What if we declared climate change a crisis and put some serious resources to this type of initiative?

It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.

Our always-on devices turn out to consume a lot of power. Do I really need to connect my garage door to the Internet?

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.

With a few tips from Grandma thrown in.

Plus lots of green things.

And a few looks back at themes of the last ten years.

Here are the favorites in our favorite category

Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....

August is the best month for tiny houses and here are the best tiny houses of August.

Gather round the holiday vegetable loaf and hear of Thanksgivings past on TreeHugger

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

Climate change is already killing people around the world. Now the British Medical Association has vowed to do something about it.

The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

If we're going to push lifestyle change as a strategy, how we manage our money is one of the most important topics of all.

A new platform aims to remove the barriers between would-be investors and solar developers, increasing the adoption of renewables in the process.

Ethical fashion brands tend to be very expensive, but there are ways to make the transition without spending a pile of money.

Putting your money to work for sustainability is probably one of the most important things you can do. It just got easier.

Yet another sign that the oil industry is facing significant headwinds.

Your favorite clothing item just got even better. These new leggings from Girlfriend Collective tick all the boxes when it comes to eco-friendly and ethical production.

While advertising her new film "Beauty & the Beast", Watson wants people to think about how and where clothes are made.

This is fashion with compassion -- beautiful footwear that causes no harm to animals and minimal damage to the planet.

This is beginning to get real.

Nippon Life Insurance will become first major Japanese institutional investor to ditch coal.

What with social networking sites like Facebook all the rage right now and more attention than ever being focused on the issues of global warming and climate change, the moment certainly seems propitious for the unveiling of MakeMeSustainable, a

Tweet tweet. Collect enough virtual birds and you could make it to the Galapagos.

Who are the best ambassadors for clean energy, energy industry innovators, activists, and more? Vote here.

Whlle TreeHugger has covered energy issues since its founding, Energy as a Best of Green category is new for 2012. Find out the best energy project, energy ambassador, activist group, and more.

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.

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?

You can now view the energy and water efficiency performance of the company's North Carolina and Oregon data centers in real-time.

The company would use the Solara solar-powered drone, which can remain in flight for five years at a time!

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.

The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials

It is a fascinating product, glazing that darkens at the flip of a switch, eliminating the

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

The rating system is attacked in 2012 for its 2002 standard and the timing couldn't be worse.

It's going for every label from LEED to Living Building Challenge

Waste water and waste heat recovery together at last, perhaps the most interesting new thing at Greenbuild.

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

All kinds of interesting people were at Greenbuild.

This Australian design takes the work out of parking bikes.

MAKAR is doing the kind of work that puts North American architects and builders to shame.

There were inspiring people and some neat new things at Greenbuild, and my biggest ever Best of Show.

What do we really want from a building certification system?

Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese in Brazil, it's having a similar effect on parishioners' immortal souls. In an effort to bring a bit of green back

The Echmiadzin Cathedral complex in Armenia is one of 12 spiritual destinations that are becoming more sustainable.