The UN Environment Programme kicks off its official celebration of World Environment Day in Milan.

The Eye on Earth Summit aims to harness the power of data and new data gathering technologies to help the environment and support sustainable development.

In a few years people around the world, including you, may be sitting on a different kind of toilet.

Looking for that perfect something for the fashion buff in your life? Some are easy to buy for: They'll take any random piece of clothing--from a vintage fringed dress to a Stella McCartney coat--and make it look fashionable

Photo via Daily Mail Model Naomi Campbell may have once been a major part of PETA's "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign, but in the years since the ads she's distanced herself from the organization--and now it looks like she's landed squarely

By 2050 wave and tidal power could supply 11% of current UK electricity demand.

The wave glider created by Iquid Robotics has passed quite a test for robustness. It coasted through the superstorm and provided real time weather data nonstop.

When you think about it, it's really Moon power!

Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.

It may be old, dirty and coal powered now, but it was once a vision of a brighter future, was a giant stimulus project and helped win WWII.

In a word no. But people in cars seem to get a free pass for everything.

This week marks Carnival of the Green #206, and it's being hosted by Daily Mitzvah, a blog hosted by Jen X. Jen is a teacher, historian, radio aficionado, and endlessly curious about all things uplifting, quirky, and off the main highway.

The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico reached an important milestone this Tuesday afternoon when BP started their 'static kill' procedure to seal the oil well, and the good news is, that it seems to be working -- so far. In other green news, the

It was pretty much inevitable; the company just couldn't capitalize on the digital revolution.

These 5 gardens lost ancient and historic trees, and are in need of donations and volunteers to recover from Hurricane Sandy.

We've brought MacArthur-winning activist Majora Carter's most-excellent speech at TED 2006 to your attention before, but she's so amazing and inspiring we had to stick the video in front of you (again). Watch this formidable force of nature in action.

In “fishing” for plastic to create new things, Plastic Whale Circular Furniture tackles a number of problems at once.

Just because summer vacation is over doesn't mean you have to stop having fun.

The chemical is used in rockets and munitions. Priorities!

Gosh, there are a lot of ways to eat less meat. And a lot of ways to talk about it, too.

It's become a very tasty ritual.

The fuel cell is part of Microsoft's Data Plant project to build a zero carbon data center.

Kaden + Lager architects are building SKAIO, ten storeys of hybrid timber construction.

Comments to the post What is the Best Way To Build A Wall? Not A Simple Answer wondered why we wanted to reinvent the wall. The consensus was "Having XPS on the exterior is, I think, the easiest and best solution." I will be

We go through this ridiculous change for no good reason at all, yet it is unhealthy and dangerous.

The state may soon require foods with genetically modified organisms be labeled.

A bill requiring all foods containing genetically engineered ingredients is just one step away from becoming law in Vermont.

Your guide to the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act of 2015, and what it means for GMO labeling in the U.S.

Researchers in the UK are using genetic engineering to fight the bird flu epidemic.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption.

But more than that, the film is a love story about cooking and gardening -- and the importance of regaining control over where our food comes from.

I investigated a rumor about the northwestern state

OK, affordable might be a bit of an overstatement, unless you're one of the richer tree huggers out there. We've told you before about Mercedes-Benz's hybrid S400,

In a bid to highlight the clean air advantage of the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell electric car, the company is putting up pollution-scrubbing billboards.

The forthcoming Tri-Gen facility is being called "the world's first megawatt-scale 100% renewable power and hydrogen generation station."

Sam Suds and the Case of PVC The entire life cycle of PVC is an issue of environmental justice and racism. Many PVC plants are located near poor and communities of color. These facilities have poisoned workers and fence-line neighbors, polluted the

Steven M. Johnson beats a whole lot of TreeHugger posts to the punch.

In addition to being one of the planet's most endangered primates, northern white-cheeked crested gibbons are among the most romantic -- and it's their love of the serenade which clued researchers to a significant discovery. Over

Take a look at this built prototype of a flood-resistant house, designed to float with the rising waters.

If you think data center jobs are boring, think again! The IceCube Observatory's data center on Antarctica is an amazing opportunity for adventurous geeks.

People often write of climate associated flooding, loss of agricultural productivity, spread of tropical disease, and so on. The City of Lahore, Pakistan is experiencing

The near-death of one of India's most distinguished scientists has halted work on a major hydroelectric dam in the Himalayas. Professor AD Agarwal, 77, former dean of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi at Kanpur,

If you're already on TreeHugger it's safe to assume that you've got an interested in what lies under the great green umbrella. And, now, if you've also got an

Let that sink in for a second: Over a period of 18 hours and 40 minutes on September 29th, Muhammed Yousuf Jamil, a Lance Naik (Lance Corporal) in the Pakistani Army singlehandedly

As salinization impacts agriculture around the world—another effect of climate change that will hit already-vulnerable places and people the hardest—farmers, small-scale farmers in particular, have to figure out how to

A recently opened power plant in the Nevada desert uses two types of renewable energy.

Turn trash into a school garden in Harlem by recycling drink bottles in Times Square today.

It sounds ridiculous: how could an element on the periodic table be an endangered species? The scientist, James Elser of Arizona State University, who is asking if we need a 'Red List' for phosphorous uses the

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.

A government report has found that selenium contamination is connected to fish deformities, including two-headed trout.