If you thought the flooding in the northeast in the wake of Hurricane Irene and subsequent storms dropping heavy rain, thank your lucky stars you're not in Pakistan. In a repeat of last summer, the nation is again in the grips of catastrophic flooding,

In a recent show of solidarity with the forests and one another, more than a thousand villagers gathered to simultaneously give their beloved trees a loving squeeze.

It's like that 1965 movie Crack in the World, where drilling for geothermal energy causes all kinds of problems. There are such high hopes for real geothermal power; there is a lot of heat down there that can vaporize water and run turbines.

Demand for lithium is growing very rapidly thanks to portable electronics and electric vehicles. What if we could get a lot of lithium cheaply, without building new mines?

Energy policy and energy use are not forces of nature beyond our control. It's all about choices; different choices set us off on different paths, but don't prevent us from switching course.

With the abundant geothermal potential of the United States, what are the biggest barriers to tapping into that renewable energy source? Leslie Blodgett of Geothermal Energy Weekly answers.

A recently opened power plant in the Nevada desert uses two types of renewable energy.

Plus... Shell announces first carbon capture project in the Alberta Tar Sands; Arctic oil and natural gas's high cost to limit their global share.

Geothermal energy constantly gets overshadowed by other sources of clean energy, like wind and solar, because it's still more expensive. But with every passing year, it gets closer to its time in the spotlight.

Do you think we need to shift to solar, wind, and geothermal energy? Then show some love this week in order to help grow this important societal transition.

Can panda poo prevent cancer? We also have sad rhino news, fish lawnmowers, and more.

Another effect of weather weirding: Higher tea prices coming? Northeast India tea production expected to drop 60% in 2012 this year.

Post-war, Lyons Tea Shops could't redecorate, so they commissioned some great paintings instead.

Whether it's coffee or tea, Katherine and Margaret love their steaming mugs of deliciousness.

Take an average cup of coffee or tea to a new tasty level with these quick, easy additions.

Time to move over, coffee. Tea is making a comeback for a number of very good reasons.

Craving the perfect cup of tea on a chilly morning? Here are some companies with ethical business practices worth supporting.

These popular hot beverages inhabit places of honor in our homes, apparently for very good reasons.

These flowery sculptures seem to grow and flourish, out of repurposed dead animal skulls.

What the Club Sandwich Generation looks like in Tokyo, where it is unusual to renovate instead of starting from scratch.

Sumitomo Forestry has a lot of wood to use up.

Yo Shimada designs a house for a family that believes if you've got it, flaunt it.

This Japanese approach to managing household spending may be over 100 years old, but it's as relevant as ever.

No Japanese minimalism here.

Meet the 'Japan pig,' a newly discovered pygmy seahorse that is as tiny as it is beautiful.

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

It seems that GMOs are again steamrolling their way through our legal system. Back in December it seemed there may be a light at the end of the tunnel when a federal judge ordered that 258 acres of genetically modified sugar

Artisan is the new natural in terms of false advertising.

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

Radiolab tells the story of the New York City Poop Train, which used to ship tons of human waste sludge from New York City to farmers in Colorado, 1,600 miles away.

Straight outta Humboldt, this app is a great intro to the "art and craft" of brewing your own compost tea for boosting microbial activity in the soil and improving yields.

In this case, the HORSE is a 'living' machine, not an animal, and has the potential to reinvent the food cycle.

The problem may seem immense, but there are many good solutions.

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

Peter Rickaby says he has "never been more optimistic about the possibility of change," but it will require some radical action.

It's one thing to design to the Passivhaus standard; it is another thing altogether to prove it.

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

These are interesting times for the Passive House movement in America, and this should be a very interesting conference.

A Seattle educational non-profit hopes to crowd-fund a series of portable, off-grid shelters for some of the city's homeless, which local high school students will design and build with the help of professional architects and builders.

Residents and businesses alike are joining the Lonely Whale Foundation to help stem ocean pollution by giving up plastic straws for the month.

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

They actually have a Deputy Minister for Cycling in Hungary's Ministry of Economics and Transport. They are also promoting cycling with this sexy video that Grist calls safe for work if you use headphones. A commenter on osocio translates it:First of

Photo via StringBike The Bike, Unchained A group of designers in Hungary have done away with what has long been a staple of bicycle design, those oily old chains, with their creation, the StringBike. Instead of being propelled forward the traditional

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

They call it green. I call it too much.