Because being outside is always better than being inside.

All 2,800 stores will go paper or reusable bag only... eventually.

Install and forget about these induction powered lights from Denmark.

But no, we're not going to compare to that other tower.

A rare, early October blizzard has devastated the South Dakota rancher community, after as many as 100,000 head of cattle may have died following the October 3rd storm.

A new logo is coming to dairy products near you, so learn what it's all about.

Researchers studying fossil clams in Florida believe they found the souvenirs of an ancient meteorite.

Here's everything to know about this year's unique September full moon.

Learn when the autumn equinox happens and what to expect as we bid farewell to summer.

Sturdy, stalwart, and superlatively statuesque, California's coast redwoods stand out as some of the most impressive organisms on the planet.

From dancing tree fairies to the reality of spring fever, there’s more to the March equinox than almost-equal night and day.

Welcome to almost 30 percent of the world's forest cover.

'How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.' –Arthur C. Clarke

Here's what to know about Lynx rufus, the solitary wildcat that roams North America.

Stand at the edge of a reservoir, river, or ocean and it's hard to imagine that the planet could ever run out of water; even just a day at the beach makes your one small shower a day seem like less of a threat. But with

With the first heatwave of the summer behind us, let's start thinking about how we can adapt ourselves to the heat, rather than just complaining about it or pushing it away via air conditioning.

A unique solar panel has been designed at Stanford that cools buildings by reflecting sunlight and radiating thermal energy out into space.

The technology uses radiative sky cooling to help cool buildings without electricity.

This ancient method is simple and cheap.

Almost half of the land on Earth is now farmland.

Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.

And a look at Amazon's office morale.

This tiny house has a distinctive peaked roof and a warm, modern interior.

Mother’s Day didn’t always involve buying cards, flowers, and candy, but it’s always been about showing moms love and appreciation.

Though it sounds like a technical term more suited for computer programming, avicaching is actually a growing practice that encourages birders to collect and share their data from bird-watching through an internationally known phone app.

Remember staring out the window in math class as a kid? Or counting the minutes until spelling was over so you could go to recess? Project Learning Tree (PLT) embraces the fact that students would rather be outside than in ...

About one in six men in the United States are fathers. That’s more than 70 million dads . It can be tempting to focus their Father’s Day on finding the perfect camping gadget, the best new fishing rod, or the latest hiking gear.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree (PLT) joined Scouts from more than 150 countries at the 24th World Scout Jamboree last month.

People are talking about moving to the moon and Mars, but what is everyone going to eat?

The 2019 horseradish crop was battered by unusually harsh weather, and the effects are showing up in fast food joints.

They can dilute the wild varieties, threatening their existence.

Cobalt is used to build lithium-ion batteries found in mobile technology. Much of it comes from Congo, where men, women, and children endure dangerous and unhealthy conditions to satisfy our hunger for new devices. It's time we paid attention.

Like Kremlinology in the cold war, you take what you can get.

This small, efficient renovation of a former maid's room in Paris hides a stealthy little table.

An old, cramped apartment in Tasmania is updated with skylights, plenty of clever space-saving concepts, and a touch of hidden glamor.

Access to affordable capital is one of the biggest challenges for expanding a young industry. For solar in Africa, crowdfunding is helping to change that

In an effort to improve kids' opinions about Brussels sprouts, a team of engineers and scientists decided to give them a cooler edge by making them power up the lights on a Christmas tree.

Designed by an innovative 19-year-old, the Sun Saluter relies on a basic water clock to rotate solar panels.

A novel technology surpasses white roofs with its cooling powers.

Modern building codes and zoning regulations, while helping to set safety standards that can save lives, can also serve as big barriers to building small, sensible, and affordable dwellings with alternative materials and techniques.

Because plastic-based glitter and confetti take 1000 years to break down.

Nobody likes being beaten about the head with the eco-stick. As many of us have experienced, railing against friends and family about the state of the planet rarely produces favourable results, or in fact any result at all. That's why TreeHugger is a

It is the perfect local renewable material, and a great insulator too.

With kids across America suffering from a severe case of nature deficit disorder as technology creeps in and takes over their room for creative play it may come as a surprise that a group of kids putting together their very own field of dreams on which

DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's

It's a TreeHugger tradition, and it's time to declare our independence from these dangerous and polluting anachronisms.

Yet more ways that cars and trucks are killing us and ruining cities.

In the north, a lot of people burn wood all year round, but even a single fire is worse than smoking cigarettes.

We spend 90 percent of our time indoors. We should worry more about what we are breathing there.