The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, working closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, reached a comprehensive settlement agreement with the Crestwood School District in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, to improve educational services for students who are English Language Learners (ELLs), establish a system for recruiting and hiring faculty and staff and ensure that individuals who complain about discrimination do not face unlawful retaliation

The former chief executive officer of Hanover Corporation was sentenced today to serve 14 years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $14,784,983.75 in restitution for orchestrating an $18 million Ponzi scheme

The synthetic material is both robust and versatile

Every presidency develops a leadership style, which has bearing on presidential accomplishments, writes Pietro Nivola. Nivola compares the leadership styles of Barack Obama to Woodrow Wilson during their first years as president, noting that two men faced similar issues and examining possible lessons for President Obama from President Wilson’s experiences.

The current crisis reveals two major flaws in the world’s crisis-resolution mechanisms: (i) funds available to launch credible rescue operations are insufficient, and (ii) national crisis responses have negative spillovers. One solution is to emulate the EU’s enhanced cooperation solution at the global level, with the IMF ensuring that the rules are respected. Big global…

Another look back at some great designs for inexpensive homes.

Mark Siddall of LEAP measures and calculates everything, thinks about it, and then calculates it again.

Some dramatic changes this year will have a big impact on the future of wood construction.

Instead of trashing these old treads, they have been made into a inter-looping work of art in the same station.

The Vancouver architect is famous for "tall wood" but still has a knack for little good wood buildings too.

From a $50,000 portable recycled house to a tiny green egg house for Chinese students, TreeHugger has already offered plenty of posts that prove that green living doesn't have to mean high-end LEED certified luxury.

It is the "highest, densest and most environmentally friendly new neighborhood" in Stockholm.

These sets of precision-cut oak blocks and planks, combined with clever connectors, are intended to help spark creativity and imagination in kids, and to "make playtime more meaningful."

Kaden + Lager architects are building SKAIO, ten storeys of hybrid timber construction.

After a long-lasting and loving monogamous relationship between the US Green Building Council and the Forest Stewardship Council, it seems the USGBC is considering, not a break up, but definitely thinking

From crush-worthy Crash star Thandie Newton's celebrity-favorite Toyota Prius (pictured) to Paris Hilton's GMC Yukon Hybrid, these seven celebrity hotties are

It's a TreeHugger dream: an all electric wooden car designed to last forever.

It is modern in appearance yet traditional in operations

It really could be the future of sustainable, green and healthy housing.

And they even claim it's green.

As we learn about the dangers of particulate pollution, it becomes obvious that we have to stop burning wood.

Home is where and what you make of it -- this Oregon man made his in an old aircraft.

David Milarch is on a quest to save California's coast redwoods, some of the world's oldest and largest living things; he may be saving the planet along the way.

"Forest to frame" is the new "farm to table."

Built using traditional and local techniques of construction, this distinctive structure sits on the edge of a national forest and a long-vanished lake.

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.

This specially designed Finnish axe requires less force to split wood as it acts both as a wedge and as a lever.

Forget about 3D printing houses; digital fabrication using sustainable materials is a much bigger deal.

This standing desk is packed with clever organization features, and can be customized for left or right-handed people.

Partnering with a forest conservation non-profit to plant a tree for every watch purchased, Analog Watch Co. creates chic timepieces out of recycled wood.

They are as gutsy and gritty as ever.

One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want.

Canadian birch hauled out of Canada's Ottawa River adds resonance and tone.

It seems that these days you can build just about anything with a CNC machine.

Could this be even more encouraging than a FitBit to get up and walk around?

What a joy to stumble upon this 2009 gem by Cullinan Studio.

Report accuses wood burners of being naively careless when they should be worried

Norwegian architect Marianne Borge is designing a series of them in different sizes.

The Outdoor Care Retreats let nature give a valuable boost in creating a respite from the sterile and stringent hospital environment.

We're not called TreeHugger for nothing.

Because we are not called TreeHugger for nothing.

The Austrian system can build at 30 storey high-rise in thirty days

MAKAR is doing the kind of work that puts North American architects and builders to shame.

It's a big step forward for the high-tech timber industry.

This is a beautiful house, but it raises a lot of questions about what "respect for the environment" means.

The first large-scale commercial operation to produce cellulosic ethanol (the kind of ethanol made not from corn or other grown crops, but from organic waste) in the US just got major backing from the oil industry, and will be online in 2013. The New

The innovation could mean less e-waste at the end of our electronics' lives.

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.

Wood smoke is a huge source of particulate pollution and really shouldn't be in residential neighbourhoods. But the flavour...

We have been saying for years that building materials should be healthy and high fiber like the food we eat, and now Perdue delivers.