One hundred years later, we are still playing chicken with peoples' lives.

Now, for the rest of the U.S. and Canada to get on board...

The big Danish design competition really has similar goals to TreeHugger: to promote good green design that makes the world better

Researchers find that the neurotoxin is carried in by coastal fog, deposited on the land, and then makes its way up the food chain where it is approaching toxic thresholds in pumas.

In many part of the world, the 2019-2020 winter was the winter that wasn't.

The UK government has approved a new scheme for desalination of water from the Thames, for use in London. The £200 million plant will be built in Beckton, east London. It's not a popular plan, though, among environmental campaigners. We've written before

We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico.

Record droughts, falling water tables and the rapid depletion of aquifers have helped make desalination, a process once considered impractical and too expensive, a viable technology -- at least in some places. As such, there has been a rash of stories --

Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.

These low-impact, solar-powered desalination units could be a potential boon to water-scarce coastal communities, disaster-prone areas, as well as local marine life.

Using solar stills to purify water isn't a new idea, but it's an effective one. And now new efforts are underway to use this old technology to help green the desert.

A new desalination technology company is looking to help clean up and recover some of the trillion gallons of salty wastewater from the oil and gas industry.

A new water treatment system could save billions of gallons of water each year by recovering almost all of the waste water at bottling plants and water treatment facilities.

The UAE's clean tech giant plans to have a commerical-scale plant by 2020.

By combining solar PV, solar thermal, and a heat exchanger, Desolenator has developed a low-cost portable water purifier and desalination device powered by renewable energy.

This system could produce 3,500 gallons of clean water per day, at half the cost of current desalination methods, using just the motion of the waves to power the Reverse Osmosis process.

An event on Lake Tahoe promises "world class minds, radical innovation and kickass rock 'n roll". And solutions to the biodiversity crisis, too.

The omission of ecological services in economics is the equivalent of double bookkeeping: one set that looks (relatively) rosy for us and another for our children.

Or why the trend toward simplicity is not all it's cracked up to be.

It will soon be illegal to sell, trade, or donate furs of any kind.

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.

Add heritage preservation, passive house design and a butterfly roof and it pushes a lot of buttons around here.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

After a few big players entered the ring, the environment was spared some 1.5 billion plastic shopping bags in under 100 days.

Think global, act local.

All food is donated and payment is optional.

Students will have to take home any waste that is not recyclable or compostable.

Thousands of kilos of vegetables will hopefully prevent starvation in burned-out regions.

A new study aims to settle the debate about how and when this invasive species was introduced to the island country.

Full of vibrant colors, patterns and eclectic decor, this tiny house is not as minimalist as its exterior might suggest.

This tasteful van home features a comfortable interior, and includes a removable bed to allow for transporting larger cargo.

In a nod to Buckminster Fuller's design philosophy of "maximum gain with minimal input," the wooden supports for this lightweight canopy are recycled from a village renovation project.

Bright pops of yellow, orange and neutral wood cabinetry warm up this small apartment renovation in Moscow.

This couple applied precious life lessons -- learned from years of bicycle touring -- into designing their modern tiny house on foundations.

New technologies can be a powerful tool in the fight against climate change. But they can also be a distraction.

Keep your cards, your cash, and your iPhone safe with these durable, water resistant accessories made from a renewable and sustainable material.

If you'd like to get the junk out of your back pocket or purse, consider downsizing into a wallet such as this one, which holds just the essentials.

These beautiful and affordable handcrafted timepieces, made from natural and renewable materials, could also serve as a catalyst for conversations about sustainable goods.

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

Yet more ways that cars and trucks are killing us and ruining cities.

Skylight manufacturer Velux says we need more light and fresh air.

The things nature does to sand and rock are amazing. You may think this is an alien planet with bizarre stone houses for extraterrestrials, but no, this is New Mexico in all its mind-blowing glory.

Beware of the gilets jaunes, says Philip Stephens.

In advance of EPA's coal ash standards, a mother of four talks about her family's health problems due to nearby coal ash ponds.

How did honey go from being the world's most important food to an undervalued afterthought?

North American bees are at risk of disappearing thanks to severe habitat loss and increasing pesticide use, among other threats, new report reveals.

Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.

What's the best approach for dealing with this?

As part of an ongoing series about the Maya Ka'an community-based tourism initiative, this was my first official day in the Mayan region, and it was certainly full of adventure.

Confirming what previous studies have shown, new research from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that the main threats to tropical forests are no longer from