Quebec architects propose a 48-storey tower in a forest, "a new relationship between humans and their natural habitat."

How my thinking has evolved in the last decade

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.

George Monbiot says you don't set targets in an emergency, you act.

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

Despite the fact that Venice, CA seems to be the epicenter of SoCal's green lifestyle movement, the 24th annual Abbott Kinney Festival that took over the city's main drag on Sunday, September 28th was far from eco-friendly. After claiming last year

What happens when you give a futuristic cloth-like material designed for BMW coupes with a bevy of design students and funding from one of the world's leading

At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new

Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?

The EPA has just released official "fuel economy" and range information for the BMW i3 100% electric car.

In a funny twist, one of the stars of an extremely popular car show (Top Gear) whose script smeared Tesla is now going electric. James May is getting a BMW i3.

No "do the bright thing" for cars; instead, the BMW X6 designed to "look particularly menacing."

Ed. note: We're now up to the sixth post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on

We all have to change the way we live or we are in big trouble. But let's be real about it.

Researchers were shocked to discover what part of the bread-making process generates most emissions.

Brad Plumer looks at the issue of "outsourced pollution."

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.

The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.

Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.

Here's why the United Nations' Rio+20 Conference matters to everyone.

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

Matt Ridley might be right about the world not ending on December 21 this year. But the rest of the article is delusional.

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

Today is Earth Overshoot Day, but it's not exactly something we should be celebrating. It's actually a wakeup call for humanity.

Concerned about the overpopulation of our planet and the effect it has on wildlife? Perhaps it's time to talk about the most effective form of male contraception.

Demographers are complaining, but Americans have many good reasons for not wanting so many kids.

If the latest projections prove to be accurate, we need to plan for about a 10% increase in the needed supply of food, drinking water, and energy, and in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

Pollinator power, y'all.

Primary energy consumption was down, too.

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

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

Researchers conducted the largest controlled study yet of the effects of energy drinks on the heart and blood pressure in healthy adults.

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?

It was, in 1958, the worlds largest clear span. The Union Tank Car Building was 384 feet in diameter, 128 feet high. "It was just big and magnificent," Fuller biographer Jay Baldwin said to Kansas City Star reporter Mike Hendricks. "It was a

Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancey of the Guardian: "The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time," says Foster, who worked

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

After seeing the stunning Dymaxion car built by architect Norman Foster in Abitare and the Guardian, I wrote "I want one." Not that an eleven-seater is particularly useful, but it is just so gorgeous. Over at Metropolis,

Scott Parenteau welds it all together from scrap metal and dishwasher parts at Maker Faire.

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

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

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

A dozen units survive, according to Alastair Gordon in the New York Times

Savings in snow removal alone would have paid for it in ten years.

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).

Those of us who love everything Bucky are stunned too.

The biggest one is that no matter how clever the design, it is the land that matters, not the house, and that nothing has changed in 70 years.

They were wonderful mathematical constructs, but they are terrible buildings.

Fretting about authenticity and appearance detracts from more important concerns.

Much of the world eats the same thing every day. Why are we so preoccupied with variety?

The gaze between human and dog can share physiological properties similar to that of mother and infant, a new study finds.