Blank city walls are huge canvases for this artist transforming our perception of ordinary buildings.

David Masters lives in a yurt. But it isn't just a home, he preaches what he practices in an "alternative learning center that provides opportunities for people to develop and reflect on their values and to consider how they might take an active role

Small changes in weather can have big consequences for many animals, including the beautiful Magellanic penguin found at the tip of South-America.

It's all about the amazing connections.

We've covered Jendarling's organic garment bags before. But with the holiday/travel season in full swing, their new chic Chelsea Girl collection, comprised of non-plastic garment and travel bags, is right on cue. For Jendarling,

Great gift ideas from DesignMarketo, a platform diffusing up-and-coming designers’ small and limited productions. Our favourite: "Save Fish, Eat Chips" t-shirts!

Corn mills, water pumps, blenders and more: the bicycle as a tool for self-empowerment.

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

Building "combines affordable housing with wood construction and the promotion of new technologies."

It's the country's biggest architectural award and quite a few are TreeHugger friendly

They deserve an award for putting on such a terrific award program.

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

In photographer Yao Lu's "View of Waterfall with Rocks and Pines," two men stand underneath the spreading branches of a gnarled pine tree, aiming their cameras off in the distance, where

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.

A British critic calls two green icons, rammed earth and Passivhaus, "architectural trickery at its most cynical."

This pandemic may be an extinction event for the traditional university lecture.

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.

Let's not celebrate yet, but if it has, we still need to make the transition happen more quickly.

Using shipping containers for housing near a Danish rock music museum makes sense, sort of.

In late May, a cow named Yvonne decided not to be eaten, and broke through an electric fence to escape from the farm in Bavaria where she was being fattened for slaughter. Since then, she has been on the

These spiny little animals are in desperate need of population control, and our sushi habits could help.

A new water treatment system could save billions of gallons of water each year by recovering almost all of the waste water at bottling plants and water treatment facilities.

Who says wheat-free can't mean indulgent? Best-selling cookbook author Karen Morgan offers up irresistible (and also vegetarian) main courses, snacks, and desserts.

Whether for parental sanity or oceanic health, this is a powerful step toward a much better world.

Until now, no species has had such a profound effect on shaping the Earth's biosphere as the humble broiler chicken.

The promise of prefab was healthy, cost-effective, energy efficient homes designed by talented architects. Is it finally here?

Architect and author of Cradle to Cradle talks about green products, his new buildings, and what happened in China.

People have complained about his building since they started pouring the concrete.

He was a pioneer of sustainable design.

KieranTimberlake and Lake|Flato team up with Bensonwood to offer OpenHomes

Our photo of the day comes from the state of Washington.

Forget about wood construction; cardboard could be the Next Big Thing.

This company creates modern, energy-efficient versions of the backyard 'granny flat'.

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 ...

Despite a great need for future leaders in sustainable forestry, there are difficult barriers for many youths interested in pursuing related degrees. The Multicultural Apprenticeship Program (MAP) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to change that.

It is a giant electric radiator that they forgot to turn on due to a software failure.

Up until now, Apple has offered no guidelines for using its devices responsibly. Investors want this to change.

From frigid naps to diaperless infants to independence at a young age, it takes all kinds to raise the next generation - something that Americans would do well to remember.

Another door has closed for Western nations hoping to dump their trash overseas. Maybe it's time for another model?

This ferociously cute snow leopard cub is poised to paw playfully at your heartstrings.

Thanks to careful scrounging and salvaging, a Danish design student was able to cheaply build a "self-sufficient" dome for use as a greenhouse.

In his project "I Used to be a Washing Machine" designer Tony Grigorian uses the old appliance to create one, or several, new pieces of furniture.

Joao Filgueiras Lima, known as Lele, has a remarkable portfolio which has begun to raise attention. We take a look at his pedestrianization work in Salvador and his approach to futuristic health centers.

A wooden kids' bike with a cork seat adapts to the child's necessity as it learns how to cycle. First as a tricycle, then a balance bike and finally as a bike with pedals B'Kid is a longlasting and beautiful object.

It's not every day the more industrial inner workings of a school district are featured on the front page of TreeHugger, but if you’re looking for a school that’s on the cutting edge of energy conservation and making smart use of taxpayer dollars look

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

It's the season of rampant zucchini and copious cucumbers. People will give them away to you in big paper bags. What to do if you don't relish loaves of zucchini bread?

It can take hours before test results clue authorities about hazards in water supplies. The AquaBioTox uses biological sensors for immediate feedback.