An economics professor suggested we replace libraries with Amazon bookstores "to save taxpayers money" and the Internet went wild, with good reason.

A modern life without plastic may seem an impossibility, but this Canadian duo shows it's achievable.

That's what Kris de Decker did with Low-Tech magazine and it makes a lot of sense.

It's an incredibly hard process.

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

Despite being a professional writer, it would be an invitation for unnecessary clutter and cost.

Boom-and-bust cycles are no coincidence.

The sci-fi show pulls no punches when it comes to humanity's complicated relationship with work and nature.

The scientist saw a system that oppressed both society and nature.

Less work doesn't have to be a bad thing.

Canoo redesigns the electric car from the ground up. It redesigns the ownership model too.

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?

A few years ago organic cotton and other eco-friendly textiles were getting all the headlines, but not so much now. Why is that? Scott Mackinlay Hahn answers.

A new study explores the social and environmental costs of cotton production, and how Fairtrade certification can mitigate these.

It's great that you're buying Fairtrade coffee and chocolate, but now it's time to apply that standard to your wardrobe.

War correspondent Gwynne Dyer says they should worry more about carbon and climate change.

Lisa Gansky sees a new emerging business model emerging. One she has dubbed, The Mesh. "... one in which consumers have more choices, more tools, more information, and more power to guide those choices." A model

We don't have a holiday Friday and Thanksgiving was weeks ago here. What's this all about?

Is shopping so important that people have to die or get pepper sprayed?

Perhaps now our body clocks will get the attention they deserve.

The Autonomous Hotel Room from Aprilli Design Studio raises some interesting questions.

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

You'll get a perfectly crispy, golden exterior.

Everybody is hopping on the hydrogen train, but it's being driven by natural gas.

Making things more efficient is not enough; we have to ask ourselves what we really need.

We don't have time for purity tests.

Trust the rock stars, or your doctor.

Forget trying to broaden your horizons. Focus on deepening them instead.

Author Craig Murray says, "The Earth cannot afford to indulge the pollution caused by massive air tourism."

Each year, the US uses over 3 million trees and 9 billion gallons of water to make toxin-tainted paper receipts.

We blame ourselves for not recycling more plastics, and yet our efforts are like "hammering a nail to halt a falling skyscraper." It's time we got to the root of the problem.

And how one British lawyer is working to make that happen.

And stop with the wood fires and candles, they will kill you.

It's all about the culture.

I am Canadian, not Danish, but I like to think I know how to 'hygge' properly.

Fireplaces! Candles! Clutter! What are these people thinking?

The Convenience Industrial Complex figured out how sell us something that we don't need at a price that's too high.

For the Sunday, December 8 issue, a centerspread ad has been designed as a piece of planet-friendly wrapping paper.

Last week, we revealed the winner for our Participate! contest, Vinay Gupta's Hexayurt Project. This week, we are profiling two more great entries, the Participate! runners-up. Yesterday, we showed you easy to assemble, 100 percent recycled plastic

Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work.

The secret to a diet that makes the microbes in your gut healthy, for fighting obesity and disease

With a $1 million donation, Andrew and Jane Cliffordhope will double the size of the world's largest cat-free sanctuary.

Over the last 30 years, habitat loss for imperiled species in the U.S. was more than twice as great on non-protected private lands than on federally protected public lands.

Caveat emptor.

It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers.

C2C products were featured in the Unity Home seen at Greenbuild.

Learn about the advantages of indoor succulents, plus everything you need to know about their light and watering needs.

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.

Forest ecosystems sequester large amounts of carbon in vegetation and soils, off-setting the carbon emissions we produce and mitigating climate change. The boreal forest and its associated wetlands, in particular, provide critical carbon storage ...