Yesterday, TreeHugger rounded up a few green charities that are helping the recovery effort in Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake. MoJo's human rights reporter Mac McClelland has a few more suggestions for how to help one of the poorest and least

Have researchers found the secret behind the 'French paradox'?

Study documents 5893 leaks of explosive, global warming gas. It gets worse: testing four months after the leaks were reported indicated that 9 were still emitting dangerous levels of the gas.

The 25-pound lady bobcat was last seen on Monday morning.

This is what a linear economy looks like when it is broken.

What a difference a decade makes.

On Caltech's campus, student engineers and scientists are busy in labs day and night working on hairy solar panels, termite

Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.

Valentine's Day is all about romancing your sweetheart. These companies show the planet some love too.

From carnivorous plants to occult-inspired tokens of affection, these are not your grandmother's Valentine's gifts.

The UN Environment Program takes aim at unsustainable consumption in 2015.

Inspired by coastal redwoods, scientists have created a new kind of fog harvesting design that appears to increase the capacity of clean water collection by threefold.

Looking back on this year, so much happened! I wanted to take a moment to go look back on the articles I had the most fun writing, the issues I had the most fun covering, and the adventures I had the most fun experiencing. Enjoy this look back!

We get small and look at designs from around the world

Among the hundreds of animals seized were 5 tigers, 13 white lions, three pumas, three kangaroos, four flamingos, two crowned cranes, 66 marmosets, two orangutans, and two red pandas.

Just a 30-minute ride on public transportation outside the Thai capital, travelers will find a cluster of jungle tree houses where they can breath clean air, explore a lush landscape, and sleep under the stars.

A species of wasp discovered in Thailand has been named for evil spirits invented by J. K. Rowling in her Harry Potter books.

Selfie culture poses a real threat to the great outdoors.

How would design for obsolescence change if materials that conduct electricity or emit light could be grown and repair themselves, like bone?

Woven from bamboo, this inviting structure transforms an empty lot in busy Taipei into a haven where neighborhood residents can relax and gather over a fire.

Finally, one nation is taking firm, clear action toward going plastic-free.

Climate change is powerfully symbolized by severe drought. Extended, widespread drought can make potable water scarce. Desalination plants are energy intensive and expensive to build and run: the several recently build or planned for Australia may

Last year, for the very first Earth Hour, we bundled ourselves up a picnic supper and drove off to the parking nightmare that is the north shore of Sydney Harbour. Sitting in the gloaming of a nature reserve, with hundreds of other Earth Hour devotees.

It's a safe bet that few, if any, of Sydney's bicycle commuters go with penny farthings as their two-wheeler of choice. The outdated ride (popular in the 1870s) is most used these days for its retro value and the

Among the more high risk methods of geoengineering, methods that reflect sunlight away from the Earth to counteract temperature rise are right up there in terms of potential unintended consequences. Well, a new piece of

Reducing CO2 emissions at the source, or better yet, not emitting them in the first place, is the better option.

Rules really matter, and the city uses them to encourage the right kind of building.

What's the point of protecting the environment if bad luck brings a big space rock on a trajectory that crosses Earth's path?

The Greatest Outdoor Gear How do you make the greatest outdoor gear? We went to Empire Canvas Works' Kevin Kinney to find out. If the quality of Kevin's work is any indication, the recipe is clear. Start with a passion seeded by stitching together a

After reports last year of "raccoon dog" fur being used and labeled as faux fur, the Humane Society came out with a few quick tests you can use to test whether any animals were hurt in production. First, look at the

For most people, there's something particularly sad and gory about seeing wildlife killed on the side of the road--but for one British clothing designer, such critter-carnage is fodder for fashion. In an upcoming fashion show,

It is now 2011 which means Fashion Week in New York is just around the corner. Making news abroad, Norway has banned fur from the biannual Oslo Fashion Week, Ecouterre reports (via Huffington Post) making them the first country to

One woman shows us how easy it is to make useful yarn from her cat's long fur.

Sad Anniversary digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/one-year-later-tva-toxic-coal-ash-spill-tennessee.php';A year ago, a massive coal ash spill took place in Tennessee. About 5.4 million cubic yards of ash ended up in a river and

After a storm hit Tennessee last Sunday and Nashville saw record-shattering rainfall, the Cumberland River swelled to overflowing and the city experienced an epic flood. As soon as it was safe, residents were out

Late last month, when officer Shelley Hammonds of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency received word of an animal in distress, it might have sounded like a routine rescue operation. Witnesses described

The delicately hued petals and striking brown florets of Tennessee's purple coneflower once seemed fated to live on only in description, or as a ghostly sketch yellowing on the page of some dusty botanical volume, yet today it's

It was actually introduced to save fuel, but there have been unintended consequences.

We still have to reduce our carbon emissions.

You can see these magnificent photo portraits of Londoners on a wall or on the web.

I'm hunkered down in Brooklyn waiting for Hurricane Sandy to pass. Curious about what is happening nearby, I'm looking for photos of the flooding. Here's what I've found so far.

Step 1: The idea of a car that runs on compost. Step 2: Implementation of a car that runs on compost. We're half done.

In “fishing” for plastic to create new things, Plastic Whale Circular Furniture tackles a number of problems at once.

Considered too fragile to ever be played again, the recordings have been newly reconstructed ... and they are wonderfully creepy.

Veggie-burger skeptic? Why not meat us halfway?

The fuel cell generates electricity from living plants and could turn green roofs and marshes into power plants.

The tiny fuel cell is long-lasting, low-cost and could power our tablets and smartphones with clean energy.

Virginia Tech researchers figure out how to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant which could drive down fuel cell costs.

The groundbreaking technology has gotten even better with the ability to self-heal and produce hydrogen from dirty water.

This small hydrogen fuel cell charger promises a week of clean power for your gadgets. But is it ready for prime time?