Some of the most frequently used jargon you’ll want to know before the Paris climate change talks, accompanied by user-friendly definitions.

Ahead of the U.N. climate negotiations in Paris, hundreds of marches were held around the world to call for strong climate action.

Today, the United Nations climate talks reached an agreement, and committed to fighting devastating levels of climate change.

The Clean Seas campaign was launched last week, aimed at eliminating major sources of marine plastic and changing shopping habits.

In a few years people around the world, including you, may be sitting on a different kind of toilet.

1)The ultimate in greenwashing chutzpah for the year goes to the Fur Council of Canada for their

Japanese designer Chie Imai has created bolero jackets for her fall '08 collection that mix fur from chinchillas with recycled polyester fabric from Teijin Ltd., and she's calling it eco-fur. Imai argues that fur is an 'ecological' product because it can

If the fur-trimmed recycled-polyester bolero jacket we wrote about in Part I of this entry is very questionably eco, what about a bedspread or throw pillows from pesky possums threatening to overrun New Zealand's flora and fauna?

We usually don't like to point out the negative aspects of things here on TreeHugger, but when it comes to New York's just ended Fall Fashion Week, I am forced to ask, "Wha' happened?"

Photo via Daily Mail Model Naomi Campbell may have once been a major part of PETA's "I'd rather go naked than wear fur" campaign, but in the years since the ads she's distanced herself from the organization--and now it looks like she's landed squarely

One woman shows us how easy it is to make useful yarn from her cat's long fur.

An ad by the European Fur Breeders' Association will not be allowed to run again after the advertising watchdog, ASA, ruled it to be misleading.

Fur farming was banned on UK soil in 2000, but imports are still allowed, which activists say simply 'outsources' the cruelty.

No complex masterplans, they simply deleted the cars and invited the public to come and play.

Architects, engineers, landscape architects and urban planners all have a role to play and should be acting now.

The Searaser takes a novel approach to wave energy generation. New owners Ecotricity - pioneers of wind power in Britain - are aiming for mass deployment in the next five years.

Andres Amador etches large intricate and organic patterns on beaches along the coast of California, with a rake as his paintbrush.

By 2050 wave and tidal power could supply 11% of current UK electricity demand.

Wave power is a promising source of clean energy, but it is usually overlooked because wind and solar power are farther along.

Sand castles are so yesterday, large-scale sand art is the thing to try.

The Crown Estate is Britain's largest landowner, and it owns an awful lot of coastline. It is also very interested in the potential for marine power.

The wave glider created by Iquid Robotics has passed quite a test for robustness. It coasted through the superstorm and provided real time weather data nonstop.

These sand "castles" are not your usual holiday beach creations.

The company says this system is simpler than other wave devices that need to be finely tuned to the waves to pick up their energy.

This promising source of clean energy is facing an uphill battle.

When you think about it, it's really Moon power!

The city is getting bike lanes and light rail transit, and their new apparatuses are chosen to better fit the streetscape.

Todd Litman calls the war on cars a bad joke. He gives us a lot of ammunition in the fight to end it.

Sad Anniversary digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/one-year-later-tva-toxic-coal-ash-spill-tennessee.php';A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and

16 years ago, Horrace Burges had a divine vision, a calling from heaven. And, like the ark-crafting Noah before him, Horrace picked up a hammer and built a large wooden structure of his own--the world's largest tree house. At 10

The obvious goodness of pairing pedal assist electric bikes with a bike sharing infrastructure is one of these great ideas whose time has come. In Tokyo, Sanyo recently installed 100 of their eneloop battery powered e-bikes at a "community" bike share

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.

Late last month, when officer Shelley Hammonds of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency received word of an animal in distress, it might have sounded like a routine rescue operation. Witnesses described

The delicately hued petals and striking brown florets of Tennessee's purple coneflower once seemed fated to live on only in description, or as a ghostly sketch yellowing on the page of some dusty botanical volume, yet today it's

Because everyone knows that bike paths are just the thin edge of the wedge. Next, they come for your cars.

Affordable housing doesn't have to look cheap, and LEED Platinum doesn't mean it has to cost a fortune.

It was actually introduced to save fuel, but there have been unintended consequences.

Do you plan it where there is lots of room, or do you put it where there is good transit accessibility?

In a word no. But people in cars seem to get a free pass for everything.

A new report by Barclays Capital suggests a dark side to the building boom in places like China, India, and Turkey.

Building new roads has been a major contributor to the city's unsustainable growth, newly released Landsat photos show, but more of the same appears to be on the horizon.

The Architecture Foundation of British Columbia issues a challenge: Design a four-person home made entirely of materials from a 100-mile radius around Vancouver.

"This is not concrete, this is nature!"

Nature and the environment are still a big part of this protest.

These "plug-and-play" donkeys, equipped with solar panels, allow sheepherders to catch up on the news and socializing while out on their rounds.

Thousands of pairs of unwanted eyewear are collected and transformed into a unique, twinkling facade for an Istanbul museum.

This renovated apartment incorporates some interesting storage concepts for a cleaner, brighter space.

All of which could be summed up in one statement: Turkish food is fantastic.

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