Why buy a kid's size bike when you can rent the right size bike every year?

Sharing resources and renting just what you need is green, but not much of a business model.

Some are even containerized and self-service, and have a lot more than just tools.

We have seen many ups and downs in the prefab world, but they may be getting it right this time.

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

At Woodrise 2019, Katerra CEO Michael Marks wows the wood world.

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

The limited edition pieces are designed to give plastic waste a second life.

Our photo of the day reveals a butterfly of most beautiful contradictions.

Our well-coiffed photo of the day comes from the rain forest of Ecuador.

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

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 HRP-5Ps were created by man. They evolved. There are many copies. And they have a plan.

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

The Gene-Z app works with Apple and Android and can detect plant diseases in 10-30 minutes.

Matt Grocoff describes how his ancestors lived " in an elegant cradle-to-cradle, closed loop pattern."

Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.

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

However, the voter’s choice won’t be the final say.

Proposed bill would make burning tires and other industrial solid waste count towards the state’s mandate of generating 10 percent of its energy from renewables.

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

It is designed to dry beeswax wraps more easily, but its usefulness goes beyond that.

:: 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

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,

It's catching on: homeowners letting lawns go fallow during the summer without wasting resources on watering. When I lived in Seattle it was a common practice. After the grass turns brown, come fall,

Pestival, is a weekend festival packed with art, music, talks and workshops, celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. It starts from the fact that eighty percent of creatures on earth are insects, the 'pests' without whom humans

It sounds counter-intuitive to say the least, but a team of scientists has discovered that running barefoot is better for your feet. What!

Celebrities buying plots of land to block developments is the new new. Last year people opposed to the third runway at Heathrow Airport bought up a plot in the middle of the runway in an attempt to thwart it. Now opponents to

It's the first living painting in London's Trafalgar Square, and maybe the first anywhere. A Van Gogh picture has been turned into a green living vertical wall.

Artists installed a grass carpet through a French town to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its arts and nature trail programs.

It's not pretty, but a fact of life, gardens are rich pickings for thieves.

The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying.

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

For many

Two hundred evangelical scientists recently wrote a letter to Congress making the religious case for passing climate change legislation.

A new study in the journal Conservation Biology found that snow leopards living near Buddhist monasteries in Tibet are being helped by monks who actively patrol the forests to prevent poachers from killing the endangered cats.

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.

Could it be that green living is making a comeback?

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.

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

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

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

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

That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.

Fewer solar panel manufactures are willing to share information about their manufacturing practices, and that can't be good news.

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