Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for Instagram and what can the environmental movement learn from this? It's all about emotion.

Writing in Bloomberg, Marc Champion has a thought-provoking, but controversial take on horse meat, noting that the ban of horse slaughterhouses in the US has increased suffering for the animals. Is that a case for killing them here?

The Echmiadzin Cathedral complex in Armenia is one of 12 spiritual destinations that are becoming more sustainable.

We often criticize climate denialists for being anti-science, and yet many environmentalists reject science that clashes with their own worldview.

The Muslim American Society of Charlotte isn't just putting solar on its mosque. 40 of its congregants are going solar too.

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee at The Guardian writes about the deeper human issue at risk in our ongoing environmental crises - a disconnection from the ecosystem.

Stairs are coming out of the closet and becoming the major architectural element, helping keep people active and healthy.

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

An existing storage shed in the forest is transformed into a small modern home with a striking form.

Watching the world around us and the changes big and small that occur all the time, sometimes you just have to do something to reflect what you are experiencing. It is this need to create that brings

So you hit a gnarly wave and end up on shore with your board in two pieces. Bummer dude. But your green side can't bear to just trash that board that's gotten you through some pretty wild rides. You could repair it yourself,

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors

When I wonder what words should replace Emma Lazarus's obsolete phrase on the Statue of Liberty - "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free" I think of Frank Luntz's dictum learned from Joe Romm: "There is a simple rule,

Wired News chats with environmental economist Paul Hawken about his latest book, how PBS is turning another into a 17-part TV series, and how he is organizing the environmental movement through a collection of wikis. We've excerpted some choice

Fighting for her life after narrowly escaping a horrible house fire, doctors used sustainable fish skin grafts on the Rottweiler's burns to help save her life.

Forget smoothies. Omelets are the best way to sneak piles of greens into the morning meal.

Forty years ago, activists blocked plans to dam the Buffalo River, eventually getting Congress and President Nixon to designate the river as America's first National River. Now, a factory hog farm is putting one of Arkansas' most beautiful spots at risk.

This fake fight has a good cause.

Rivers are people too, you know.

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.

If there's a holy grail of liquid renewable fuels it might look something like this: High yield per acre, doesn't negatively impact water supplies, doesn't compete with food crops, and is cost-competitive with fossil

This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign

If it seems like you've read a variation of the above headline before you're not wrong, and as much as anything it's a sign of the rock road cellulosic ethanol and biofuels in general have had in the past few years. The details: The Department of

Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."

This competition for the best environmental photography never fails to be interesting and professional.

The Double Pyramid is an innovative way of portraying how the ecological footprints of our food compare to their nutritional value.

Global Citizen changed the lyrics to include a strong anti-food waste message, and the result is both entertaining and informative.

So you want to save the world, do you? Let's get one thing straight.

While AirBnB allows people to rent out lodging, from the smallest room to the biggest Irish castle, AirPnP has a smaller, though not less useful, ambition.

It is a cup as service, rather than cup as product.

These sneakers and sandals are proof that footwear production can be gentler on the environment.

Our photo of the day reveals a butterfly of most beautiful contradictions.

If only we could buy it in North America.

Western Michigan University is installing solar-powered electric car charging. But it has to chop down nine trees to do it.

The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients

Proposed bill would make burning tires and other industrial solid waste count towards the state’s mandate of generating 10 percent of its energy from renewables.

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

Celebrities buying plots of land to block developments is the new new. Last year people opposed to the third runway at Heathrow Airport bought up a plot in the middle of the runway in an attempt to thwart it. Now opponents to

British artists Ackroyd and Harvey have created a series of temporary grass "photos" of people who work for the local government.

Hinduism is the oldest

Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even

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In previous posts in this series we've focused on

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant