It's wood, it's small, it's resilient.

This chapel looks to nature and the generations-old tradition of Japanese wood joinery for inspiration.

Deep overhang controls light, provides privacy for bedrooms upstairs.

Yo Shimada designs a house for a family that believes if you've got it, flaunt it.

This Japanese approach to managing household spending may be over 100 years old, but it's as relevant as ever.

Because of the weather, some of the country's famed cherry trees are having a surprise autumn bloom instead of in spring.

In Japan, celebrating the transient beauty of flowers is a beloved custom when the cherry blossoms spring to life.

When I asked whether vegans can eat carrots grown with manure, some commenters found the question despicable. But my intention was not to question anyone's commitment, nor to lessen the

The disaster at Fukushima may have faded from the news cycle, but the radioactive waste it left behind isn't going anywhere. At the Saitama sewage treatment plant, 169 miles from Fukushima, workers are dealing with tons of

It sounds ridiculous: how could an element on the periodic table be an endangered species? The scientist, James Elser of Arizona State University, who is asking if we need a 'Red List' for phosphorous uses the

Artisan is the new natural in terms of false advertising.

A new tea set to become the world's most expensive is being fertilized with panda feces, and is touted as having cancer-preventing properties.

From ancient urine helping to track climate change to space-age toilets that monitor our health, pee may be coming to our rescue.

Straight outta Humboldt, this app is a great intro to the "art and craft" of brewing your own compost tea for boosting microbial activity in the soil and improving yields.

In this case, the HORSE is a 'living' machine, not an animal, and has the potential to reinvent the food cycle.

From the freshest possible eggs to rich compost to pets with personality, keeping backyard chickens would be a fun and educational foray in urban agriculture.

The problem may seem immense, but there are many good solutions.

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.

Selling energy efficiency is hard, but the UK Labour Party got it right.

Known to TreeHugger for their trademark lamps, the Seattle practice does a bigger building

A large section of a 140-year-old Western hemlock tree is faithfully reconstructed by hand from cast molds, using tiny pieces of reclaimed cedar that have been carefully glued together.

This traditional Japanese method of finishing wood is having a dramatic resurgence.

And it is beautiful too.

I could write this post in my sleep, it is such a tired playbook that happens so often in real estate development.

It really could be the future of sustainable, green and healthy housing.

Residents and businesses alike are joining the Lonely Whale Foundation to help stem ocean pollution by giving up plastic straws for the month.

There's no 'turning into a pumpkin at midnight' because the pumpkin is where it's at!

Strawless in Seattle is now officially enshrined into law.

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

This week is all about climate change and its myriad ripple effects. Melting Arctic ice has opened up an international controversy over deep-sea land rights, and Russia will now make a bold move by planting its flag 14,000 feet below the surface. New

Could Japan be attempting to shirk its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol by purchasing lower-grade carbon credits? Having pledged to cut emissions to 6% below 1990 levels, the country is now racing to make ends meet as

They actually have a Deputy Minister for Cycling in Hungary's Ministry of Economics and Transport. They are also promoting cycling with this sexy video that Grist calls safe for work if you use headphones. A commenter on osocio translates it:First of

It sounds like a plot-line from a bad 1950's sci-fi movie, but unfortunately there's nothing fiction about it. Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from

Wastewater or sludge storage lagoons are designed, in part, based on statistical probability of annual precipitation and evaporation amounts. The data behind these estimates generally don't take into account contemporary

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in

Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to

Hold on to your pants as we show you how to solve the last mile problem.

A roaming freelance photographer and writer go on the road in this self-built live-work space on wheels.

What's the point of doing laundry with non-toxic soap if it still produces loads of un-recycled plastic waste?

TreeHuggers Katherine and Margaret talk laundry.

After promising not to use sodium lauryl sulfate in any products, The Honest Co. is under scrutiny after two lab tests found significant amounts of the chemical in its laundry detergent.

You don't need to tumble-dry clothes at this time of year. Here's why you should take your laundry outside to hang-dry in the warm sunshine.

The next game-changing technology might not be in the form of an electric car with a longer range, or more efficient solar panels, but rather a better way to dry your clothes.

Green cleaning methods are the most effective way to get rid of stench.

The Care Label Project will add a label to thousands of clothes in hopes that people will adopt laundry habits that are better for both fabric and the Earth.

This all-natural DIY solution to dirty kicks went viral on Twitter ... for good reason!

Proctor & Gamble blames it on Millennials not knowing how to do laundry, but it's more likely that they don't feel like paying to infuse their clothes with nasty chemicals.

Washing and drying clothes can take a toll on your wallet and the planet – these easy tips make it better.

To use a top sheet or not: Who knew this was a point of such contention?

Even though your clothes may dry into odd shapes, they're still drying out there – and you're saving energy and money.