Sometimes it's worth it.

At the annual builders' show, a massive green show home has all the bells and whistles, but none of the logic of sustainable building.

"At first glance, Marble with Fluorescent Tube's monolithic 2,500 pound base appears to be at odds with the banality of the bulb which sits on top of it."

There is a perverse logic to this idea of bringing your car to your apartment.

It's got everything, from hotels to hospitals to theaters to the world's largest mall, and a severe case of cognitive dissonance.

Yuusuke Karasawa designs a house in Tokyo with 5 levels, a dozen stairs and almost no walls inside or out.

Serenity may not be a spaceship but it is still out of this world.

Two years ago we couldn't decide, but when you see it in action the answer is obvious.

The sharing economy comes to architecture as the rich and the very rich share views and height.

Cooking outdoors in the summer is the green thing to do, but this is ridiculous.

I can't decide if this is just what I always needed or the worst product ever put on Kickstarter.

Wretched excess meets the tiny house. Rent it for only $ 5,000 a game, including concierge!

But, we ask, are they green and sustainable?

Apparently adult wipes are a huge growth industry. Another good reason to switch to a bidet equipped toilet.

We hate pods, but love durability. Is there a place for this?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Fairtrade: Is the future of Fairtrade with big switches by big companies or increasing access to the pioneer brands? "Cadburys says in the FT today that it's not trying to undermine the pioneering 100% Fairtrade companies such as

Love is often said to blossom, but a new government initiative in the Indonesian district of Garut aims to make that metaphor literal by requiring newly married couples to plant 10 tree saplings.Two years ago, Indonesia

Major, major kudos to Ann Kagawa Lee of Honolulu, Hawaii, winner of Cheap Chic Wedding's annual toilet-paper wedding dress contest, who made this mind-boggling matrimonial ensemble out of bathroom tissue—a textile fit

Once thought of as pillars of monogamy in the animal kingdom, it appears the flame of love can burn out for swans as well. For the first time in 40 years, after following some 4 thousand swans at a reserve in the UK, researchers discovered one formerly

In the market for a royal PEZ dispenser?

Challenge the notion that you have to blow the bank account just to throw a good party. There are smarter ways of doing it.

At some point we were told not to toss rice at the newly betrothed because of the birds – here's the real reason why we shouldn't.

Gisele Bündchen helped earn Brazil 50,000 new trees and got the planting started by planting the first tree at the Green Nation Fest in Rio de Janeiro.

Once again, we're proud to partner with the United Nations Environment Programme to help fight food waste and bring attention to World Environment Day.

Did you know that 50% of food produced is wasted? It is true, but thankfully, the United Nations Environment Program and TreeHugger are helping shine a light on this problem with our fourth annual World Environment Day Blogging Competition.

Charles Immanuel Akhimien, a Nigerian doctor and writer, will report from WED host country Mongolia.

The British grocery giant hopes to prevent food waste.

With more composting and recycling, the city's eateries aim to send less to the landfill.

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Send one of these video bloggers to cover World Environment Day.

Environmental sustainability doesn’t have to come at the expense of economic development.

At the World Economic Forum, the elite of the global economy arrive in the least sustainable mode of travel - a private jet. Yet a few of them will walk a few kilometers to donate bikes to school kids.

The UN Environment Program takes aim at unsustainable consumption in 2015.

Design a logo for this year’s World Environment Day and win a trip to Milan, Italy.

Inspired by coastal redwoods, scientists have created a new kind of fog harvesting design that appears to increase the capacity of clean water collection by threefold.

South African women have had to change the way they approach showering, hair care, and menstruation, due to the lack of water.

Residents of the main avocado-producing area say they're forced to drink contaminated water delivered by truck because rivers and aquifers are being drained by avocado agribusiness.

This series of infographics reveals the bizarre discoveries made by volunteers during the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup.

A certain Commander in Chief says that wildfires are being made 'so much worse by the bad environmental laws.' Here's what's really happening.

Before the year ends we want to take a moment to glance back over the best articles and projects of the DIY movement from 2012.

The good, the bad, and the we-can-fix-its of the year all gathered up in one place.

I really didn't know where to start, there is so much terrible stuff around

We take a look back at our favorite robot stories: from the miniature to the hulking, from the record-breaking to the mundane.

The year saw the start of some very interesting trends that will play out over the next few years in a big way.

These stories from the past six months tell a lot about the shape of things to come in 2013.

We get small and look at designs from around the world

We asked the question on Facebook and got all kinds of interesting responses.

What we learned from last year and will look for in this one

We are just beginning to see how changes in the way we work are affecting the designs of where we work

Hydroponics systems, electricity-free appliances and more caught your attention in 2015.