Kaden + Lager architects are building SKAIO, ten storeys of hybrid timber construction.

Each year thousands of PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) yoga mats are sold

The magazine rallies against GMO-labeling and denounces opponents of genetically modified crops as "unscientific."

Alex Weber, 18, has just published a study that analyzes how these balls enter and degrade in the water.

Sam Suds and the Case of PVC The entire life cycle of PVC is an issue of environmental justice and racism. Many PVC plants are located near poor and communities of color. These facilities have poisoned workers and fence-line neighbors, polluted the

Over at the Sietch Blog, an environmental site that I respect a lot, a roofer named Leo defends PVC roofing as one of the greenest roofs. He isn't wrong; it comes in white, and white roofs are all the rage, it lasts a long time and is a

What appeals to me most about Article 22's Peace Bomb Bracelet is the collection's history and story: Each piece has been made by Lao artisans from

A new report chronicles the impact of climate change along Pakistan's shores.

Frank Lloyd Wright would probably have liked this little addition to his winter home.

This chapel looks to nature and the generations-old tradition of Japanese wood joinery for inspiration.

Sumitomo Forestry has a lot of wood to use up.

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

This Bilbao tower is like nothing the Passivhaus world has seen.

Two weeks ago, fellow Treehugger George Spyros and I had the opportunity to catch a sneak preview of Leonardo Dicaprio's The 11th Hour. Organized by Project Greenhouse, the screening was appropriately held outdoors and under the stars at Marders, an

Last week, California joined Oregon and Washington in signing a pact with British Columbia called the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which forms an alliance to set shared fuel standards and mandates for cutting carbon emissions.

"Forest to frame" is the new "farm to table."

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.

The discovery of one of the oldest penguin fossils in the world reveals higher diversity of early penguins than previously assumed.

People who live within view of water have lower psychological distress, study finds.

There are lessons to be learned from this model home built by Meritage, even if it is big and beige.

No more elephant or lion acts. Those are now a thing of the past.

While traveling, journalist Jan Wong opted for host families, not cooking school, when it came to learning about local food.

So what if it doesn't have pedals and isn't as practical as an e-bike, it's so elegant and minimal.

After visiting friends in Bologna, I came away with a sense that the Italians have embraced many things that we North Americans would do well to adopt.

With Starbucks poised to open its first store on Italian soil this fall, there is concern about the environmental impact of so much coffee-related trash.

But there's a strange loophole for biodegradable plastics, which we know aren't much better.

The HELIOtube is a radical departure from conventional CSP technology, as it is based around tubes of inflatable plastic film.

This stunning temporary pavilion utilizes Hong Kong's time-honored bamboo construction methods in conjunction with cutting-edge computational design.

Featuring an interlocking system that's inspired by traditional Japanese joinery, this desk also has a swappable, modular system for organizing your stuff.

Built with the help of a village's last remaining bamboo weaver, this computer-designed pavilion was built by hand using local materials.

Built using traditional and local techniques of construction, this distinctive structure sits on the edge of a national forest and a long-vanished lake.

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

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

Why can't the Wall Street Journal call it what it is?

Using someone else's tools and space has forced me to adjust my approach to cooking.

Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island

Blasting along the Ohio Turnpike, few will notice the coastal salt marsh plants growing along the shoulder. Such plants are now common at the mid-western roadside, having adapted to a half

Toxins leached out of old coal mines in the American Rust Belt are converted into custom paints.

If you own an electric car but don't own a garage, what do you do?

This is the future of building, and it works. Get used to it.

Need help paying attention? Cue up the cute baby animals.

This month's Full Buck blood moon will star in the longest total lunar eclipse of the century.

This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof.

The world mourns the loss of Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous woman who peacefully yet persistently resisted the destruction of waterways in Honduras for mining projects.

The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.

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Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to

George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant