 million tons of e-waste generated annually to 350,000 cell phones thrown away every day, the numbers behind our digital addiction are staggering.

And the Oatmeal says " I'm ready for our army of Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots."

These may be limited to 25 MPH, but the era of autonomous cars is coming at us really fast.

The Street View cameras now take you on extreme vertical tours alongside famous climbers.

The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below.

I, for one, welcome the arrival of soft and sticky google cars.

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.

It is a wonderful wooden and digital world, but will it ever happen?

The proposal for redeveloping Toronto's waterfront into a green, sustainable, urban tech hub is controversial.

Jeans into insulation, plastic bottles into coats – details like this make people more inclined to use the blue bin.