Every bag they make is different, which creates a real marketing and display problem.

Due to security issues, the date has not been released yet, but we are happy to announce that Middle East environmentalists are putting political pet peeves aside to focus on one goal: preserving the environment.

They’re a recently established group of about a hundred teens, but students in Claremont, California are busy making a difference by creating a model environmental structure out of earth and biodegradable materials using Super Adobe, a form of earth

The NYT's newly-minted blogger (and all-around excellent climate change journalist) Andrew Revkin follows up his earlier post exposing Peabody Energy's (laughable) ad campaign aimed at sliming Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius for making the (right)

Despite the fact that representitives from Iran and the U.S. agree on virtually nothing else in the world, representatives from both countries at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in Bali are among those pointing out the need for increased

Outside the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin lie the 6th-century ruins of the Roman settlement of Dara,

In the northeastern reaches of Turkey, outside the city of Kars, I came across one of the most bucolic scenes I'd ever laid eyes on in the

In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I -- an American -- was not fat. "But I went to America and everyone was so

In the latest example of how tough life can be for would-be women cyclists around the world, the new police chief of the Iranian city of Esfahan has decreed it a crime for women to ride a bike

About 100 years ago, my grandfather emigrated to the United States from a village near Lake Urmia, in what is now northwestern Iran. He died long before I was born, leaving me with

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan,

Smog-choked, traffic-clogged Tehran may seem an unlikely candidate for an environmental honor, but the Iranian capital's aggressive recent moves to improve its public-transit

From child labor in the cocoa industry to human rights issues in the oil industry, we've often reported on the intersect between environmentalism and social justice—but all too often environmentalism and human rights

Fresh demonstrations have broken out in Iran, where protesters who took to the streets last weekend in the country's northwestern provinces to demand protection for a dying lake were harshly

With water shortages and air pollution posing increasingly grave threats to the Middle East, artists in the region are working to make environmental issues more visible, both at home and in international

The Middle East environmental site Green Prophet names 11 eco-heroes for 2011 who are working -- sometimes at great personal risk -- to make the region a cleaner, healthier place.

An important, if short, cautionary tale on being dependent on any single foreign source of energy.

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.

In tribute to the region's salt lake, the architects of this unique restaurant used salt as an eco-friendly building material.

This bowl-like, double-roof design helps to collect rainwater before it evaporates, and also provides more shade for buildings in arid regions.

Intrepid Travel's latest offering is an uncharted journey that starts in Tehran and ends in Istanbul.

Most refugees live in refugee camps for an average of 12 years and most of that time it's in drafty, tattered tents. Now IKEA has a solar-powered camp house that is flatpack and quick to assemble.

Dutch designer Benjamin Vermeulen solves the problem of the missing nut or screw.

Inspired by origami and looking a bit like an accordion, this no-tools-required bookshelf sets up in seconds to adapt to any space.

They are supposed to be better for your health, but standing desks don't come cheap. This inexpensive flat-pack design for a portable unit can turn your existing office furniture into a standing desk.

There are some pretty wonderful things going on in this little structure.

Norwegian architect Marianne Borge is designing a series of them in different sizes.

There is a whole new line of furniture that you can build, just like the toy.

Kayak not included, but everything else a dorm room needs is.

It's all over the news: IKEA does recall of MALM dressers for toppling over and killing children.

A new furniture line is designed to be affordable to buy and fast to assemble.

Besides looking lovely, all proceeds from this lamp will go to a project that is developing electricity-free lighting that is inspired by nature.

In stark contrast to other flat-pack furniture designs, Groovebox is meant to be as simple to put together as possible, with no fasteners, tools, or mammoth assembly instructions needed.

The bookcase was designed on a napkin because "Ideas are perishable"

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.

These pre-assembled pieces of furniture can fold completely flat, and when needed, are opened up into three-dimensional functionality.

IKEA had a choice to make it shallow and cheap or heavy and deep.

And it is all held together with sex bolts.

These designs from Leckie Studio and the Backcountry Hut Company are lovely to look at, but what are they really?

Made right in downtown Los Angeles, this prefab unit is made with an innovative recyclable and recycled panel system.

Sleek and easy to assemble, this portable cabin offers a comfortable place to stay even in remote places.

Our photo of the day shows Mother Nature's flair for drama.

Researchers look into whether the 'lunar effect' is based on superstition or empirical data.

With the winter solstice association with death and rebirth – these historic events of December 21st take on new resonance.

Chronicling the adventures of Mom, Izz, Dad, Mrs. Greener and more, The Greens is a new project conceived by photographer Ed Burtynsky and realized by TED and WBGH in Boston. The animated "online project" (the aren't calling it a show...yet) aims to

TreeHugger has been a fan of photographer Ed Burtynsky's work for a long time. We first spotted it here and have enjoyed watching him branch out into film with "Manufactured Landscapes", which was recently released in the US and the UK after debuting

A big book from a photographer who takes big pictures

Edward Burtynsky's collection called Water documents the role water plays in ecosystems, energy, cultural practices and disasters.

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.

Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations.