When I asked whether vegans can eat carrots grown with manure, some commenters found the question despicable. But my intention was not to question anyone's commitment, nor to lessen the

When I asked how vegetarians can avoid animal-based fertilizers, I noted that some people suggested exploring biodynamics instead of organics. In fact, nothing

The map above is the first illustration of worldwide imbalances in the use of phosphorus, a key component of fertilizers and an essential plant nutrient. "Typically, people either worry

Artisan is the new natural in terms of false advertising.

A government report has found that selenium contamination is connected to fish deformities, including two-headed trout.

Can your garden be kinder to the earth? From the materials your raised beds are built from to the fertilizers you use, there's room for improvement to achieve an earth-friendly garden

Some of the factors influencing grain yields are natural, while others are of human origin.

Could human urine be used on a commercial scale to fertilize the food we eat?

From the freshest possible eggs to rich compost to pets with personality, keeping backyard chickens would be a fun and educational foray in urban agriculture.

It's time to put a stake through them and build efficient Passivhaus buildings.

Given how dreadful most new housing is these days, this is at least the minimum builders should build and customers should expect.

Selling energy efficiency is hard, but the UK Labour Party got it right.

Known to TreeHugger for their trademark lamps, the Seattle practice does a bigger building

A large section of a 140-year-old Western hemlock tree is faithfully reconstructed by hand from cast molds, using tiny pieces of reclaimed cedar that have been carefully glued together.

You are not just buying a box but a full service design/build package. Could this take container architecture mainstream?

Bike share programs are public transit, and that requires public support.

These delicately formed hand-crank and motor-activated art installations blossom and grow perpetually.

There's no 'turning into a pumpkin at midnight' because the pumpkin is where it's at!

Built for two bookstore owners, this elegant structure doubles as a place to read and for guests to stay in.

Passive House multifamily buildings use almost no energy and don't cost much more than conventional buildings. They should be everywhere.

This week is all about climate change and its myriad ripple effects. Melting Arctic ice has opened up an international controversy over deep-sea land rights, and Russia will now make a bold move by planting its flag 14,000 feet below the surface. New

Baby Boróka Torda (pictured below-the-fold with her father) has had her "foot print" made green, literally, as pictured here, and prospectively: Baby's lifespan carbon footprint has been offset through tree plantings which will be professionally

According to the Spanish newspaper El País last week, Spain will be the first big buyer of CO2 emission rights from Eastern Europe, in order to fulfil the Kyoto Protocol. In 2007, Spain's emissions had

From Almada, Portugal, where residents will be able to swap recyclable materials for free rides on

It sounds like a plot-line from a bad 1950's sci-fi movie, but unfortunately there's nothing fiction about it. Several towns in western Hungary were flooded today with a toxic red sludge after the waste product from

A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary where four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in

Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to

One designer tackles how the ubiquitous egg carton could be rethought in order to waste less.

London's international embassies are showing off their countries' design as part of the London Design Festival.

It's a good demonstration of how you don't need a lot of smart high tech to build a comfortable house.

A tiny apartment in a new tourist hotspot is remade with clever modern elements to maximize space.

A roaming freelance photographer and writer go on the road in this self-built live-work space on wheels.

Using a self-invented "multiluminous" painting process, this artist transforms ordinary rooms into starry environments.

Consumer Reports strongly urges houses with children under 6 to avoid them altogether.

The Care Label Project will add a label to thousands of clothes in hopes that people will adopt laundry habits that are better for both fabric and the Earth.

The unanimous answer from garment makers to dermatologists to fashion-lovers is, "Yes!"

Help your clothes last longer by learning how to decode the mysterious hieroglyphics of care labels.

Corporate Knights Magazine asks the question and gets a different result than we did.

People want big SUVs and pickups, not little fuelsippers. What's a car maker to do?

And they even claim it's green.

Because America needs more SUVs and pickup trucks to be great again

This year of all years, we should stand up and fight the climate change trolls.

Why should carmakers bother when there is so much profit in SUVs and pickups?

In this eye-popping example of adaptive reuse, a crumbling church is remade into a public skatepark, complete with incredible murals.

It has a solar powered smoke alarm, GPS and is standing on guard, ready to phone it in.

Inspired by the human-based Modulor system of proportion, this small Madrid apartment is defined by a series of wooden alcoves that hold different daily functions.

Most hot dog carts are ugly and utilitarian. This one's not.

Severe flooding in Spain has led to shortages so bad in the UK that some supermarkets are flying produce in from the United States.

This compact, wood-clad cabin is made as a comfortable eco-hotel suite in natural settings.

They are so thin that it's hard to believe that they stand up.