The show is 101 years old, but this year it's the newcomers that are making their mark.

The US produces more than enough food to feed the world, but hunger is still a major issue around the world. A new study proposes some ways to change that.

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.

It's one thing to design to the Passivhaus standard; it is another thing altogether to prove it.

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

In a bid to meet the city's goal of recycling 60% of its waste by 2015, Seattle is turning its sights on food scraps that end up in the trash.

She wouldn't sell to the developer around her, and now it is a prime example of "demolition by neglect."

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.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

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.

Which really, is how every building and office should be designed.

Find out why one family found living on a renovated bus to be an appealing tiny-house-on-wheels alternative.

Bike share programs are public transit, and that requires public support.

Seattle architect Mike Eliason describes what he learned about their housing policies.

Even the fruits and vegetables are wrapped in plastic so that the sensors can read them, inculcating a culture of convenience and waste.

Strawless in Seattle is now officially enshrined into law.

Built for two bookstore owners, this elegant structure doubles as a place to read and for guests to stay in.

Or is it a missed opportunity?

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

Old canvas bags have never looked so good. These antique Hungarian grain sacks date from 1910-1930. They are handwoven with flax linen, which is known for its durability and strength, and is said to be two to three times stronger than cotton. The

Much to the scepticism of our readers we’ve covered hot rocks at least once or twice before. In a nutshell, it’s a form geothermal energy derived from pumping water kilometres underground where it gets heated enough (by hot rocks!) to then rise back to

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

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

With the demise of Nau, many commentators have been suggesting the trouble was that the company was ahead of its time. We respectfully disagree. Firstly, if ever there was a time for businesses to flourish, who are environmentally and socially

According to the Spanish newspaper El País last week, Spain will be the first big buyer of CO2 emission rights from Eastern Europe, in order to fulfil the Kyoto Protocol. In 2007, Spain's emissions had

From Almada, Portugal, where residents will be able to swap recyclable materials for free rides on

Photo via StringBike The Bike, Unchained A group of designers in Hungary have done away with what has long been a staple of bicycle design, those oily old chains, with their creation, the StringBike. Instead of being propelled forward the traditional

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

Stand Up (On Your Bike) And Be Counted I've already written about Copenhagen's cyclist counter a while ago. I still think it's a great idea, not only to count cyclists, but as a subtle tool to show the strength of the local bike community and to add a

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

They call it green. I call it too much.

One designer tackles how the ubiquitous egg carton could be rethought in order to waste less.

London's international embassies are showing off their countries' design as part of the London Design Festival.

It's a good demonstration of how you don't need a lot of smart high tech to build a comfortable house.

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

A tiny apartment in a new tourist hotspot is remade with clever modern elements to maximize space.

Using a self-invented "multiluminous" painting process, this artist transforms ordinary rooms into starry environments.

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

Consumer Reports strongly urges houses with children under 6 to avoid them altogether.

Standard washing machines use a lot of water to get rid of a small amount of dirt. One startup is aiming to close that loop by reusing the wastewater.

TreeHuggers Katherine and Margaret talk laundry.