Honeybees survey vast tracts of land during their communal foraging. They share their best finds in a waggle dance, which new research has turned into a powerful tool for assessing ecosystem health.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Experts agree that as wild fish stocks decline and the world's population grows we will increasingly rely on aquaculture to feed the hungry planet. But many conservationists are concerned about the

Image via: Project Kasei on Flickr Project Kaisei, the mission to research and figure out just what the heck we're going to do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, made it to the Gyre just a few days ago. Their results: yep, there's a lot of plastic

A new study shows that children bear 88 percent of the burden of diseases linked to climate change.

Something like this could be on the roads by 2022.

With limited hours in the day, many U.S. schools are prioritizing lesson time over lunch time, leaving kids hungry and miserable.

This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them.

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.

ZH architects faced a lot of serious challenges here, and came up with innovative solutions.

Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.

A Jordanian permaculture teacher is exploring the intersect between environmentalism and spirituality. Her work could take permaculture mainstream in the Middle East.

The message "Electrify Everything!" is beginning to spread.

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is experimenting with a new energy storage technology.

And a big part of the pitch is sustainability and comfort.

BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels

Michael Pollan writes in the New York Times about the connection between the American diet and the cost of health care; Surprisingly, conservative writers like Marie-Josée Kravis are saying much the same thing,

Michael Pollan said in the Omnivore's Dilemma that if you eat industrially, you are made of corn. In Corporate Knights, "the magazine for clean capitalism", Toby A.A. Heaps picks up on this theme and looks at the causes

Now Michael Pollan's Food Rules wasn't my favorite book of his, but it was a best-seller and a new edition is being written--and Pollan is in general a fine writer. To help craft it Pollan is partnering with Slow Food USA for a user-generated portion

One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality

We're well aware of the importance of health when it comes to preparing foods in the kitchen—between Salmonella, E. Coli, and a variety of other

It's not rocket science, it's building science, and it's all here.

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a

By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.

Veterinarians built this sweet mini-wheelchair for a turtle with a shattered shell.

Jean-Philippe Pargade designs a school where the green roof IS the building, defining its whole look and feel

And I am going to be positive, upbeat and happy about it, really.

Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation shows how thinking circular could change the way we live for the better.

A growing number of environmentalists are re-envisioning 'disaster relief' as something that can provide hope for the future, not just a hot meal and somewhere to sleep. Their tool of choice? Permaculture.

At TreeHugger, we like to keep things realistic, raise a skeptical eyebrow to potential vaporware, and to keep in check our giddy inner children that get sweaty palms when we see something like the VentureOne. After all, a bright idea, some capital, and

Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills

Ed. note: This is the fourth post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on and stay

Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.

From soothing stress to providing weird minerals you didn't know you need, iced tea provides more than just a refreshing boost.

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

The Revolve Tap Water Filtration system is an easy way to start choosing to drink tap water over bottled water.

Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.

This little solar powered device can take the guesswork out of SODIS water treatment, showing when the resulting water is safe to drink.

The ÖKO Odyssey water bottle actually has six functions!

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body.