The 'puffin patrol' is saving baby puffins by the handful.

The World Customs Organization and INTERPOL retrieved thousands of endangered animals during a sweep of arrests across 109 countries.

One of the '25 most wanted' lost species, the silver-backed chevrotain is a snaggle-toothed, deer-like species that is the size of a rabbit and walk on its tippy toes.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

This experiment may kickstart a new age of microorganism technology.

London Fashion Week was disrupted by protesters who want the industry to declare a climate emergency.

The electric quadracycle is clad in a composite made from hemp and cashews.

This is how you get people out of cars and build better cities. So what's stopping them?

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.

TreeHugger's Lloyd Alter does radio

Perfect for tiny spaces, this multifunctional unit can be used as a kitchen, storage and workspace.

This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.

Abimis offers refrigerated drawers and heated tops. Does anyone need this?

Perhaps having kids cooking with gas is not such a good idea after all.

Lessons from the kitchens at Le Corbusier's Unité d’Habitation in Marseille.

Can a recirculating fan deliver the indoor air quality we should demand?

Solar control, security, privacy and ventilation, all in one clever device – why don't more buildings still have shutters?

You really don't need all those big appliances.

On land, a fierce dust storm blots out any sign of life. But offshore, these banes of desert-dwellers' existence can be providers of life in what might otherwise be empty waters,

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

Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed

Concerned about Asian carp? Meet the invasive cousins, you might say, of the monster fish. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a white paper on 40 high-risk species to watch out for,

We really do need more of this kind of thinking.

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.

The vast majority of species exist in a sort of 'dark matter' biomass. But new tools are shedding light on the microscopic organisms that, although invisible to our eyes, constitute the "most diverse and abundant" life forms on earth.

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

This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people.

Humans dump millions of tons of phosphorus into lakes every year, and it's destroying their ecosystems.

Bloom hoovers up harmful algae overgrowth from waterways and turns it into a flexible foam that can replace some petroleum-based products.

Fresh and seasonal, these recipes offer maximum flavor for minimal effort.

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

Bristol, UK, just keeps on popping up on Treehugger. Most recently we talked about the potentially ground breaking Transition City Bristol initiative, a community lead process to plan for peak oil, but as we noted then, it doesn’t end there. It’s also

The UK-based renewable energy company Ecotricity recently won an award from the renewable energy agency for South West England for its development of three giant wind turbines at the industrial Avonmouth Docks site on the outskirts of Bristol (which we

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

We know that bike commuting saves money, and that cycling to work combats obesity too. So it's no surprise when we hear that bike commuting is on the rise in many cities. One company is stepping out way ahead

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

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

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

The Bristol Pound is not your average local currency scheme. A new video sets out the vision for this ambitious, city-wide scheme.

There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.

A slippery art installation in Bristol, England, reminds us that streets are not just for cars.

This week former Vice-President Al Gore made a stop by Atlanta last week to talk about...well, climate change. But while he was there, he took the time out to talk to one of the NFLs most green athletes, Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli. Still

Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you

I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than

It's summertime, and the living is easy, and we are talking about air conditioning.