Take a thermographic tour of my house to see why.

Tandem satellite choreography has mapped the planet to 1-meter accuracy. In addition to amazing images, the data provides a treasure trove to earth scientists

War wasn't just a man's game, and it wasn't just about weapons. Soldiers gotta eat.

Madison is a city of lakes.

50 years ago today, the Apollo 8 astronauts took the photo that some say inspired the environmental movement.

Mark Boyle has literally lived without money, so he had more room than most to critique our economy. Now he's formulated a manifesto.

Getting people out of cars and rebuilding our main streets is not going to be easy, and cannot be oversimplified.

It could move goods, transport hydrogen, reduce CO2 and water the lawn all at once.

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?

The 16-year-old climate activist holds nothing back when addressing the UN Climate Action Summit – this speech shows why she is having such an impact.

The teenage climate activist said the planet "doesn't need any more awards."

It's no longer safe for groups of people to gather in public places.

You thought disco was dead? Not with these old payphone booths, now transformed into ultra-exclusive, tiny dance clubs, complete with the disco ball.

If you dream of testing the limits of solar powered mobility, but don't have the DIY gene, here is someone who can help

“The dangerous conditions behind the Kingston disaster were not isolated."

The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.

These handy accessories tick all the boxes for ethics and eco-friendliness.

Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it's the complete opposite.

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and

Record breaking extreme weather isn't just plaguing the Midwest: Colombia has had 5-6 times more rainfall than usual for the past ten months--which has killed 425 people so far, covered 1 million hectares with water, and left 3 million people as what

The city's new mayor has announced an ambitious project to build a park aimed at providing new public spaces and controlling sprawl.

This startup offers tailored volunteering experiences where participants can continue working remotely while abroad, in addition to volunteering their skills in local communities.

The Africanized bees slipped in through a small opening, set up home, and were busy making honey.

Did you know honey has its own sound? Using honey and other tools, this bee enthusiast wants to raise awareness about bee colony collapse disorder through music.

While not banning the killer pesticides altogether, the new measure will at least hopefully help the beleaguered pollinators.

It brings together all of my favorite things – food, friends, travel, and biking, of course.

And the air outside in urban London is pretty awful.

As part of an ongoing series about the Maya Ka'an community-based tourism initiative, this was my first official day in the Mayan region, and it was certainly full of adventure.

Katherine lives in rural Ontario. Margaret lives in New York City. The way they enjoy their summers is bound to be drastically different.

There's an "epidemic" of unused vacation days in the United States. This startup wants participating companies' employees to trade them in for plan contributions, or booking flights and hotel accommodations.

Beef Products Inc took its best shot at making up for its silence during weeks of public lashing over what has been dubbed “pink slime,” an additive in ground beef made through a high-tech process that BPI invented.

Known as "lean finely textured beef," the highly processed meat has been dropped from by many fast food chains, but are still one the menu at public schools.

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.

Enough toxic stuff that you should get out your vacuum cleaner.

Amid all the confusion, here's some solid advice on how to keep your clothes clean and free from contamination.

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.

This well-crafted tiny dwelling has its own space-saving elevator bed that can go up and down with the push of a button.

Crowdfunding the latest gizmo is one way to be an early adopter, but all you get out of it is a gadget. Crowdfunding a renewable energy project, on the other hand, could deliver clean energy to your home.

The WindPax wind generator fits neatly into a backpack for hiking or can be used in the backyard too.

A recycling center’s turbine could pave the way for industrial-scale wind power in New York City.

There's nothing like watching the sun go down on a beach in a tiny African village.

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.

A new study found global fertility rates are on the decline in hundreds of countries

A new study investigates our ancient cousins' hunting abilities.

Fashion designer Alexander Julian has clearly had enough of the University of North Carolina's aqua graduation gowns, he's gone and given his alma

Big surprises can come in little packages - and that's what I found when I visited Winthrop University during my book tour stop at the school. The campus is located just south of Charlotte, NC in

We've scratched the surface of Sierra magazine's Cool Schools list on Treehugger before, but this time I've decided to dig into one of the schools so we can learn more about what

Student activism nationwide flies in the face of a recent study claiming young Americans don't care about the environment.