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Once again our favorite visionary was ahead of his time.

And it is beautiful too.

Baby Boróka Torda (pictured below-the-fold with her father) has had her "foot print" made green, literally, as pictured here, and prospectively: Baby's lifespan carbon footprint has been offset through tree plantings which will be professionally

Just throw yourself wherever you want to work; your office is where you are.

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Architect John Kinsley puts together a little project that addresses so many of the problems we face in our cities.

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.

A remarkable exhibition of the future of transportation is mounted in the middle of industrial archaeology.

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What can one say about a show that attracts 23,000 green building professionals across the border to Toronto? It could only beGreenbuild, the grand spectacle put on by theU.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This was its tenth

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.

Melinda Hanson talks to TreeHugger about taking back the streets.

Sugar maples rely on consistent snow cover to thrive, and climate change is threatening that.

The Miele Dialog oven, combined with meal delivery, may make it obsolete.

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

An exhibition of their work is at the Cooper Hewitt in New York.

A competition invites designers to come up with ideas, but really, it's old news. They have been disappearing for years.

Yet another reason why we need a more resilient food system.

A story from the turn of the millennium about tomorrow still remains relevant today in 2012

Largest study yet predicts "The next nuclear accident may be much sooner or more severe than the public realizes"

You have heard of "fast fashion." Get ready for fast architecture in container-sized modules.

The omission of ecological services in economics is the equivalent of double bookkeeping: one set that looks (relatively) rosy for us and another for our children.

Despite a great need for future leaders in sustainable forestry, there are difficult barriers for many youths interested in pursuing related degrees. The Multicultural Apprenticeship Program (MAP) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to change that.

A designer's take on the car of the future. Hint: it's a bike

It's got something for everybody in a compact and clever e-bike that can carry a big load.

Starting in September, I embark on a nationwide book tour for my new book entitled Urban Green: Architecture for the Future. The tour will take me to more than 20 universities and colleges across

It's actually rather elegant and understated for the Danish superstar.

Created around 1900 in France for the World Exhibition in Paris, these predictions for the future didn’t actually turn out as expected.

Recyclability is key at yök's eco-renovation. First, preserve everything we can, then recycle everything that has to go and lastly, make sure any new stuff is recyclable in the future.

The Hymer VisionVenture is small space living that moves.

In London: get rid of cars. In New York: get rid of people.

Henry Grabar writes a really wonderful article that shows how "a better world is possible."

What can we do to save our streets? Decentralize everything.

Their fate is tied to that of bees, which aren't doing too great either.

Before this year's consumer electronics show, we talked about our hopes and frustrations about the industry and event. Here, we sum up what we saw.

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