A novel technology surpasses white roofs with its cooling powers.

For many roofs, white paint is the best way to cool down, but for metal roofs a new glass coating could be even better.

The Earthship movement is more than just a bunch of dirty hippies living in a Mad Max-esque compound in the high desert of the American Southwest, as this short film illustrates.

The Big World Homes project aims to be a new model of affordable housing, and its modular mobile design could make it a good fit for 'pop-up' communities on unused land.

There's much more to public libraries than book stacks; they're a treasure trove of resources.

It turns out, there are a lot of chemicals that have to be dealt with before fabrics can be reused.

The goal is to highlight the abundance that already exists around us.

If you love knitting and even just like mushrooms, these creations will be addictive.

Because plastic-based glitter and confetti take 1000 years to break down.

Glue is a type of adhesive made from a variety of substances, with the humble aim of binding two items together.

The space is the first to pop up at the recently opened Casa FOA interior design exhibition, the largest in the city.

Joao Filgueiras Lima, known as Lele, has a remarkable portfolio which has begun to raise attention. We take a look at his pedestrianization work in Salvador and his approach to futuristic health centers.

The latest urban intervention to celebrate the city's status as European Capital of Culture is an unusual film venue for pedestrians.

An easy-to-emulate arrangement by local designers made for design exhibition Casa Cor Rio.

Last year at ICCF the material du jour was felt; while its presence is still being, well, felt, this year the stuff that dreams are made of is cork. And not just thin sheets of cork but big honking blocks of the stuff. It is post-industrial recycled

It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.

It's not a competition but... here are some of the loveliest things at the London Design Festival

It's not every day the more industrial inner workings of a school district are featured on the front page of TreeHugger, but if you’re looking for a school that’s on the cutting edge of energy conservation and making smart use of taxpayer dollars look

Some regular TreeHugger readers (and commenters, you know who you are...) are no doubt exclaiming that they being saying the same thing for years, that hemp makes great biofuel--if only the Feds would get out of the way. Well, researchers

A cafe in Fairfield, Connecticut is growing produce on its roof. A permaculture expert makes some recommendations on how to do even more.

Yet more ways that cars and trucks are killing us and ruining cities.

With 58 straight days (and counting) of unhealthy air, officials are urging some to stay inside.

In the north, a lot of people burn wood all year round, but even a single fire is worse than smoking cigarettes.

Woodzee founder opens a factory in his own hometown, to make wooden sunglasses from recycled materials.

It's boxy, aluminum exterior hides a cushy bed, and a convenient galley kitchen -- all powered by the sun.

Mountains of discarded materials sourced from refugees' boats and lifejackets will be transformed into bags -- by asylum seekers themselves, for a decent wage.

Luxury fashion designer Balenciaga has released a Italian leather version of IKEA's iconic utilitarian shopping bag, leading one to assume the world has lost its mind.

A coastal grizzly bear pauses in its fishing efforts to pose for a group of photographers watching nearby.

Have the leaves started to change yet where you are? Autumn is just around the corner, and the annual burst of color is about to begin!

The things nature does to sand and rock are amazing. You may think this is an alien planet with bizarre stone houses for extraterrestrials, but no, this is New Mexico in all its mind-blowing glory.

A female northern elephant seal protects her newborn pup as she warns away a young male with amorous intentions for her.

September's most loved images from our Photo of the Day series.

Five tons of ivory was crushed earlier this year in Manila at the wildlife bureau compound, in an effort to change it's image as one of the world's hotspots for illegal ivory trading.

A before and after photo of Lexington Avenue tells the story.

You don't need to spend money to play Chinese checkers, especially if you've got vengeance in your heart.

Something my friend told me the other day made me rethink the plastic straw debate.

A new study suggests Zipcar users are less inclined to look after vehicles, and don't trust their fellow users. What does that mean for collaborative consumption?

Have you ever wondered what 'community living' really looks like, and why people do it?

This is probably the most interesting 3D printed house concept we have seen yet.

Getting people out of cars and rebuilding our main streets is not going to be easy, and cannot be oversimplified.

That's an alternate name for Halloween, but let's not forget the rest of the year.

We usually just talk about the plane, but it is a lot bigger than that.

Collins dictionary lexicographers observed a 100-fold increase in its usage in 2019.

Taking the category and best in show prizes will help Efficient City Farming get the funding to grow!

And they figure out where to put it, because "future architecture means city-hacking."

Innovation and local products featured prominently at the bike show

It is a strange and wonderful experience where you don't know what's around the corner.

Researchers concluded that the spill probably doesn't pose a significant environmental risk, but the ash contained heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury.

Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.

New report shows shocking amounts of coal pollution in U.S. waterways.