It fosters connection and community, boosts happiness... and results in delicious baked goods.

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.

At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new

Excessive population growth presents an immediate environmental danger greater than climate change.

Population growth is in fact slowing down but everyone is using more of everything.

Sometimes we should just let a bad idea die.

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

Researchers are experimenting with software and a smart harness for carrying out basic dog training.

California has been going through a drought for about 3 years now, with 2013 being the driest year on record.

"There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." (Kenneth Grahame)

You really don't need all those big appliances.

Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in

The Bristol Cargo Bike project is creating a "light weight mega geared micro logistics vehicle of choice for a city of hills."

Working in shared office spaces is an attractive solution for creative start-ups, and has become more and more sought-after in many of the bigger cities. Green Spaces in Manhattan has turned into a well-working

One might think that promoting walking as an alternative to driving might be good for cities clogged with cars full of overweight people.

Pandas, which are one of the better known endangered species out there, just aren't very good at breeding, making their survival more problematic than if, say, they had cubs by the bucketload every year.

Steve Mouzon looks at the true cost of sprawl.

It is appalling that in much of America, they are considered a frill.

Researchers have found that lignin, a compound found in wood, could replace BPA in plastics.

Study assessed the effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals on mice's desire to exercise and found that it makes them lazier.

Cooling a data center in one of the hottest parts of the USA can be done by using hot water, as eBay's Phoenix facility finds.

Hand-made with high quality, sustainably harvested woods, this is one desk meant for both kids and grown-ups.

These apex predators play a much bigger role in ecosystems than most people suspect, and their absence causes all kinds of problems that we aren't always able to solve.

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at

School is a testing ground for the way we perform later in life. It can mold us into fine upstanding members of society, or not. While environmental responsibility isn't something we have to learn early in life, it certainly makes

The makers of the EcoDataCenter prefer the term "climate-positive."

A debate between a child and teacher reveals all that's wrong with our education system today.

Excessive screen time is known to be harmful, and tough times don't justify letting those concerns slip.

A cluttered apartment room becomes a modern place to sleep and play for three siblings.

Hsu's case for the superiority of a carbon tax over other methods of pricing carbon is throughly and eloquently made. But will it actually help us get past our collective aversion to the word 'tax'? That's frankly the bigger question.

In this excerpt from the latest book by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the authors look at the realities of local food.

A pull between city life and the slower pace of nature inspired author and illustrator Julia Rothmans to create “Nature Anatomy.”

An ambitious couple set out to travel from Washington to the Alaskan Arctic, off the beaten track and under their own power.

Among other remarkable features, a cat’s tongue is covered in little spines, turning it into the world’s most magical hairbrush.

This little unit has sleeping for four in not much space at all.

Not much point in having a healthy house if you spend all day in an unhealthy office.

And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.

The building is handsome and sexy, just like Bjarke. But this is Calgary, and you need a warm jacket in winter.

This green and purple mystery finally gets its own name and some attention from aurora enthusiasts and researchers alike.

Featuring a tall living room and a big kitchen, this tiny dwelling from Canada packs a big personality.

New technology might actually pull hydrogen out of the Alberta tar sands and leave the carbon behind.

Or is it all a big political show?

RIBA has announced that all its prizes will now be sustainable. We are going to need a counterpoint.

Despite Natura's seemingly excellent and forward-thinking business model, their list of ingredients is surprisingly awful and toxic, which calls into question the B Corp certification standards.

Bravo to this Brazilian guy for showing how it's done.

You'll get a perfectly crispy, golden exterior.

In Canada, we’ve collected over 150 million units of waste and engaged two million people to recycle.