There's been much talk of Africa "leapfrogging" the paradigm of fossil fuel dependence. Kenya's latest announcement on solar power provides a vision of what that might look like.

Building her first tiny home meant enough financial freedom for this tiny house builder -- enough to build another off-grid tiny vacation home in Hawaii.

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!

There are huge gains to be made by boosting efficiency. Even if we can never get to 100% because of the laws of physics, we could get much closer than we are now.

On Monday (Sunday locally), Japan switched off the last of its operating nuclear reactors and became 100% nuclear-free.

Most of us alive today owe a debt to those who avoided nuclear war in years past, and sadly, there were many occasions when that was necessary.

We still need a ton more renewable energy in order to combat climate change, but the good news is that renewable energy is picking up the pace.

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2

George Monbiot told us that flying is dying; London artist Richard DeDomenici tells us that a return transatlantic flight is equivalent in CO2 and pollution output to driving a car 30 miles a day for a year. So the artist/humorist has

It would be hard to find a cooler looking vacation home than one of these cabins...

In our hyperconnected and always-on culture, stepping away from our gadgets for one day can be a move in the right direction for slowing down and connecting with people, not screens.

The blue whale, is the largest animal ever known to have lived on the planet. Here’s what you need to know about the majestic marine mammal.

A new report describes the 10 species most at risk from policies proposed by the current administration.

Between 2002 and 2015, these 'streamer lines' helped reduce seabird by-catch in Alaskan fisheries by 78%.

From cookies and cake mix to hair care and toothpaste, here's where to look for sneaky, eco-catastrophic palm oil.

Plan your big meal carefully to minimize what gets thrown away.

The latest product from One Earth Designs weighs just 10 pounds and packs down into a small carrying bag, but still delivers high performance fuel-free cooking.

SOURCE is a solar-powered and self-contained device capable of harvesting up to 10 liters of clean drinking water per day from the air.

A weekly wrap up of green and socially minded business news from the gang at TriplePundit.com.

From sweaters to wraps to plush leggings, these casual and comfortable pieces will keep you toasty all autumn long.

Intrepid Travel's latest offering is an uncharted journey that starts in Tehran and ends in Istanbul.

Learn which brands should be avoided and which are making a sincere effort to provide ocean-safe options, then vote with your wallet.

The annual Canned Tuna Ranking assesses fishing practices and social responsibility to determine which brands are sustainable and which should be avoided.

Think bike lanes cost too much? Let's put it into a little perspective.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

Green and sustainable used to be buzzwords here. They don't appear to even exist anymore.

From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.

It's an unlikely match between a 47-year-old Peruvian subsistence farmer and a giant American mining corporation, and yet the former is winning the battle.

The happy country that set a Guinness record for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour welcomes the birth of a new prince by more than doubling that planting.

TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste -- on less money -- but with more design. He calls it LifeEdited. To find each ideal piece of furniture for his small Ne

Forbes reports on how General Motors is recycling or reusing "90 percent of its manufacturing waste."

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.

With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.

Here are the favorites in our favorite category

We love little boxes!

We're not called TreeHugger for nothing.

Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....

From tiny houses to busy bees

Because we are not called TreeHugger for nothing.

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.

This is fashion with compassion -- beautiful footwear that causes no harm to animals and minimal damage to the planet.

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

I am a huge fan of BuildingGreen, but have not given a lot of coverage of their Green Product of the Year Awards. They are, to put it bluntly, not sexy, like watching Eoncote Ceramic paint dry. But I have been doing our readers a disservice, as I

What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

It's the Oscars of green building products chosen by the experts, in the runup to Greenbuild.