Barley is a key ingredient in beer and cannot withstand rising temperatures and longer droughts.

Seriously ...

The show gets a lot right about climate change, Al Gore and Manbearpig, but it misses something major about human nature.

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.

The health of young people is disproportionately harmed by climate change, and the government has failed to keep them safe.

We’ve covered numerous tote bags here on TreeHugger, but there are so many cool styles out there we always find the need to post info about new ones that we spot. This one, found at Global Exchange (who we’ve mentioned before) is handcrafted in

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

The contents of your bag reveal more about you than you might think, but what about your choice of bag itself? District Cotton, a New York City-based company dedicated to fashion with a conscience, has a couple of sturdy options that are as socially

With a population that approached 1 million and a surface area of more than 115 square miles, the Khmer city of Angkor in Cambodia was the largest preindustrial settlement on the planet. After coming into being during the ninth century A.D., it thrived

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the

"Chatangora" — that's what Simpsonville, South Carolina-based business Catty Shack Creations is calling "cat hair yarn" — used to create affordable, one-of-a-kind handbags from Persian and Angora cat hair. Professional groomer Danelle

Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse

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What could ravers and other all-night clubbers of the world possibly have to do with the increasingly rare Mreah Prew Phnom trees (Cinnamomum parathenoxylon), found in

A few short weeks ago it came out the China had plans in the works to place 20 hydroelectric dams on the upper

Guim Valls Teruel is travelling 5 continents on an electric bicycle to promote the use of cleaner energy and the non-reliance on fossil fuel worldwide. Currently in New Zealand, the Electric Bicycle World Tour has already clogged quite a lot of mileage

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

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

Angelina Jolie has inadvertently (or perhaps by design) added "Ambassador for Insect Proteins" to her credentials as a do-gooder. In an interview about her Louis Vuitton ad (you remember, the one

A community effort in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains offers hope for this unique mammal.

They may sound progressively eco-friendly, but a new Greenpeace report explains why they're not.

It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.

Quebec architects propose a 48-storey tower in a forest, "a new relationship between humans and their natural habitat."

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.

When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem.

It also can put people back to work and save our forests.

"This is our last chance to avert a climate disaster. We must act now."

Perkins&Will's new Dallas office tries to do all three certification systems in one beautiful historic building.

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.

It will start as a stand-alone course, but eventually be integrated into all subjects.

Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way.

If 10 percent of Americans adopted these 7 changes, we could cut total domestic emissions by 8 percent in 6 years.

One little trip can blow you right out of the water.

We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?

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

Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills

Anticipation hangs palpably ahead of the Frankfurt International Motor Show: what will German engineers bring to the green table? After bucking the trend for several years in favor of the already well-established "clean diesel" technology, German car

What happens when you give a futuristic cloth-like material designed for BMW coupes with a bevy of design students and funding from one of the world's leading

Ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show starting 14 September, BMW is drumming up buzz for a completely new concept car, the Vision EfficientDynamics. BMW today released a video (over the fold) promising all the sporty driving fun of the BMW M3 in

At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new

It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks

A prototype SUV from BMW reportedly gets 62 MPGe, far more than a Toyota Prius. It also comes with some sweet features

Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?

Well, as much as you can humanize a $136,000 sports car.

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Ed. note: This is now the seventh post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on and