The Dot Earth Blogger on The Ad Man Behind Occupy Wall Street, and ‘Buy Nothing Day"

Celebrated outside of the United States, the holiday used to have a real meaning.

Bill Nye was the guy that said driving your car to the gym is literally insane - why not reclaim a piece of childhood through hooping?

Whether you opt for 'Buy Nothing Day' or 'Small Business Saturday,' the journey toward sustainability begins with a single step.

This Friday, Patagonia encourages us to celebrate the clothes we have and the stories they tell.

A look at the intersection of three ways to deal with this weekend about shopping.

Adopting a waste-conscious and anti-consumerist lifestyle is not something that happens overnight. Sometimes it's nice to hear about other people who are just starting out, like this young family from southwestern Ontario, Canada.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.

A condo in Manhattan and a mixed use 12 story building in Portland get a boost.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

The architect/ engineer says we have the tech now to live better electrically.

It's the country's biggest architectural award and quite a few are TreeHugger friendly

And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass

The Templar Block in Hamilton Ontario pushes a lot of buttons.

They deserve an award for putting on such a terrific award program.

Too much information?

... in the place where people understand the risks of living in an anti-globalist, post-fact era

They say these are about celebrating the best contemporary architecture. But what does that mean today?

Despite Natura's seemingly excellent and forward-thinking business model, their list of ingredients is surprisingly awful and toxic, which calls into question the B Corp certification standards.

Less than half an inch in length, the brightly colored frogs are highly endemic and vulnerable to extinction.

This fascinating film reveals disturbing facts about malnutrition and infant mortality, and the role of insidious corporations in perpetuating these problems.

A new government initiative called "Childbirth is Normal!" addresses the epidemic of caesarean births plaguing the country.

Bravo to this Brazilian guy for showing how it's done.

The Zika virus, borne by mosquitoes, has been linked to a surge in microcephaly in newborn babies.

These vibrant murals combine nature and realism with the chaos and tumult of the urban landscape.

Deforestation has revealed the large geometrical geoglyphs built over 2000 years ago – their discovery holds valuable lessons for today.

A relentless sweet tooth, naïveté, and sneaky marketing are conspiring to create a health disaster in every corner of this country.

Brazil is often in Treehugger because of illegal logging and deforestation. Not this time.

A lack of space becomes something more roomy with some simple design strategies.

This new loft adds extra space and an extra bedroom in an urban apartment in Brazil.

A clever redo of a small 376-square-foot apartment in São Paulo that uses lots of glass and reflective surfaces.

Experts blame urban sprawl for the increased number of attacks.

Built as part of a community training project, this multifunctional structure acts as a place for visitors to stay, as well as an extra office or a place for the kids to play.

Chewy, salty, and impossible to stop eating, they're the next best thing to an actual trip to Brazil (especially when paired with a caipirinha).

It's having a negative effect on the fishing industry, he claims.

While the greenest vacation is often a staycation, it's nice to know that when you do travel, whether it be for business or pleasure, a hotel can meet you half way.

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

When the team at nature-minded Spanish architecture firm Urbanarbolismo decided to build a tree house, they set some high standards. Working with a centuries old oak tree, they wanted to create a place for

Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

What's the cutest tiny shed or building, best single family house, or best new furniture design? Vote on these and more.

TreeHugger visits one of Denmark's oldest Eco villages, which includes 74 sustainably-designed highly unique houses and apartment buildings that range from hobbit-style straw to high design.

Girls and boys have a lot to gain from learning to work with their hands

Mount Manresa was a community space owned by Jesuits, but has now been sold to developers.

An international team of researchers has created a new type of cement that uses these discarded items that is just as strong, but produces far less emissions.

A process that recycles cigarette butts into bricks for construction could kick a nasty littering habit.

Want to build your own tiny house? Clueless about where to start? Check out this Instructables tutorial.

First there was foamcrete, then there was papercrete and hempcrete, and now we've got AirCrete, a foamy mixture of air bubbles and cement.

We have to use less of the stuff in our cars, our buildings, and our infrastructure.

Hurry, before the tomatoes set sail for the season, indulge in a big, beautiful Horiatiki salad.