A minimalist and discreet addition to some exuberant older houses.

Oliver Wainright of the Guardian calls for a rethink of the way we put buildings together and take them apart.

Honeybees in France are producing unusual-colored honey. Their sweet tooth may be to blame.

Get your dark chocolate fix with less guilt. Balance Bar introduces a new energy bar featuring sustainably farmed cocoa beans.

When you're biting the head off a chocolate bunny this weekend, the last thing you want to be thinking about is whether your sweet treat was the product of child slave labor. Don't let that happen to you. Buy good chocolate, people!

There's already a global cocoa shortage, but prices haven't risen enough to make it worthwhile for cocoa farmers. They're switching to rubber instead.

I've eaten a lot of fabulous fair trade chocolate, and this is undoubtedly the yummiest I've ever had!

As you spoil mom on Mother's Day, amplify your appreciation by opting for Fairtrade products that will turn the day into something even more meaningful.

Unless we start paying cacao farmers more, we could be inadvertently contributing to the end of chocolate as we know it.

A report reveals that major chocolate companies buy cocoa from illegally-cleared national parks in Ghana and Ivory Coast.

Companies and governments in West Africa and Europe are finally saying no to cocoa grown on deforested land.

Mighty Earth has released a scorecard for chocolate brands and retailers to help you make a good choice.

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.

This celebration of buses makes a BUS stop a special place to meet.

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

But hey, what’s wrong with formaldehyde? It’s in our breath, our apples and our trees.

Solidia Technologies' chemistry could make concrete almost benign.

I am not convinced this can work but I will give it a try.

Haven't we always said that learning how to cook is a useful life skill?

This man has a unique recycled bow tie to match every occasion.

Several American team members are involved in environmental issues, as well as Olympic ones.

We didn't do a gift guide this year, but we are big on recycling.

This pretty underwear is another reuseable option for waste-free periods.

With the aim of showcasing and selling products designed by women, No Sir also draws attention to gender inequality in the design profession.

Overprotective parenting is more than an annoyance; it's an evolutionary aberration.

Enough fretting about how kids use their devices. What about parents?

Or, how I'm trying to raise little adults, not incompetent kids.

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!),

Let the blogging begin! Help determine the winner of the Rio+20 Blogging Competition.

TreeHugger is nominated in the green category of the 16th Webby Awards. It's an honor to be nominated, and it's all thanks to you, dear reader.

Time is running out to enter! Win a trip to Mongolia for World Environment Day by entering our annual contest!

It's more than just an easy way to get a daily dose of TreeHugger.

A visit to the Interior Design Show does not shed a lot of light on the subject.

A look back at the Roman Bath, which was a wonderful idea.

Everything we design should be simple to understand and use for people of all ages and abilities. It's not hard.

Coming to a bathroom near you.

The dormant microbes found in Mexican caves are unlike any known genus scientists have seen so far, say NASA researchers.

Triclosan may have been banned in soap, but antimicrobials are still allowed in more than 2,000 other products, which is a big problem.

This organism has been alive for thousands of years

Bacteria are ravaging citrus groves that prevents fruit from ripening.

They could also make their vehicles less deadly, but let's put the onus on the cyclist first.

We all knew that, but this study is randomized.

Over 80 countries have signed up to make our roads safer. Only one dissented.

If you care about embodied carbon, money or time, you don't dig. But then this is Toronto.

Some cities are making space for pedestrians. Others, not so much.

It was more about evolution than revolution as printers get cheaper and easier to use.

It's a crazy expensive, overpowered gaming machine, but it turns laptop design on its head.

Could this be the next stage in the electric revolution?

In the crowded heart of Istanbul lies a secret garden. Actually, there are probably at least a few, but the one I had the pleasure