When things are feeling grim, the idea of self-sufficient living seems even more appealing. Here's where it's all happening, according to Instagram.

Why should Fox News have all the fun?

Instead of buying a cut tree that gets used once, choosing a potted or burlap-bagged living Christmas tree can yield years of enjoyment.

Pot-grown trees are a nice idea. Especially if someone else looks after them.

So much of our diet comes on refrigerated trucks. It consumes a lot of fossil fuels and puts out a lot of CO2.

It's a problem when nobody wants to touch anything.

We are definitely not going back to the way we were.

Why now, more than ever, all new building should be Passive House.

Looking at how one firm, Bergmeyer, is returning to work raises some questions.

There are some ideas that come around again with every economic crisis.

Compact but comfortable, this small home features clever small space design ideas and uses coffee grounds as fuel.

Businesses are saying no to shoppers who want to use their own cups and containers.

"Vice President Joe Biden told a South Carolina environmental activist Friday that he opposes a controversial oil pipeline from Canada, but said he is "in the minority" inside the Obama administration."

Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read

Today, President Obama announced his new climate change plan, which includes a proposal to establish new rules for cutting carbon pollution from existing power plants. Read the plan and watch the speech here.

And it makes clever use of neighborhood laundromats as its distribution hubs.

'Merching for a cause' perpetuates many of the problems it claims to help.

We need a new approach to making and buying clothes because the current system is unsustainable.

In London: get rid of cars. In New York: get rid of people.

I used to say that Vision Zero here was a joke, but now it is, in fact a tragedy.

They say it's the new megatrend: customers without cars.

Urbanists are rethinking what's important about our cities in view of the pandemic.

What can we do to save our streets? Decentralize everything.

These U.S. companies make high quality organic, vegan and cruelty-free products.

Teams operating in remote sites on military or humanitarian missions can be stalled by broken equipment. They could soon be turning their own wastes into raw materials for 3D printing parts needed to get their job done.

After evidence that China violated the treaty intended to protect the earth's ozone layer, the country has leapt into action.

Climate change winners and losers assessed in the wake of a hot summer in Germany

We are ancient animals entering the Anthropocene era. How can the lessons of our past help us find health and meaning in our future?

Sustainability matters, but so does hypocrisy.

The creation of a summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery is an annual tradition; and this year it's weird.

See this fascinating documentary about the dedicated man who created a forest the size of Central Park.

What a way to master the arts of carving and design: one a day for a year.

This year's specially designed and built pavilion looks like a colourful worm on the ground.

Usually the Serpentine commissions one architect to create a building: this year it's five.

In a documentary by Line Halvorsen, Schwermer invites everyone to join her cash-free lifestyle. What would happen if we all did that?

National parks never go out of style, just like these retro posters.

Elegant necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings are planted with hardy succulents and worn as jewelry.

Bold and refined, these wearable works of art also allude to the object's unspoken history.

A new website aims to gather data on pollution in China.

If you've been following the world of architecture, you've probably feasted your eyes on the Metropol Parasol, which has been one of the most popular and talked about structures of 2011. Currently the world's largest wooden structure, the Parasol's

On Wednesday, a bull scheduled for slaughter in a halal butcher's shop in Queens, New York decided that it wasn't on board with its fate. So it broke out and didn't look back, sprinting down Liberty Avenue (how appropriate!),

As you may have seen on every major news channel out there, Hurricane Irene is barreling up towards eastern cities like NYC and Washington DC and from the looks of it, it ain't gonna be pretty. Many New Yorkers are evacuating and those who are staying

TreeHugger and UNEP announce return of World Environment Day Blogging Competition.

Show the world your environment with a new TreeHugger and UNEP partnership with Piictu, a photo sharing social network.

The votes are in and these are the top 10 finalists in the 2012 World Environment Day Blogging Contest! Read their posts and vote for the winner!

Congratulations to Scott Bartlett for winning the UNEP and TreeHugger World Environment Day Blogging Competition!

Or is it actually good for you?

Through trial and error, these are the indoor plants that have taken well to living in my bathroom.

Another way that the coronavirus is bad for the environment.

Onion Flats redesigned their bathrooms to save space, but it actually is a healthier design.