Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing

They really do live up to their billing this year.

Not coming soon from a modular company near you.

Lipinski Lasovsky Johansson has designed a beautiful building and, wow, what beautiful drawings.

It always amazes, how much work people do for this.

Metsä Wood design competition produces very interesting entries, like this one from Sigurd Larsen.

Lots of great ideas for green building in this year's crop.

Considered to be the highest award a restaurant can receive, the Michelin Guide's 2020 French edition now gives a nod to environmentally minded restaurants.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

Cornell study finds that when people have easy access to food shops, they discard less at home.

This self-sustaining mini-ecosystem is made by a designer who wants to create habitable structures that are also themselves alive.

This modern and comfortable two-bed treehouse in Texas is open to guests.

This modular curtain could help existing buildings photosynthesize oxygen and get rid of pollution in cities.

This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

Really, there is a lot to love about his work that applies to green building. Really.

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines."

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"

This project learns from spiders by envisioning a series of interconnected webs that would allow scientists to study the rainforest without harming it.

The continue reduction in Amazon forest clearance is based on preliminary data however. Last year the final tally resulted in significantly higher levels of deforestation.

Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.

The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.

‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’

Using special laser surveying equipment, the drones will discover how ancient tribes lived.

Heart attacks and strokes are virtually unknown among the Tsimane people of the Bolivian rainforest. What can we learn from this?

Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.

A popular solution for deforestation has been to offer locals payments for NOT cutting down trees. But does this system actually work?

Woven in collaboration with an indigenous Amazonian people, this enormous sculpture invites visitors to enter a space for ritual and contemplation.

The answer is pretty surprising.

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.

Though accompanied by several friends at the beginning of this trip, he traveled the last thirty-three days alone.

We've all heard it — "this city" or "that city" has more bicyclists because it has warmer weather. Looks like it's time to retire that statement.

The largest wildlife refuge in the United States needs protection from oil & gas development.

Long admired for its beneficial medicinal properties, Alaskan farmers are happy to find that this Siberian herb loves their climate.

Nine of these giant endangered animals have died recently; all at roughly the same time and place. What’s going on?

Study indicates the effects of low levels of oil contamination are worse than anticipated

The aquarium and wildlife rescue center uses a unique heat pump system to cover 98% of its heating needs.

This rustic, modern tiny home features lots of smart space-saving ideas, plus a self-built bed that can lift up and down automatically.

So often we read books on ecology that detail the downfall of a species or habitat. Finally, here is a book that does the opposite, explaining instead the incredible comeback of one of the most important locales for marine

This month, BookHugger presents The Agile City by James S. Russell. Readers can order a discounted copy today and watch a recording of the live discussion above.

Mangroves are a special ecosystem. Found all over the world, they thrive in the in-between zones of land and sea, and act as nurseries for a vast variety of animals, grocery stores for humans, a buffer between homes

This month, BookHugger presents Let Them Eat Shrimp by Kennedy Warne. Readers can order a discounted copy.Watch live streaming video from treehuggerlive at livestream.com Vital Mangroves On The Edge Of

Dr. Peter Gleick uncovers the complex truth to the bottled water industry, and makes a strong case for being realistic about our addiction.

Author Peter Gleick joins TreeHugger for a live chat about the story behind bottled water and what it means for our culture and environment.

Two very different views of public transit, from two authors that will be on Bookhugger this afternoon

The title is deceptive; it is a real page-turner that will open your eyes to what really affects urban design.

A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors look at the realities of local food.

Can products be better for people? Can buildings be better for the planet? Gradually, business is waking up to the fact that design can be beautiful and responsible.