People are often surprised to learn that tea bags contain up to 25% plastic, which raises concerns about health and environmental implications. Good news is, there's a better way to make the perfect cuppa.

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.

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

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

Because sometimes it's the little things...

A cost-benefit analysis seems appropriate for any major regulation -- but at what point in the process?

Appeals court calls EPA approval of bee-threatening sulfoxaflor “based on flawed and limited data.”

And they even claim it's green.

This year of all years, we should stand up and fight the climate change trolls.

The bipartisan legislation signed into law by Obama in June 2016 is surviving under the new administration, but it needs your help to thrive

Reducing the benefits they can count will reduce the number of regulations that pass the cost-benefit analysis phase of regulation

It has a solar powered smoke alarm, GPS and is standing on guard, ready to phone it in.

I had the chance to meet Leila Conners Petersen, the co-founder and president of Tree Media Group. Leila, along with Nadia Conners, co-directed the soon-to-be-released documentary The 11th Hour which is narrated Leonardo DiCaprio. The 11th Hour

No plans this weekend? Why not Start a Sea Change? Planet Green’s non-profit partner, the Ocean Conservancy, hosts their 23rd annual International Coastal Cleanup

When I caught up with Summer Rayne Oakes at a Fashion Delivers event in June, she only briefly mentioned her forthcoming project: Source 4 Style, an online marketing

Mat McDermott, now writing at Motherboard, has an interview with Vermont Representative Teo Zagar about about the progress that state has made in moving towards commercial hemp production.

Finally, there is now an ethical and practical alternative work wear option to Carhartt and Dickies.

I wrote my first TreeHugger post more than seven years ago. Since then, there's been a lot of water under the bridge. Here are some of the many highlights.

Vinyl records are still admired by many music lovers, but when they break or get scratched, they're pretty much junk—unless you get creative. Designers have come up with lots of

'Slow' games make a comeback, as stylish jewelry with a twist.

Remixed from thrift store finds, these lovely but functional garments pieces are fanciful and feminine.

This super-insulated home is built to be earthquake-resistant too.

The discovery of one of the oldest penguin fossils in the world reveals higher diversity of early penguins than previously assumed.

Here's an interesting idea: a tiny house on wheels that can be separated from its wheels.

The tiny Italian car is now available in Europe.

These designer shoes embody traditional craftsmanship and a Slow Fashion aesthetic.

A special task force has been set up, but whether the talk and research turns into action is another matter.

Eco-conscious clothier Reformation has gained popularity with a number of celebrities.

This week, Anishinaabe tribal members began riding horseback along the proposed route of a what could possibly become the largest tar sands pipeline in the United States.

How would you like to carve a Jack-o-lantern from one of these three record-breaking pumpkins from this weekend?

The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.

We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.

Tesla's tiny house integrates solar power and its Powerwall home battery into a seamless system, and can be towed by the Model X.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

The technology makes for better energy generation and a better window.

Because of course you're thinking about water conservation in your yard in the middle of winter.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

I knew that real-time data on our energy use would be interesting. But I wasn't sure how much it would actually save us.

This stunning temporary pavilion utilizes Hong Kong's time-honored bamboo construction methods in conjunction with cutting-edge computational design.

One design attempts to deal with the problem of plastic bottle caps -- which often get discarded rather than recycled.

Featuring an interlocking system that's inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, this desk also has a swappable, modular system for organizing your stuff.

Anti-littering ad reminds Dublin residents to put trash in its rightful place--or else!

Insulation in a tent makes as much sense as it does in a house, if you can get it right.

In which snail mail provides a lesson in the loveliness of slow living.

It's not a bee attack -- it's just a bee swarm. Here are tips on how to deal with one.

Though I delved into Toyota's reasons for annually executing their singular teaching program in the Galapagos, I amazingly failed to touch on the

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

Glow-in-the-dark wonders are "techno-poetry".

The Dutch architects cover a modest building with green plants of all kinds in pots of all sizes.

This revamp of an 1830s apartment mixes modern materials to create a modern space.