Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.

Finally, Net Zero done right.

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.

Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....

Gather round the holiday vegetable loaf and hear of Thanksgivings past on TreeHugger

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

An amusing new study delves into the social consequences of one person witnessing another person doing the 'ethical thing' -- and why it makes them uncomfortable.

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!

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.

We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush

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

The Austrian system can build at 30 storey high-rise in thirty days

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

It's the right thing to do in so many ways, as LivingHome, Make it Right, Cradle to Cradle and Hanley Wood build a comfy new home for the Lower Ninth

This Australian design takes the work out of parking bikes.

What do we really want from a building certification system?

Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese in Brazil, it's having a similar effect on parishioners' immortal souls. In an effort to bring a bit of green back

The Echmiadzin Cathedral complex in Armenia is one of 12 spiritual destinations that are becoming more sustainable.

Religious communities may be wide open to fighting climate change, new evidence reveals.

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

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?

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.

The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed.

Well, giant shrimp the size of your forearm are now a thing we can worry about.

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.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

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.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

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

Images courtesy of Quiet Hero. Quiet Hero, a San Diego based clothing company sprang onto the scene in 2007 and has not stopped running. Their tshirts are quickly gaining interest in boutiques across the US. With themes like "Art you can ride a tiger

Image source: Sun Strides Sun Strides is merging two things that southern Californian's love - the sun and athletic activities - to raise funds for solar projects in Africa. 5, 10, 15K, whatever your passion or punishment, there is a spot for you at the

Image via: Flickr Stingaree Nightclub in San Diego is hosting weekly events titled "The Green Side of Sting" each friday in March. Each week a new, local, green group will host a green event at the club, bringing green fashion, sustainable energy and

If You're in San Diego this Weekend... You love bikes? You really love bikes and you're near San Diego? Well then, you've got to check out the 2009 San Diego Custom Bicycle Show! It takes place this weekend on April 3rd, 4th and 5th. Of course, best not

If you live in San Diego and find the prospect of banding together with your neighbors to get better rates on installing your own solar panels interesting, then this one is for you: 1BOG (that's One Block Off the Grid ...) has announced that they will

In partnership with CleanTECH San Diego, the University of California, San Diego plans to develop and construct a smart grid system for the San Diego region. In total, over 25 local national and global organizations will

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

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

Researchers are poring over an important medieval medical text with 360 recipes, many of which might have successfully fought infection long before modern science.

A new study on chicken embryos may help researchers understand how humans developed their sensitive daylight vision.

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.

A new study shows that children bear 88 percent of the burden of diseases linked to climate change.

Scientists have created a mobile bioprinter that when filled with a patient's cells, prints skin directly into a wound.

After decades of increasingly complicated insomnia fixes, this one little thing changed everything.

The FDA has announced new (and stronger) warning requirements for certain prescription insomnia medications. Here's why.