Tourists can witness it firsthand, thanks to Intrepid Travel's partnership with a local NGO.

All of which could be summed up in one statement: Turkish food is fantastic.

In a delightful departure from the norm, officers in Newburgh, NY, tell kids they're doing nothing wrong.

The chemical is used in rockets and munitions. Priorities!

Basically, Pakistan's hydroelectric reservoirs are drying up. Several are reported to be at "dead level," which means the turbines can only use run-of-the-river flows, and have lower output as a result. Because natural gas supplies are also low,

People often write of climate associated flooding, loss of agricultural productivity, spread of tropical disease, and so on. The City of Lahore, Pakistan is experiencing

If you're already on TreeHugger it's safe to assume that you've got an interested in what lies under the great green umbrella. And, now, if you've also got an

From the "re-positioning of old news' file: as quoted in the New York Times story about a trillion dollar minerals discovery in Afganistan, U.S.

Forget for the moment about to what degree climate change has influenced the flooding in Pakistan. A new article in China Dialogue brings to light a new angle on one very aggravating factor on the overwhelming devastation: Illegal logging by the 'timber

Let that sink in for a second: Over a period of 18 hours and 40 minutes on September 29th, Muhammed Yousuf Jamil, a Lance Naik (Lance Corporal) in the Pakistani Army singlehandedly

Back when 20% of Pakistan was underwater, I wrote about the influence of deforestation on the flooding--deforestation caused in no small part by illegal logging at the hands of the so-called timber mafia, a group with

We know that illegal logging contributed to the devastation caused by last summer's flooding in Pakistan, when up to 20% of the nation was underwater. New research now sheds light on how so much rain fell: A rogue

After Pakistan's extensive hydroelectric power resources dried up in 2008, Australian coal was marketed to satisfy the growing power consumption

If you thought the flooding in the northeast in the wake of Hurricane Irene and subsequent storms dropping heavy rain, thank your lucky stars you're not in Pakistan. In a repeat of last summer, the nation is again in the grips of catastrophic flooding,

Climate-related disasters and other losses will cost Pakistan $14 billion each year, a former environment has said.

In a recent show of solidarity with the forests and one another, more than a thousand villagers gathered to simultaneously give their beloved trees a loving squeeze.

$46 million is going to give students who do well their own solar power.

A new report chronicles the impact of climate change along Pakistan's shores.

It's wood, it's small, it's resilient.

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.

To use a top sheet or not: Who knew this was a point of such contention?

People want big SUVs and pickups, not little fuelsippers. What's a car maker to do?

Because America needs more SUVs and pickup trucks to be great again

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture has designed a revolutionary building for an industry that needs a revolution.

Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a

This crowd-funded design features a special honeycomb structure that is strong enough to be transformed into a stool or table -- yet remains lightweight and flexible enough to stay incognito on your bookshelf.

It may lead to as many as 20,000 passive houses being built over the next five years.

Passivhaus or Passive House does not mean they are just houses.

I thought the appliance would save me time, but mostly it gives me peace of mind.

Studies show that standing has anti-ageing effects.

The wheels on the desk go round and round.

Because standing desks cannot stand alone.

New research suggested benefits for giving students the option to stand during class.

For people like me who work all over the place, portable standing desks can be pretty useful

But there is a real question of how much one should pay for an artisanal shelf bracket.

The high tech answer to keeping you moving while working.

Switching to a standing desk doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing endeavor.

It is better than a fixed standing desk? They make a good case for it.

Do the benefits of not sitting all day ever end?

This standing desk is packed with clever organization features, and can be customized for left or right-handed people.

It sorta defeats the purpose in about twelve different ways.

Made by NextDesk, the Encore is ideally green, with bamboo top, recycled aluminum frame, and VOC-free coating - perfect for this TreeHugger writer!

Is that a cheap standing desk, or an expensive cardboard box? Hard to tell.

It's really all you need in this era of notebook computers.

It actually seems to say that you can give someone an adjustable desk but you can't make them stand. That's a very different thing.

It's clever, cheap, burns calories and keeps the blood flowing and heart pumping.

After 52,696 steps, a review of a LifeSpan treadmill desk.

Just standing isn't enough; you gotta move.

It tells you when to get up and to sit down, and checks up on you too.