Cece Durden, a 17-year-old from Uniontown, Alabama, fights coal ash pollution in her hometown

In rural Alabama, an existing landmark building is converted into a new community gathering spot, instead of being torn down.

A seasoned dumpster diver who lived without cash for a year, Mark Boyle—aka the Moneyless Man—knows more than most about getting by without money. Having explored how to travel without cash, he's

Chris Yurista lives out of his backpack. He tells the BBC that "It's always nice to have a personal sense of home, but that aside - the internet has replaced my need for an address." He's got a job and moonlights as a DJ, couch-surfing in friends'

50% of Americans had reduced their electronics and apparel expenditures in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by management consulting firm, Booz & Company. They sum up their findings saying that "the impact

Families should be able to have Thanksgiving Dinner instead of having to go to work. This stinks.

She claims it's not a problem, "It's just a food product, essentially."

Is shopping so important that people have to die or get pepper sprayed?

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.

Some of them are surprising and all of them will make a real difference.

They got this one right.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

The architect/ engineer says we have the tech now to live better electrically.

If a vertical farm fantasy is the best unbuilt project in the UK, then sustainable design is in worse trouble than I thought.

It's the country's biggest architectural award and quite a few are TreeHugger friendly

And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass

They deserve an award for putting on such a terrific award program.

If a building doesn't meet these basic and necessary criteria, it doesn't deserve an award.

They say these are about celebrating the best contemporary architecture. But what does that mean today?

This coastal region, which specializes in sun, surf, and seafood, is well worth visiting if you're ever near Rio de Janeiro.

You may think it sounds like an oxymoron, but travelling to faraway places with little ones in tow can actually be quite fun. Here are some ways to make it a lot easier.

It's not all stress and extra work. In some ways, kids can make a trip more interesting and interactive.

This fascinating film reveals disturbing facts about malnutrition and infant mortality, and the role of insidious corporations in perpetuating these problems.

Bravo to this Brazilian guy for showing how it's done.

A new book called "Dancing with the Devil in the City of God" shines the spotlight on the widespread environmental degradation occurring in one of the world's most geographically stunning cities.

These vibrant murals combine nature and realism with the chaos and tumult of the urban landscape.

How small is too small?

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

Owner of Timberland, Vans, and Dickies says it needs assurance that materials used in its products "don't contribute to environmental harm."

While the greenest vacation is often a staycation, it's nice to know that when you do travel, whether it be for business or pleasure, a hotel can meet you half way.

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

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

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

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

A super minimalist mobile ice fishing hut consists of a wooden frame, some chicken wire and walls of ice, made on the spot.

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.

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

From cherries and cauliflower to grapes and pumpkins, wonderful things happen when you cook these foods whole.

Whatever you do, do not let these gems go to waste.

Need some last-minute inspiration? We've gather together our favorite vegetarian and vegan recipes from which to choose.

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.

While the federal government may be turning its back on the environment, these American cities are stepping up.

New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.

A hopeful report by Greenpeace envisions a future where supermarkets have gotten rid of superfluous waste.

The city of New Orleans had given up on glass recycling. Enterprising students from Tulane University decided to step up to the challenge and bring back free glass recycling citywide in spring 2020.

Even a full day later, a one-hour shift in the clock is hard to adjust to.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

Some question if it is even possible.