Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

More and more, urban biking has become one of the best ways to see a lot of a city in a short span of time, so it's a no-brainer that more hotels are offering free bikes along with the price of the room. In

Getting enough nutrients from food reduces risk of death, not the same could be said for nutrients in pill form. And in fact, some supplements were linked to increased risk of death.

Fighting for her life after narrowly escaping a horrible house fire, doctors used sustainable fish skin grafts on the Rottweiler's burns to help save her life.

When life gives you abundant peaches, berries, and more, use them in every meal!

A pinch of ingenuity can transform sad-looking ingredients into something desirable.

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

They are going to be a lot more than just cars that drive themselves.

It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they

With limited hours in the day, many U.S. schools are prioritizing lesson time over lunch time, leaving kids hungry and miserable.

As nanoparticles spread widely into consumer products as well as offering great technological promise in certain applications, how can we judge the risks?

It creates as much CO2 as a million transatlantic flights. Why isn't this a bigger deal?

Lawns use up way too much water.

We often ask the question "Why buy when you can rent?" but we never thought of this.

ZH architects faced a lot of serious challenges here, and came up with innovative solutions.

It has rejected recommendations that could divert some of the 300,000 tonnes of clothing that go to landfill each year.

And they don't stop there. Their products also feature recycled plastic, fabric, silicone, and more.

Republican Candidate in Michigan blames too much federal regulation. Others might suggest too little.

Phoenix Haus brings European prefab technology to the midwest

It's not pretty, but a fact of life, gardens are rich pickings for thieves.

British artists Ackroyd and Harvey have created a series of temporary grass "photos" of people who work for the local government.

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?

There's a really fascinating feature over at Greater Good on the powerful transformative effects that positive emotions have on our wellbeing, our lives, our bodies, those around us. I won't relay all that Barbara

The disks are coated with zinc oxide nanorods that break apart organic molecules in sewage.

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.

Unfortunately, people like the slogans a bit too much.

One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy.

A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.

Let's hope they play nicely with government-funded cargo bikes.

One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality

Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million.

When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's solar car charging in rainy England, commenters noted that solar at home is unlikely to benefit most car drivers, as they will typically charge overnight. Situations will obviously vary

Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020.

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

An architectural tradition dating to the 9th century, Iceland's turf houses are an enduring inspiration.

Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection

Located in Rotterdam, this Concept House features a huge rooftop garden, and uses natural heating and cooling techniques to keep maintenance costs down.

photo: J. Novak Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on

Three years after a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, health care workers are still finding it difficult to get medical supplies, but an aid group is putting 3D printing to work to make some of the needed items.

In Haida Gwaii the trees are so big that you could live in them.

Another summer site that is now open is the Duncan House, a Usonian design by Frank Lloyd Wright that was moved from Chicago to Polymath Park, a resort near Pittsburgh. Usonian houses were "ypically small, single story dwellings without a garage or

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

Australian researchers used LIDAR, the aerial laser technology, to rediscover the city of Mahendraparvata in Cambodia.

It uses twice as much water and releases 800,000 more plastic microparticles per load than a regular cycle.

We have never actually explained this in one post on TreeHugger. I am going to try.

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.