Meet the primate species that are among the most endangered on the planet, and the most in need of conservation measures.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

It's time for swift and immediate action to protect marine life from further devastation.

Mixing conservation with death care, a new start-up offers permanently protected memorial trees that solve a slew of problems.

We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico.

There isn't much choice, as groundwater reserves are insufficient. But really...is bottled water any worse than this? Four years behind schedule and nearly $80 million over the original budget, the nation's largest sea water desalination facility

Record droughts, falling water tables and the rapid depletion of aquifers have helped make desalination, a process once considered impractical and too expensive, a viable technology -- at least in some places. As such, there has been a rash of stories --

Bromberg, then a young lawyer working for an environmental NGO in Tel Aviv, was frustrated that environmental issues were not

In part one of this interview, Gidon discussed FoEME's work in promoting cross-border

XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially

This simple, innovative solar still purifies water without electricity or filters.

A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.

The smart thermostat will help people save even more money and help utilities curb peak demand loads.

From making homemade pasta and bread crumbs to cauliflower rice and so much more, the humble box grater is a genius, multi-talented workhorse.

This could keep people from overheating in their wearable electronic outfits or simply in the heat of the ever-warming days

This ancient method is simple and cheap.

The Center for Food Safety's recently launched network is a bid to preserve global plant biodiversity and work toward food security around the globe.

An event on Lake Tahoe promises "world class minds, radical innovation and kickass rock 'n roll". And solutions to the biodiversity crisis, too.

One-third of emissions reductions needed for 2 degree target could be achieved with better land management.

Incredibly, this appears to be the first time the government has really tried to tackle this crucial issue nationwide.

It's an industrial design approach, a product that is refined almost to perfection.

The company explains why all-electric homes are healthier, safer, and more sustainable.

Eco-architect Michelle Kaufmann talks to Eric Corey Freed about his book Green Building for Dummies, disco balls and the death of Pergo floors in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. Eric is the principal architect at organicARCHITECT, and

TreeHugger was founded as a sustainable design blog. From Alan Chochinov's 10 steps for sustainable design, through Yves Behar's predictions for sustainable design in 2011, to the

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.

An affordable, long-lasting and attractive chair made from 100% recycled and recyclable plastic, designed in Barcelona by Estudio Mariscal. Need it far away? Then just buy the seat and get local legs!

In cars, houses, furniture and electronics, The trend was toward increasing repairability and simplifying recycling. Apple goes its own way.

Meet Dopper, a Cradle to Cradle water bottle company that’s bringing clean water to Nepal.

People have complained about his building since they started pouring the concrete.

He was a pioneer of sustainable design.

KieranTimberlake and Lake|Flato team up with Bensonwood to offer OpenHomes

Or why the trend toward simplicity is not all it's cracked up to be.

Some plants help each other enormously, while others hinder their neighbors – use this cheat sheet to ensure harmony in the vegetable plot.

BloomingTables are a lovely solution for saving space ... and keeping indoor plants away from kids and pets.

A medical practice in Manchester, England is giving patients indoor plants to help boost wellness.

Colder weather provides some unique challenges for indoor plants; here's how to how to help them get through it.

This could take a lot of smelly gas mopeds off the road.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.

Roll over everything and get on and off easily on this powerful fatbike.

Bill Murray looks like he is enjoying the ride. Others might go a bit faster.

Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen

Four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing in Hungary as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. A

The flood of toxic red sludge, which burst forth from a containment pond in Ajka, Hungary and covered several villages earlier in the week, reached a branch of the River Danube today. According to the head of the

Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

The toxic red line that runs through this town -- as photographed by Palíndromo Mészáros -- is shocking evidence of what can go wrong.

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.

But hey, it's all in the interest of national security; Americans have to be ready to defend themselves from Canada.

Recycling isn't enough when demand for aluminum is soaring. We have to use less of the stuff and eliminate single-use packaging.