This home for a family of three and two cats has been built with efficiency, comfort and health in mind.

The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.

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

This is how you pack'em and stack'em.

“Wild Concrete” reveals the unintentional greenery of urban environments through photography.

This digitally fabricated project revives a traditional material with new building technologies.

Our photo of the day comes from Sydney Harbour's Clifton Gardens.

Our photo of the day comes from the waters off Sydney, Australia.

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is

It's a house made out of a billion euro notes, but you can't spend any of them.

Designer Orla Reynolds Designs a Bookcase Like a Stage Set for Small Spaces

Built using traditional and local techniques of construction, this distinctive structure sits on the edge of a national forest and a long-vanished lake.

People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing."

That honey that lines the shelves of your local grocery store probably isn't honey at all.

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

They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.

On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.

The stunning new marine preserve surrounding the Galápagos will be off-limits for fishing in a bid to conserve its unique habitat.

Amid all the upheaval in Egypt, one local newspaper is working to keep the fate of the country's natural resources from falling off the radar.

Who says the New York Times is ignoring climate and the environment? David Leonhardt writes about the importance of doing something about climate, in a political climate that makes it tough.

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere.

It appears that this act of God had a little help from man, and was an accident waiting to happen.

Let's hope cows don't get seasick.

We have lots of waste plastic and not much use for it, so why not use it instead of asphalt or concrete?

Here's how people work together to build their own homes cooperatively.

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

125 US cities, 9 states, 902 businesses, and 183 schools so far have all signed a declaration promising to honor the Paris Climate Agreement.

This small space spread over two levels in Paris gets a minimalist and functional makeover.

Everyone says we should do something, but nobody ever wants to pay the price.

I thought the appliance would save me time, but mostly it gives me peace of mind.

Music is a comforting thing, especially for these rescued elephants living in an animal sanctuary.

Helsinki's old abattoir has become the heart of the city's culinary revival, a movement blending innovation and tradition that integrates local foods, pop-up eateries, and urban gardens.

These paper plate eyes bring a chuckle when added to trees and rocks.

Or, for that matter, park both a house and a car like Bill Dunster's ZEDpod.

Because standing desks cannot stand alone.

And what's worse, going to the gym won't compensate for it.

Steven M. Johnson really should have had an agent.

It is better than a fixed standing desk? They make a good case for it.

Last week when the US Geothermal Energy Association released it's biannual report which stated that geothermal power had grown by 20% so far this year , it cemented what TreeHugger said over a year ago: Geothermal power is the poor

The Philippine Department of Tourism's hat has been thrown into ecotourism game for awhile now. They've made it part of their plan for economic development. The country's ecotourism program strives to install processes and

Every developer worth his or her weight in white beach sand is vying to be able to proclaim his or her resort the first or best or truest eco-resort.

A Worcester’s Buttonquail was caught on camera for the first time by a French documentary team who were filming native bird trappers at work in the Philippines. No one realized how rare the bird was until it was identified as a Worcester’s Buttonquail

photo: NASA (click to see large) Polly Higgins has been getting more press pushing for 'Ecocide' to be enshrined as an international crime, and now a new photo from NASA really shows what Higgins is talking about: The wholesale destruction of Semirara

If you live in a home without electricity and few or no windows, it's always incredibly dark inside, even at high noon. Isang Litrong Liwanag (A Liter of Light) is a sustainable lighting project that is trying to help people

"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."

It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.

It even has a giant 3D printed Jacuzzi tub

Authorities in Ohio are warning residents to remain inside their houses after dozens of exotic animals had apparently broken free of an area wildlife farm and taken to the streets and highways. Police haven't said exactly

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.

This series of composting furniture designs aims to "integrate worms and people into interdependent domestic bliss."