The Norwegian Consumer Authority thinks the fast fashion company is misleading shoppers with its so-called Conscious Collection.

Ways to spend the day for those who'd like to skip the whole 'bloodsport of mass consumerism' thing.

It's not as 'free' as you think. Someone always pays.

How do you design a green, sustainable and healthy kitchen?

It is a real problem when designing energy efficient homes, and it seems that there is no good solution except ordering in.

Kitchens should be for cooking.

This compact all-in-one cooking kit is looking to overhaul the traditional kitchen for today's hectic schedules and non-traditional living situations.

Adriano Studio shows the future of induction cooking with Ordine

Every kitchen should have one of these, and now it can fit right in.

Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during

These stunning underwater organisms offer an ethereal beauty hard to reproduce on land.

The ocean is full of uncharted territory -- and of breathtaking natural wonders that look like they'd be more at home on Pandora than in the blue depths just off the beach where you spent your summer vacation. These stunning underwater plants offer an

This fascinating installation where algae, bioluminescent bacteria, humans and smartphones interact may chart where a new generation of urban "cyber-gardeners" may go.

Florida's waterways are rapidly become gross slimy things.

With the right set-up, phosphorescent algae can create a lightshow in your room at night.

An interesting design concept that envisions humans becoming semi-photosynthetic thanks to a symbiotic relationship with algae.

EnerGaia, a Thai startup, is using the rooftop of a Bangkok hotel to harvest spirulina. Is this the new edible rockstar of urban farming?

Instead of heavy metals, petroleum products, and toxic solvents, this printing ink is made with algae grown by Living Ink.

Designed with 'artificial leaves' of glass filled with algae, this lighting fixture is made to produce extra oxygen.

We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.

It's still up to a restaurant to decide to fill them, but the law provides detailed guidelines on how to do it safely.

An extended mating season is bringing California's tarantulas out in droves; here's a reminder to go easy on the gentle giants.

Cherry-picking has become a family bonding experience – and a practical zero-waste food storage tactic.

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida

The Transition Town concept, a community focused response to climate change and peak oil, which was pioneered by Rob Hopkins, and which we reported on here and here, is spreading even further. For the first time, it is being tried on a city-wide scale,

Hailed by Rob Hopkins as "possibly the biggest peak oil/climate change/Transition event to take place in the UK", Bristol's Big Event looks set to be a huge collective exploration of the future for this city of 400,000 residents as fossil fuels

We like Ecotricity, the UK-based green energy company that is busy planning and erecting urban wind turbines across the country. We’ve written about their partnership with Popeye, we’ve brought news of their collaborations with Lotus and Ben and

Whenever we've discussed Triodos Bank, the European sustainability-oriented savings bank with branches in the UK, Spain, The Netherlands and Belgium, we've always been impressed at the number of customers who attend

Stunning Art Project Projects Impacts of Climate Change TreeHugger was founded on the idea that art and design can help solve the ecological crisis we are facing - most recently evidenced by our round up of environmental artists shaking up the art

Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in

Local currencies are nothing new, but one city is allowing its businesses to pay their taxes with local money.

The British city of Bristol hopes to promote local business with their own high-security scrip featuring local designs

The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills."

"Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it."

"It's an emergency," say council members. "So let's act like it."

As part of their larger Campus Sustainability Initiative, Emory University (GA) students are being asked to commit to each doing three green things in their personal life and on campus. While the program is voluntary, the university

I have been trying to write something punchier than David Goldberg at Transportation for America did but I cannot, this event is "so utterly outrageous, so emblematic of the failure of our current transportation

A community garden in Atlanta proviudes refugees from around the Globe a space to grow food, share their culture and to build community as a result.

Proof that buildings from the 70s and 80s can be fixed well instead of demolished: Perkins + WIll gets the highest LEED score in America.

St. Augustine said "Solvitur Ambulando": It is solved by walking. So does Tom Vanderbilt in this great series in Slate.

Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy

If you thought the top market for electric car growth was somewhere in California, you'd be right many months out of the year, but not the 4th quarter of 2013.

Things don't quite work as they are supposed to when people stand up.

BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.

Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion

New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.

It is one thing to ban something, it is another thing to have something to replace it with at hand. We don't.

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.

Cartoonist Joe Mohr shows how the chemical might have affected the cartoon hero

Researchers have found that lignin, a compound found in wood, could replace BPA in plastics.