Bye bye, lake. Where it's going, nobody knows for sure.

Local designers from The NewNew, a group of independent handmade Etsy artists, designers, and crafters in the New York area, have come together for this years spring Handmade Calvacade. The shopping event will feature fine,

Ethically sourced dresses for this spring, summer and many more sunny days to come.

It's that time of year when conscious shoppers remember the Rana Plaza tragedy and unite in their efforts to demand greater safety, fairness and transparency in the fashion industry.

As the temperature drops in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, locals bundle up and get excited. While most wait for the first snow to cover the ski runs, others hold out for those first cold nights to freeze the area's waterfalls.

We live in turbulent times, but this beautiful animation offers a systemic approach to facing up to change.

Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else!

The largest honey packer in the US faces criminal charges over fraudulent trade in Chinese honey.

Now that the Toyota International Teacher Program has ended, I've decided to turn the spotlight on a few of the teachers involved. First came the middle school teachers. Next up, a couple of the high school-teaching

...or does this augur the final breakdown of civilization?

Furthering a trend: As the United States continues virtually deadlocked on enacting any legislation pricing carbon or significantly promoting renewable energy, more Asian countries than China are likely to

Another model for the development industry: Smart young people using their own money

One more city joins the bike sharing club, providing its citizens with a great, healthy, and green way to get around.

Find all your sunny-day basics made with fair-trade fabrics and natural dyes.

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.

A health insurer practices what it preaches.

An astronaut-eye's view of Hurricane Florence from the International Space Station shows why everyone is kind of freaking out.

UK households can now buy 15 percent green gas and 100 percent green electricity with one easy tariff.

It's searching for a place to live because its home has been destroyed by our addiction to palm oil.

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

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

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

Can't we all stop fencing for political position and start talking about using the overwhelming amount of data to solve problems?

For three days this summer, a local host could show you why their country consistently ranks among the happiest in the world.

Once these plant-based meats showed up in fast food chains, they ceased to be cool.

The ethical shopping label is facing new competition from companies opting to create their own certification programs.

In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the

In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I -- an American -- was not fat. "But I went to America and everyone was so

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.

Gabriel Metcalf asks "The waters are rising, and cities can’t move out of the way. Can we act decisively enough to avert catastrophic climate change?"

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

Health care providers are alarmed by the rise in sleep disorders, but is it the kids or the parents who are in need of education?

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.

For the first time ever, insects took the place of cheese at an upscale gastronomical event.

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!

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

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.

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 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

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

There is a day for everything, and today we celebrate ride sharing.

Your phone makes it easier and safer.

According to Forbes, revenue from the sharing economy will surpass $3.5 billion this year.

For years we've been talking about renting or borrowing rather than owning. There are so many things that people own but rarely use...

Why own a fondue pot when you can borrow one?

There is sharing, there is abuse, and there is theft. Susie Cagle takes a tough look at the subject.

Copper Lane, a cohousing project in London, shows how design by committee doesn't have to look like a camel.