Our well-coiffed photo of the day comes from the rain forest of Ecuador.

There are a lot of good reasons to get rid of that old plug.

Douglas Rushkoff explains that the real costs of a new phone are not measured in just money.

And they don't stop there. Their products also feature recycled plastic, fabric, silicone, and more.

If only we could buy it in North America.

The fact that it is supposed to last longer is a bigger deal.

When Brighton council advertised for volunteer shepherds they never imagined that they would get hundreds of applicants. It's not the greatest job description: no pay, lots of walking on quite steep, uneven slopes, duty

Perhaps it is time to stuff this duck analogy.

Critics have been quick to say that Phonebloks isn't realistic with the current market. What they are missing is that this is the entire point of the project. Phonebloks aims to alter the present, but re-imagining the future.

Photographer Michael Ciaglo has shared his haunting photos from Agbogbloshie, the "digital dump" on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana.

Phonebloks was a great idea - mix-and-match pieces means upgrading from a basic platform is forever. Now it has a first competitor - the Eco-Mobius.

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.

A coating made from copper nanowires could make those smartphone screens a lot tougher and help the gadgets to last longer.

Donating your old cell phones to these causes will keep them out of landfills and help others too.

The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus.

But is it truly modular?

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone.

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.

Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns.

The information is pretty basic but it's not trivial, and would make a difference.

Many users replace their smartphones every couple of years, even though they have years of life left in them. Here's how to keep your smartphone for longer while keeping up its performance.

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

We are going to need a new term that binds them all together. A lecture in 20 slides.

An architectural tradition dating to the 9th century, Iceland's turf houses are an enduring inspiration.

Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic piles on the Infographic debate, " issuing a plea to bloggers to help stop this plague in its track."

The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere

Our bet: no.

You can't help but notice the street kids in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some of them, darting through the heavy traffic of tuk-tuks and motos on their hunt for crisp dollar bills, are so young they have yet to learn to talk. Other than scooping them off

There are only an estimated 116 wild Asian elephants in Cambodia's Seima Protection Area, and until now most of the photographic evidence of them has be taken by camera traps. New footage released by the Wildlife Conservation Society changes that. The

At TreeHugger, we like to keep things realistic, raise a skeptical eyebrow to potential vaporware, and to keep in check our giddy inner children that get sweaty palms when we see something like the VentureOne. After all, a bright idea, some capital, and

Actually, a bit more than 100%.

If you'd like a close-up view of the BMW i8 electric sports car manufacturing process, here are the goods.

Evonik and Siemens announce two-year project to demonstrate feasibility of "technical photosynthesis" using eco-electricity to convert carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals

Graphic designer Jack Hagley's new infographic shows the world's population as 100 people.

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

Last night, on her show, Rachel Maddow showed some incredible photos of an explosive accident at a Texas fracking site. After seeing the photos, you'll be surprised to learn that thankfully no one was killed.

Times they are a changin'

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is on a 3-month Antarctic expedition, supporting an international proposal for the world’s largest protected area.

The French government has set a goal of eliminating all single-use plastics by 2040. Phase one has begun.

Starting in 2020, the company will redesign packaging to be more environmentally-friendly.

The Triumph Elm is being set up on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in honor of Arbor Day this Friday (and you thought the fun ended with Earth Day!). The tree is part of a project by the Morton Arboretum to enlighten

When doctors team up with food banks, it improves health and staves off chronic hunger.

No longer will hunters be able to buy the right to kill this majestic apex predator.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

This fascinating installation where algae, bioluminescent bacteria, humans and smartphones interact may chart where a new generation of urban "cyber-gardeners" may go.

Humans dump millions of tons of phosphorus into lakes every year, and it's destroying their ecosystems.

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.