Our photo of the day comes from the romantic rain forest of Ecuador.

Our photo of the day comes from the state of Washington.

Our photo of the day comes from the watery wilds of Wilsons Promontory in southern Australia.

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.

Our photo of the day delivers a bit of winter reverie from the waters of Australia.

Our photo of the day provides a lesson in the origins of seashells.

This company creates modern, energy-efficient versions of the backyard 'granny flat'.

Mother’s Day didn’t always involve buying cards, flowers, and candy, but it’s always been about showing moms love and appreciation.

Here's why soil is one of our most valuable natural resources and what you can do to support it.

They may be giving up four walls, but they are getting a lot in return.

At a recent talk Chamath Palihapitiya said he "doesn't use that sh**" and his kids aren't allowed to either.

It is a giant electric radiator that they forgot to turn on due to a software failure.

Up until now, Apple has offered no guidelines for using its devices responsibly. Investors want this to change.

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.

Like Kremlinology in the cold war, you take what you can get.

Standards are supposed to make things easier and more consistent, but they keep proliferating.

A cautionary tale for picky eaters.

Bobcats are amazing wild cats, and excellent hunters. Able to live even in suburban ecosystems, they play an important role in controling the population of rabbits, hares and other rodents.

This small cat species is native to South America.

Who could resist these cuties?

Out of 300 photos of golden cats taken over the course of over 18,000 trap days, just four images of kittens have been captured.

An animal welfare researcher says the prospect of robopets is not as far-fetched as we may think, and may have potential impact on how we view actual animals.

Since we can't give you wine or Xanax, please accept these kittens to soothe your nerves.

FANAF separates cats from people in tiny Shanghai apartment.

Because why shouldn't cats get a beautiful sofa of their own?

Interested in living in a tiny house, but not sure where to park it? Here are some places to start with.

May technological wonders help our children look forward to a bright season as well

With coal use in China dropping, and clean tech becoming competitive, it's time for all of us to ramp up our efforts.

Are you looking for a DIY construction technique for building an affordable earthquake-, flood-, and bullet-resistant home? Look no further.

Plastic Bottle Village demonstrates another approach to repurposing single-use bottles.

Hold on to your wallets, because this little dwelling isn't for sale yet, but it is a promising development in the tiny house movement.

Sustainable fashion expert Elizabeth Cline isn't convinced.

It's only mid-November and winter has arrived with a vengeance. How do I stay sane?

The goal is to highlight the abundance that already exists around us.

Designer Salva Nadal learned how to turn canes into blinds from his uncle and is now designing a collection of products to save this Spanish craftsmanship from dying out. The results are beautiful eco-friendly lamps and a table for now.

You've seen the photos of homes made from old bottles, but did you ever think you could make your own? You can, and here's how.

Because there's far more to it than meets the eye. Here's why I knit.

Wrapping up our coverage of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, we look at who came, who bailed out, what happened, and what didn't.

A Brazilian firm translates small-spaces ideas into a cute shopping mall shop.

Spanish collective Basurama built a movable cinema mounted on a bike and used it to expose empty spots which could be turned into public spaces temporarily.

The campaign will promote locally-based alternatives to the global consumer culture, hoping to turn the stories into tools for action in other cities.

At TreeHugger we like cork, that warm material that can be harvested without chopping down trees, is fully renewable and biodegradable and can be shaped into many funky objects apart from stoppers to keep the wine in the bottles. The designers at

Image Credit: Ivo Canelas Cork has fascinated me for a long time; it's fully renewable and you don't even have to cut the whole tree, it's biodegradable and has curious characteristic such as insulating and shock absorbance. I came across many ugly

Different themes seemed to be embedded in the Valencia Design Week. After spotting 6 great wooden flat-pack designs, I also found these little

Finally, the inside of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is done. The church, set out to build 125 years ago and expected to be finished in 2026, attracts millions of visitors every year. This is no surprise due to the

A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and beautiful object.

Having grown up in Connecticut’s ‘burbs, I know just how difficult it can be trying to live green there when the nearest grocery market can be a 25 minute drive away. My observations of one of the state’s wealthiest parts (Fairfield County) have felt

The major brands, Avent, Disney First Years, Gerber, Dr. Brown, Playtex and Evenflow have all have agreed to stop selling baby bottles manufactured from the monomer Bisphenol-A (BPA). This

Some regular TreeHugger readers (and commenters, you know who you are...) are no doubt exclaiming that they being saying the same thing for years, that hemp makes great biofuel--if only the Feds would get out of the way. Well, researchers

Images courtesy of the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk That's '9' followed by 20 zeroes The probability of a lobster being born with a blue shell is about 1 in a million. For a calico or pumpkin-orange colored lobster, the odds are in the excess of 1 in 30