We get small and look at designs from around the world

Simple but striking, this small treehouse retreat was built by hand and furnished with repurposed flea market finds.

Is there somewhere you go to when you need to recharge your batteries? Or remind yourself of the beauty of nature? These are our favorite nature spots.

Is there somewhere you go to when you need to recharge your batteries? Or remind yourself of the beauty of nature? This is the second part of this series.

We've been seeing Nellie's dryer balls and their various knockoffs throwing around their purportedly eco-friendly clout everywhere lately, even on green shopping sites and environmental blogs we know and love. (We even tried to correct these misguided

Built with a lighter impact in mind, this small mountain retreat is nestled among the trees in Vietnam.

We're looking for treehuggers with a nose for a story.

These are interesting times for the Passive House movement in America, and this should be a very interesting conference.

This week is all about climate change and its myriad ripple effects. Melting Arctic ice has opened up an international controversy over deep-sea land rights, and Russia will now make a bold move by planting its flag 14,000 feet below the surface. New

Take a look at some of the ways that the shutdown is bad for the environment.

I wrote my first TreeHugger post more than seven years ago. Since then, there's been a lot of water under the bridge. Here are some of the many highlights.

Etsy invited TreeHugger to write about their favorite green baby items in the Handmade Kids series; clothes and accessories made for children by independent designers. Etsy is that wonderful website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by

Combining elements of natural beekeeping, citizen science, open source hardware, and networked smart devices, these DIY beehives could be a powerful tool in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder.

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It sorta defeats the purpose in about twelve different ways.

"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."

It feels much bigger than it actually is, and does not feel weird at all.

This one-of-a-kind treehouse is elevated above the ground to minimize its environmental impact.

Meet one of the insect world's most protective moms.

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In today's weekly newsletter, we go on about why cold showers are good for you (not the reasons you think); show off some very fancy LED lights in a very old fixture design and whine about the designs of tiny houses.

A Guardian article inspires a silly roundup

You picked them! We hug'em!

From tiny houses to busy bees

Can't keep up? Here's the best of the week in TreeHugger in digestible little bits.

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.

Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills

This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to

A charming treehouse is made from recycled wood and glass.

This modern and comfortable two-bed treehouse in Texas is open to guests.

This month, BookHugger presents Hope Is and Imperative by David Orr. Readers can order a discounted copy today and then join a live chat with Orr on May 25 at 3pm Eastern. (NOTE: The chat has been postponed one day and will

This month, BookHugger presents The Death and Life of Monterey Bay by Stephen R. Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka. Readers can order a discounted copy today and then join a live chat with the

And why not? It sounds like fun, just hanging around, eating grass

West Coast Green was this past week here in San Francisco, California. With speakers like Van Jones, Arianna Huffington and Michelle Kaufmann, the trade show was a nexus for greenies far and wide. Michelle Kaufmann was

We're traveling with UNEP to cover World Environment Day and document how the host country of Mongolia is adapting to a changing climate.

This little shelter, which can be built in less than two days, is designed to be suspended between two trees, without leaving a trace on them.

Even Amnesty International is weighing in about the way the Alberta government is going after environmentalists.

From adorable baby sea turtles to lamps made of cow dung and 600-mile bike trips, it's been a wild ride.

Katherine and Margaret share their tips for green travel.

It was hot last year, too.

Because it is really a Solstice Tree, and it is all about life in a harsh climate.

With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered on Thursday, July 28, 2011.Animals David explained the difficulties of GPS

Click here to see the full-size images in the slideshow This is the latest piece in the TreeHugger/Option-G print series; check out the full collection at Option-G where they're available for

With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered on Monday, August 1, 2011.Animals Alex Davies informed us that New York dairy

With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.Animals Lloyd asked is urban chickens are a gateway

With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered on Wednesday, August 3,