How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?

It led to a series of other agreements that protected and cleaned up the Great Lakes environment

Updated curriculum will help them to navigate the emotions associated with the climate crisis.

We don't hear about the ozone layer as much as we used to anymore, but that doesn't mean that the problem has been solved.

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

Proving once again that mankind can reverse the effects of our mistakes if we just take firm and fast action

These high-end kits make converting a van into a home-on-wheels an easier proposition.

Too much DIY, not enough realism. Let's just do our best.

A mix of modern and traditional design elements that are appropriate for the Northeast make these very interesting houses.

The iconic English office pod can be used for all kinds of things.

No longer will hunters be able to buy the right to kill this majestic apex predator.

Treehugger has noted before how one can generate electricity from algae; Now Designboom shows a lamp designed by Mike Thompson that uses the principle. Place the lamp outside and the algae generates electricity during

Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed

This year, NOAA predicts a massive "dead zone" the size of New Jersey will bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Brian Merchant reports on the cause and consequences of dead zones.

Surprisingly strong and made with seaweed and a bit of paper, this collection of modern furniture and lighting makes use of an abundant resource.

Just a reminder to our UK-based readers that Transition City Bristol's Big Event, which we posted on last week, is coming up on Sunday. Billed by Rob Hopkins, originator of the Transition Towns concept, as "Possibly the biggest Peak Oil/Climate

We've already seen how pay-as-you-throw trash metering can cut landfill waste in half, and we've witnessed whole cities make composting mandatory. So there's little doubt that much, much

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.

The play bombed in Oxbow for promoting a green agenda.

Welcome to some of the most bizarre social behavior on Earth.

Our photo of the day comes from Hampton, New Hampshire.

We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com.

Just when we thought there was a chance for a rationalist US Administration to mesh with the Climate-action oriented EU and with an increasingly open-minded China...[Vaclav] Klaus has called man-made global

Using mouth-blown glass and energy-efficient LEDs, this stunning chandelier looks like a creature from the ocean's depths.

Charred wood never looked so good.

The Freedomky is a nicely done modular design

The architects call it a "Conceptual Object" but it is pretty and real.

These apex predators play a much bigger role in ecosystems than most people suspect, and their absence causes all kinds of problems that we aren't always able to solve.

Because the greenest bomb shelter is the one that's already in the ground.

Instead of combining the two poles of work and leisure, this simple and functional design separates them into distinct volumes.

Simmer like a crock pot and bake like an oven, using the clean energy of sunlight.

By 2030, Britain hopes to demonstrate that even cement, steel and glass industries can operate at net zero emissions.

It turns out that some parents are less than thrilled.

The Dirty Dozen is back. No, we're not talking about the movie—it's the recently released, fifth edition of The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) list of the 12 conventionally grown fruits and veggies with the

Honeybee Baby and Mom at the Honey Festival Photo By Bonnie Hulkower With Rosh Hashana just a few days ago, I am still remembering the taste of honey drenched apples and challah. There have been plenty of apples and honeys all over NYC in the past

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

Ask Pablo answers: What's the greenest kind of booze we can drink this holiday season?

As the Guardian notes in its headline, Wood you believe it?

A new feature allows users to travel up the amazon, along rainforest trails, and through communities in one of the world's most remote regions.

"How are we going to protect it if we don't understand what's at stake?"

Where the words and appeals of those indigenous tribes destined to be displaced by the dam had failed, nearly two-hundred native Amazonians have now gathered in a last ditch effort to protect their homeland using their bodies.

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.

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'.

‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’

Using special laser surveying equipment, the drones will discover how ancient tribes lived.

Heart attacks and strokes are virtually unknown among the Tsimane people of the Bolivian rainforest. What can we learn from this?