They are supposed to be better for your health, but standing desks don't come cheap. This inexpensive flat-pack design for a portable unit can turn your existing office furniture into a standing desk.

A new furniture line is designed to be affordable to buy and fast to assemble.

And it is all held together with sex bolts.

Our photo of the day shows Mother Nature's flair for drama.

Edward Burtynsky's collection called Water documents the role water plays in ecosystems, energy, cultural practices and disasters.

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.

Best of luck to Ms. Leonard, I'm sure she'll do great things at Greenpeace USA!

Over the past three months, over a million people from all around the globe have contacted LEGO to ask them to drop their oil partnership.

Greenpeace urges outdoor lovers to reject the chemicals used in popular weather-resistant fabrics.

Greenpeace has taken some of the most popular outdoor gear to a lab in order to measure concentration of PFCs. What it found is disturbing.

Greenpeace has released its Detox Catwalk report for 2016, revealing which companies are on track to meet detox commitments by 2020 and which are lagging far behind. The results may surprise you.

While these chemicals continue to be the norm in the camping and mountaineering industries, there are some good alternatives.

It's good news... but we shouldn't be eating tuna at all.

The organization scored the biggest gadget makers on their products' environmental records.

Popup clothing store fits right in to a neighborhood in transition.

Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.

An annual water-monitoring report focuses on "contaminants of emerging concern."

It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.

San Francisco readers can now find local and green clothes at Amour Vert’s new shop in Hayes Valley.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Finally, fire departments are buying equipment designed for the city instead of designing the city to fit the equipment.

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

By next year at this time, all straws in SF will be made from paper, bamboo, wood, metal or fiber.

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.

The English town of Frome has seen a significant drop in emergency hospital admissions since it began connecting ill residents with volunteers and support groups.

The nations once renowned for their way of eating now have the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe.

Science has shown over and over again that bar soap does not transmit infection. It is a powerful, plastic-free, and cheap disease-fighting tool.

A number of states are edging out insurance companies. This could be huge for the environment.

U.S. doctors believes it's a serious public health concern that requires drastic action.

Food is a powerful healer, which is why hospitals should reconsider how they feed patients.

An exhibit about the pioneering mid-century designers illustrates the innovative ideas that inspired their work.

Unsuspecting visitors to the small fishing village of Cheng Long might feel the need to blink and rub their eyes. Is there really a giant bowl and chopsticks sinking into the wetlands? What are those brightly colored things growing all over that house?

The Royal College of Art graduate students show their (environmental) stuff at the year-end show.

It seemed a bit smaller and emptier this year, much like the green movement in general.

A new exhibition in Toronto looks at sustainable development.

It's the most prestigious photography prize (and best paid) and here's this year's winner.

It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.

Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.

Latino students are exposed to higher levels of pesticides. But the EPA and parents clash over what should be done.

From palm oil invaders to adorable Sumatran rhinos, this story about a recent environmental victory will inspire you.

It's an unlikely match between a 47-year-old Peruvian subsistence farmer and a giant American mining corporation, and yet the former is winning the battle.

Changes closer to home would be nice too.

Why do we always think other animals are so simple?

They are always fun to look at but do they make sense?

The husband and wife have spent 25 years buying up wasteland farmers no longer wanted; now elephants, tigers and leopards roam free there.