2007 has been a brutal year for natural disasters in Latin America, keeping the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs busy. The agency said in a recent statement that a record nine missions were dispatched to Latin America

With the cost of cement electric power poles and

The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects.

These photos reveal the horror of our disposable, consumerist culture and how it's ruining the most beautiful places on Earth.

The researchers have developed a fuel cell that creates electricity from urine and could be used to power our gadgets.

We often write about technologies that harness energy from your steps. Here's how you can make your own piezoelectric sneakers at home.

Spark is a musical instrument that harvests kinetic energy when it's shaken, storing it in a battery for powering LED lights.

The small device is perfect for tiny homes or those wanting a convenient, yet electricity-free option.

The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.

An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.

A public memorial ceremony will be held in NYC for Wangari Maathai on November 14.

"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"

Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-backed Somali terror group responsible for Saturday's attack in a Nairobi mall, receives significant funding from the illegal poaching. This is why the US sees wildlife trafficking as a national security issue.

There's been much talk of Africa "leapfrogging" the paradigm of fossil fuel dependence. Kenya's latest announcement on solar power provides a vision of what that might look like.

A new report calls for international collaboration to fight the crime organizations behind the illegal trade in wood and wildlife.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are banding together to combat unlawful timber products and curb deforestation.

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.

It's not quite as dramatic as it sounds. It's simply a good demonstration of the power of regenerative braking!

Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii.

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!

This short film, while focused on the island of Kauai, highlights the challenges and crises we will all have to face on our island planet.

This is candy in its purest form -- certified organic ingredients, zero artificial colors and flavors, no preservatives or GMOs.

It took three years, but Hōkūle’a made the impressive journey using only ancient Polynesian navigational methods.

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

Since before he started TreeHugger, Graham Hill has delivered the same message: sustainability can be beautiful and fun.

We still need a ton more renewable energy in order to combat climate change, but the good news is that renewable energy is picking up the pace.

The number of wolves alone around Chernobyl is more than 7 times greater than can be found in other nature reserves.

Mushrooms and game meat in European regions where Chernobyl fallout was most intense still have excess radiation, but Burgundy truffles get the green light; foodies rejoice.

It's a job even too tough for robots.

Earlier research found evidence of a wildlife wonderland at the disaster site, now the first camera study validates an abundance of wolves, boars, foxes and more.

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.

Eben Weiss, the Bike Snob, is an unexpected source for this proposal to save the environment.

And put away your phone if you are on vacation.

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A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving

and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?

This young startup uses cellular agriculture to grow fish out of water -- delicious, nutritious, and cruelty-free.

Instead of tossing it, fisheries should capture the protein and fat left in water and use it to feed humans and animals a second time around.

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.

No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.

It would be hard to find a cooler looking vacation home than one of these cabins...

The material could also one day charge our devices.

From tracking and data to emergency walkie-talkie capabilities and where to find gas, these apps can help weather the storm.

Personal lighting just took a huge leap forward with the Kogalla RA.

The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future.

Between 2002 and 2015, these 'streamer lines' helped reduce seabird by-catch in Alaskan fisheries by 78%.

The recovery of these beleaguered species proves that conservation action works.

In the 30+ years since the disaster zone was evacuated, rare and endangered animals are flourishing.

The Swedish travel industry is woefully under-prepared for a changing climate, says researcher Stephen Gössling. Tourism to and from Sweden contributes 10 percent of the country's total measured CO2 emissions,

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The