From child labor to blood diamonds, showing your love can have some seriously unexpected pitfalls.

Where we recycle and repurpose the best of our Valentine's Day posts from the past.

They are all over the internet today; here are some that relate to buildings we have shown on TreeHugger

A list of ways to share the love with everyone you adore without hating on the environment.

The holiday once marked by amorous missives and hand-plucked posies has evolved into a day of staggering statistics.

From carnivorous plants to occult-inspired tokens of affection, these are not your grandmother's Valentine's gifts.

In this installment of Town and Country, we talk about skipping consumerism on Valentine’s Day.

Get in the Valentine’s Day mood with these fun DIY beauty recipes for masks, moisturizers, and scrubs – all of which are suitably pink or red for the occasion!

The size of one's carbon footprint is not usually a major concern on this romantic holiday, but it can be mitigated with advance planning.

It's important to remember that every physical gift comes at a cost that's both financial and environmental.

Is Cupid's appeal fading as millennials find the holiday has become too commercialized?

Our photo of the day comes from California's Central Coast.

This eco-wine is thick with berries and molasses on the nose but the follow through is not your usual California cab. And for every acre of planted vineyard, Frei Brothers sets aside one acre to be preserved as natural wildlife habitat.

Woven from bamboo, this inviting structure transforms an empty lot in busy Taipei into a haven where neighborhood residents can relax and gather over a fire.

This is the most heartbreaking story we've read all week, and if the idea of a baby whale trailing after a yacht and trying to suckle from it doesn't make you go "awww," then that lump of muscle you call your ticker has been

In our conventional, resource-intensive food and building industries, 'waste-free' may seem like an alien concept, which makes projects like Australia's Greenhouse all the more impressive. Touted as a

This is one area of measurement where perhaps the Americans, Liberians and Burmese get it right.

Good news: The ban on CFC-based asthma inhalers is rapidly approaching. Inhalers are going green and by December 31, all inhalers must be powered by hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) instead of the ozone-harming chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).

The first field test of injecting sulfate particles into the atmosphere is proposed for New Mexico; ocean iron fertilization experiment shows more promise than previous ones.

City council voted unanimously this week to support a ban.

Wind turbines, solar cells, wave power. If you think these are newfangled technologies, think again. They were fangled long ago, and their story is the meat of Alexis Madrigal's new book, Powering the Dream. Madrigal (a senior editor at The Atlantic and

A new campaign aims to bust the "protein myth".

Last week at CES in Las Vegas, Toyota revealed the FCV concept car for the fuel cell vehicle they will be making available next year. I had a chance to see the concept this week at the Detroit Auto Show.

Toyota Goes Bold Even Toyota, the maker of the much revered Toyota Prius, has been unable to escape the fallout from the economic downturn. In fact, Toyota just posted its first operating loss in 70 years, and the company is responding with bold plans

Alex previously wrote about concerns as China Tightens Grasp on Rare Earth Metals Vital for Green Technologies; now we are seeing it in action. After a dispute over a collision between the Japanese Coast Guard and a Chinese

Chocolate, tea and more goodies partner with Fair Trade USA which expands farming programs and experiences record sales.

Proctor & Gamble blames it on Millennials not knowing how to do laundry, but it's more likely that they don't feel like paying to infuse their clothes with nasty chemicals.

Good Guy Leo strikes again!

When a New Zealand supermarket chain ditched plastic packaging, produce sales skyrocketed.

The dead ones washing up on beaches are "just the tip of the iceberg."

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

Jeff Bezos' purchase is just another step in the long march away from newsprint.

Veganism must be making serious inroads into society if McDonald's, king of industrial meat, is jumping into soy patties.

It's déjà vu all over again, with the old guard trying to stop the newcomers...

It's déjà vu all over again, again! Auto dealers have been fighting Tesla Motors on multiple fronts for a while now, trying to either force them to do business with the traditional sales model, or be prohibited from selling in certain states.

Hundreds of dolphins and pelicans have been found dead on beaches in Peru since February, prompting the government to issue a public health warning.

A skeleton of the bizarre land-walking whale provides answers about how whales first spread around the world.

A wholphin? A dolphale? Whatever you call it, the first known hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin is a wonder.

A really interesting housing project and a look back at Canadian Thanksgiving

A review of posts about aging baby boomers on the Mother Nature Network.

But is this really a good idea? Maybe it is better to get up and flick a light switch instead of asking Alexa.

The blue whale, is the largest animal ever known to have lived on the planet. Here’s what you need to know about the majestic marine mammal.

A new, 50MW floating offshore wind farm just got approved. Why does this matter?

The Jenni solar charger and battery pack aims to make it easy to begin going solar at home, starting with your portable electronics

The charity loses millions in rogue currency swap, just like the big boys.

Pop-up gardens, urban farms, guerrilla bike lanes, examples of crowdsourced city planning, and other urban interventions will be the focus of the official U.S. Pavilion at the world's most prestigious architecture event.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

The company should really be called 'Eggland's Worst,' based on how these poor animals are treated.

Jackson McLean is the face of a new vegan food movement on this remote Canadian island that's long been defined by fishing.

The premature deaths are linked to excessive breeding.