As environmental awareness spreads, shoppers are making different choices.

Lessons from Amundsen: travel fast and light with a small footprint.

These are the ones that also had a green slant to them, making them special to TreeHugger's heart.

It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.

Perhaps having kids cooking with gas is not such a good idea after all.

We will all be poor, fat, and buried in plastic.

After another site makes a list, we add our own suggestions.

I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than

And that was after one week of avoiding foods that may have come into contact with the notorious hormone-disrupting chemical!

Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.

Though conflicts over sparse water supplies have created rifts between Turkey and its neighbors, the sandstorms they exacerbate have brought countries in the region

One can build a house out of wood and cover it up, or one can celebrate the nature of wood, as this one in Slavonice, Czech Republic does. Designed by E - M.R.A.K. | Martin Rajniš, Kamila Amblerová, Václav Horecký, it is built out of unplaned, uncut

Turkish cities have been the stage for culture clashes in recent years, as residents of rural areas moved to urban areas in large numbers, bringing what many urbanites see as

Consumerism is still ingrained, which is why we need to fight back with the 'Buy Nothing' movement.

Supporters think the Arctic Apple will be a game changer - the first GMO to be marketed directly to consumers as convenience food.

These reefs live in murky water with low levels of light and are likely to survive rising sea levels, researchers say.

‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’

Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.

A hunter was hospitalized after the bear he shot tumbled down a ridge and hit him.

Researchers tested the calming effect of music for kitties during vet visits; 'cat-specific' music was the winner.

Some areas have more resources than others, so do your best to work with what you have.

Think kitten-meets-lamb in the latest installment of 'gratuitous cuteness distraction.'

The map-makers are calling this the biggest change that they had to make since the breakup of the U.S.S.R.!

These textile works of art are bursting with soft corals, algae and more.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

Government officials have no idea how to clean up these spills from a process that oil companies claim is more "environmentally friendly."

TransCanada announced today that they are moving forward with their so-called Energy East Pipeline project, which will bring crude oil from Western Canada to refineries and export terminals in Eastern Canada.

Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end?

Last week I posted a stunning wooden bicycle, and the beautiful heritage of wooden ceilings in Andalusia from a series of wood design from Spain that Confeadera put together. Other works include the Fab Lab House, some

Huge wind turbines, solar, wave power, battery storage and a lot of electric cars—these remote Scottish islands may provide a glimpse of the future.

In honor of World Wetlands Day, we’re turning our gaze towards the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetlands—and one that’s seriously threatened.

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?

When it comes to communicating an alignment with personal values, it doesn’t get more personal than social media.

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

These photo-luminescent artworks hide fascinating stories about the places and cities they are located in.

Simply by telling pilots their fuel consumption is being monitored, Virgin Atlantic saved millions.

Loop's reusable packaging service is coming to brick-and-mortar stores in U.S., Canada, and France.

After two years of pressing pipeline regulators to release inspection photos and videos of the 60-year-old Enbridge pipeline that carries tar sands oil through the Straits of Mackinac, NWF took it upon themselves to inspect the pipeline.

The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems.

Another good reason to pile density onto subway lines: Almost free heat and cooling.

With more than 22,000 acres newly opened up to the iconic mammal, the release of bison onto new turf is a profound thing to see.

Bromberg, then a young lawyer working for an environmental NGO in Tel Aviv, was frustrated that environmental issues were not

In part one of this interview, Gidon discussed FoEME's work in promoting cross-border

Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.

The technology uses radiative sky cooling to help cool buildings without electricity.

Over the last 30 years, habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected public lands.

Get ahead of the crowd with these indoor plant predictions from the all-knowing Plant Mom.

A new study suggests that a social media community adds to longevity similar to an offline community.