More love, less waste. That's the idea behind a new gift registry. And it's an idea that might just take off.

City council voted unanimously this week to support a ban.

The agency is offering up open source modeling software to scientists, engineers and garage inventors too.

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

Mattresses have plenty of reusable materials, but most recyclers don't want them. Landfills don't like them either. But a Tennessee nonprofit does.

When it comes to walking the green and sustainable walk, Greenfield really puts it all on the line.

They've requested no day camps, just two empty months.

Today, Levi’s released a new Life Cycle Assessment for their jeans as part of an effort to promote more sustainable water usage.

Major food conglomerates want to stamp out state-by-state efforts to label foods containing genetically modified ingredients with federal legislation.

Consumer Reports finds that most products advertised as “natural” contain genetically modified ingredients.

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.

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.

Good Guy Leo strikes again!

Demand for this 'green gold' is so high that people are waiting months to get a sapling for backyard planting.

TreeHugger asked Andrew Sharpless, CEO for the Oceana ocean protection organization, why we really personally care about the health and fate of the world's big water bodies. Many of us, after all, live far from

What does it take to get improved environmental coverage in the media?

Doing this was one of the best decisions I made when getting married. (So was marrying a great guy!)

You may be spending money on practical needs that are comprised of superfluous wants.

It's déjà vu all over again, with the old guard trying to stop the newcomers...

Paris has the Promenade plantée and New York has The High Line, parks created on top of once-abandoned railway tracks. Now plans are afoot in Philadelphia to transform the Reading Viaduct into what its designers are

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?

Almost two years after a ketchup snub sparked a patriotic backlash in Ontario, sales for French's ketchup remain strong.

They cry "freedom" for them to smoke, drink, drive really fast and fry the planet. Everyone else, get out of the way.

It harms retailers, drives overconsumption, and contributes to traffic jams and pollution. What's the point?

We matured our cities around the needs to cars. Now it's time to mature our streets around human, not machine, needs. We are all pedestrians.

When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.

And a self-driving chair, a computer in your phone and learning to listen.

Cruise ships and Disney's 'Frozen' have led to crowds of unprecedented size, about which Norwegians are not entirely happy.

It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.

One smartphone user makes a case for using old-fashioned items like alarm clocks and newspapers.

These vertical towers, made of artificially diverted glacial meltwater, are a brilliant idea and possible solution to alleviate water shortages brought on by the fast-melting Himalayan glaciers.

Jackson McLean is the face of a new vegan food movement on this remote Canadian island that's long been defined by fishing.

But what about the future we need?

The company would use the Solara solar-powered drone, which can remain in flight for five years at a time!

Proposed bill would make burning tires and other industrial solid waste count towards the state’s mandate of generating 10 percent of its energy from renewables.

Slow, incremental changes are more effective than trying to do it all at once.

One of the biggest challenges of making cities more bike friendly is that most of the road space is already "used up." Adding bike lanes means removing something. That's when a bit of perspective comes in handy.

It's not rocket science, it's building science, and it's all here.

The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough.

Back in 2009, the EPA was sued for "abdicating leadership" on protecting Chesapeake Bay. Part of clean water advocates' anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding. But

Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.

One more US city fully commits to transforming itself into a better place to live for all.

Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new

A series of newspaper articles ask the wrong question.

The 'mega cruises' are harming the environment, the island's aesthetic appeal, and local quality of life.

It would make my life as a parent so much easier.

We know that bike commuting saves money, and that cycling to work combats obesity too. So it's no surprise when we hear that bike commuting is on the rise in many cities. One company is stepping out way ahead

Common Good was started by Sacha Dunn and her husband Edmund Levine out of their personal desire to have refillable and eco-friendly option when it comes to cleaning supplies.

A debate between a child and teacher reveals all that's wrong with our education system today.