Chances are that you've never heard of Gene DeSantis, but his story seems one destined for legend. In fact, he's already being likened to a modern-day Johnny Appleseed. For almost three decades, DeSantis has made it his mission

This former pigeon roost is transformed into a light-filled family home.

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

The company had been promising "near profitable" results. It turns out they were lowballing.

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.

The update to the "Red List" illustrates the worldwide crises facing many species around the globe in the face of habitat loss and degradation.

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

One little trip can blow you right out of the water.

At TreeHugger, we like to keep things realistic, raise a skeptical eyebrow to potential vaporware, and to keep in check our giddy inner children that get sweaty palms when we see something like the VentureOne. After all, a bright idea, some capital, and

During a recent interview, BMW chief executive Norbert Reithofer revealed that the German automaker was considering bringing a battery-powered vehicle to the U.S. market by 2012 in an effort to meet more stringent

Actually, a bit more than 100%.

Test out your green car awareness by seeing if you can name the 2014 World Green Car of the Year. Note: it has to be a new model.

Love to accessorize, but want to stay green? Here are some ways you can do both.

The cost of electricity is going up (both in dollars and in environmental and health impacts). Here are some tips for reducing your costs and impacts.

My word of the year is a little geeky this time around, but it crosses over -- and unites -- fields.

Reducing your carbon footprint and building community go hand-in-hand toward creating a better planet.

Resolve to make these simple changes month by month as a graceful way to ease into a more sustainable lifestyle.

A greener workplace can mean a lighter ecological footprint, a healthier and more productive place to work and good news for the bottom line.

The Bitcoin is the Hummer of speculative vehicles; let's hope it doesn't make it to its Bar Mitzvah.

From Genghis Khan's reforestation to King Edward I's 14th century ban of coal mining, these famous people were dedicated to TreeHugger ethics --- even if they didn't know it.

Without a more comprehensive vision of economic health and better ways to measure it, we are flying blind on a path to economic decline and collapse.

Satisfying the world’s unmet need for contraception would dramatically reduce population growth, easing pressure on natural resources.

On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.

The 21st century needs a redefinition of security, to something broader than military terms, a relic of the Cold War.

Graphic designer Jack Hagley's new infographic shows the world's population as 100 people.

Says the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

It's not revising up its official targets, but the government is hinting that it may now achieve 225 GW by 2022.

For those who say it's too difficult...

There's symbolism here. Let's hope there's substance too.

This is green energy writ large. Very large...

One of the UK's "Big Six" energy companies has gone a dark shade of green.

The British government sees offshore wind as a genuine opportunity to lead.

The Buckminster Fuller Institute ran a competition to update the iconic map; here are some of the finalists

The styrofoam substitute that they grow into packaging and insulation is the next big thing in building.

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Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).

Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day.

Clean drinking water is one of our basic human needs, but in many parts of the world, it's also hard to come by. Here's another look at some of the latest concepts for providing clean drinking water.

California has been going through a drought for about 3 years now, with 2013 being the driest year on record.

These water-packed foods can lend a helpful assist for meeting your daily hydration needs.

This ambitious goal is all the more remarkable because NIPSCO is currently 65% coal dependent.

Where have I seen this movie before?

A microbiologist and an Anglo Saxon scholar decided to test a recipe from an Old English medical compendium called Bald's Leechbook, what they found surprised everyone.

Consider these blushing beauties a love letter from Mother Nature.

An investor network managing $4 trillion in assets has warned investors that they should prepare for the inevitable -- a climate-driven "sin" tax on meat.

The availability and quality of fresh water to sustain a radically urbanizing world is unquestionably a core issue of our time and requires holistic environmental thinking at an unprecedented scale

Humans have never lived with the high CO2 atmospheric conditions of the last 60 years, according to a new study.

Dictionary.com picks the perfect word for our dystopian future!