The OCADU project won a Wood Works! award and will probably win a lot more to come.

They really do live up to their billing this year.

Lipinski Lasovsky Johansson has designed a beautiful building and, wow, what beautiful drawings.

But the hotel design competition is always interesting, even in an off year.

School administrators have asked the USDA for greater flexibility in providing emergency meals.

We've all heard it — "this city" or "that city" has more bicyclists because it has warmer weather. Looks like it's time to retire that statement.

Whether urban, suburban, or rural, transportation systems dictate and define human interaction and community. Join BookHugger for a panel discussion of this phenomena.

A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors explain why we're standing at a climate crossroads&dmash;and how serious the next decision really is.

Sometimes the conventional wisdom is right, but sometimes it’s dead wrong.

Tanja Hester, who retired at 38, can help you create a financial roadmap that makes your life your own.

These 131 exercises will teach you to block distractions and deepen your focus.

Author Cal Newport argues that it's time to make hard decisions about our digital lives and embrace a 'philosophy of technology use.'

All because people are too lazy to find a sink.

The stubborn hero refused to leave his goats ... miraculously, they all survived the firestorm.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

The heroic lab saved 12 lives and recovered 41 bodies during her career as a search and rescue dog.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

Although activities that mess with local ecosystems to let humans experience nature usually seem intrusive, looking at the canopy face to face while slowly traveling in an aerial tram in the Costa Rican rainforest is a fairly

A couple weeks ago, Jairo Mora Sandoval, a 26-year-old conservationist, was kidnapped by sea turtle poachers in Costa Rica. He was bound, beaten, and shot in the head. His body was found on the beach the next day.

Thank you to all the generous donors!

"We don't want animals in captivity or enclosed in any way," says Costa Rica's Environmental Minister.

A new report ranks countries by their green investments, and also compares performance to our perceptions.

"Can we afford to take action?" just became "Can we afford not to?"

These people know a thing or two about money. And they say it's INACTION that's going to cost us.

Giving out money revealed something that flew in the face of a common American philosophy.

Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.

Are we about to have a "Minsky Moment"?

Tens of thousands of walrus haul out on Alaska’s shore.

They call it a "one-off" but it is the shape of things to come.

There's a new polar bear live cam in town ...

Svalbard's wild reindeer are surviving warmer winters by foraging on, yes, seaweed.

Some 60 polar bears are loitering near Ryrkaipy in Chukotka Russia, a new occurrence which is prompting some to suggest permanent evacuation.

Besides the usual hidden storage and mirrors to enlarge the space, this redesigned layout includes a slight rotation to improve circulation.

How to choose things for your home that have had, or can have, second lives.

Every year we go look for the latest in sustainable design. Every year the post gets shorter.

TreeHugger writers have a lot of experience with this.

Pigeons live large in these big artworks that celebrate the remarkable qualities of these overlooked birds.

Amid the over-upholstered and garishly gilded furniture at the Istanbul Decoration and Design Fair hid some ingenious gems -- designers working with recycled and alternative materials and creating multi-purpose furniture for small spaces.

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.

They say it has minerals and probiotics, but what else could be swimming around in it?

What is in your drinking water? It turns out there may be more than we know.

The agency tried to suppress a major toxicology report on perfluoroalkyl chemicals, but now it's been quietly released online -- with alarming conclusions.

A triumphant win for Toledo residents means that the Great Lake's wellbeing is now an official top priority.

So much of the economy changes if cars last five times as long and hardly need service.

The Toronto Star's list is useful but incomplete.

So much for the "sharing economy". North Americans don't like sharing cars or parking spaces.

He wants data? We've got data. And if it saves just one life.....

Average temperatures in the city have rose 1.8˚C, minimal temperatures went up 2.7˚C, and rainfall has increased 20% in the past 50 years.

A blog confuses corrugated metal with containers on a project that could have been interesting for its own sake.