During World War II ordinary citizens across the country did their part for the war effort by planting victory gardens to lessen the demand on the food system caused by the war. Some have suggested that sustainability is about returning to the more

Photo credit: Abhijit Tembhekar via Flickr/Creative Commonsdigg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/11/scientists-develop-rot-proof-apple-stays-fresh-four-months.php';Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

Every day, New York City residents waste 270,000 pounds of food. Want to know what that looks like? Here's an unforgettable way to imagine it - fill up a subway train with the equivalent amount of apples, and release it onto the

It has challenged designers since the invention of the bar code: What to do about those stupid little labels?

Which holiday pie is greenest? Pumpkin, apple, or pecan? Find out in this week's Ask Pablo!

Fruits and vegetables last all winter with jams, fruit butter, marmalades, and pickled vegetables from new cookbook Home Canning by Janet Cooper.

Richard Shilling's apples help me appreciate the wondrous variety found in nature.

Lots of great Food Day events across the country, but New York's will be particularly tasty and loud.

Artist Jessica Rath uses sculpture and photography to highlight the problem with new hybrid apples and endangered varieties.

These reefs live in murky water with low levels of light and are likely to survive rising sea levels, researchers say.

But I am in the tank for the one that came in second

A design competition that shows that we can have our cake and eat it too.

It's only the second time that the treehugger types get the big prize

As always, they warm your hearts as well as your toes.

Engineering students come up with a hyperloop pod that floats on air.

The OCADU project won a Wood Works! award and will probably win a lot more to come.

Don't just sit there, do something.

A design competition shows ideas that might soon be floating off French Polynesia

There are 17 atriums that need to be filled with creative uses.

Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing

We have a look at the eco-sheds

It's urban, Passive House and prefab. What's not to love?

They really do live up to their billing this year.

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

Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Acton Ostry Architects win design competition.

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

This being TreeHugger, we look at the eco-sheds first.

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

A competition invites designers to come up with ideas, but really, it's old news. They have been disappearing for years.

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.

Dr. David Katz argues that poor nutrition is a greater threat than the coronavirus, but we think both are concerning.

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

Established food shopping routines have been turned upside down. Here's how to navigate the strange new world.

Yet another reason why we need a more resilient food system.

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 shipping container house stacks two to get more living space.

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

Currently moored in London's St. Katharine Docks, this lovely modern houseboat is on the market for £290,000.

This inviting, one-bedroom canal boat is in the 600-square-foot range and has all the comforts of home.

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

It's wonderful to see architects take small interventions for housing for the homeless so seriously.

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.

For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.

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'.