Napping in the daytime is good for your health and probably for your productivity.

So if you’re anything like me, you’ve been waiting as patiently as you could for Aug 17. Last Friday was the opening weekend for two highly anticipated films: Superbad starring Jonah Hill, Michael Cera & Seth Rogen, and The 11th Hour directed by

Celebrities, and their various efforts to go green, can be a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, it's great that high-profile, highly-visible folks are affecting positive change by both reducing their impact on

They're hot, they're celebrities, and they believe in saving the Earth. But what's better is that they all have one thing in common (besides the environment) -- they're single! We've listed some of our favorite eco-hotties below

From sexy Leo's mega donation to tigers to Kevin Costner's surprise knowledge of oil clean-up technology, celebrities were on fire this year. There were a few mistakes, however....such as NBC's "Tonight Show" debacle, which sent a barely used set to landf

Good Guy Leo strikes again!

Etsy invited TreeHugger to write about their favorite green baby items in the Handmade Kids series; clothes and accessories made for children by independent designers. Etsy is that wonderful website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by

A group called Para Kore has been working since 2009 to spread the message of waste reduction and diversion.

Equipped with two bedrooms and a secondary loft, there's plenty of space to grow in this small home.

From recycled yarns to fair-trade sewing to reclaimed fabrics, these swimsuits will make you feel good, both inside and out.

Most people think of them as environmentalists, but the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have other ideas.

Tar sands and thermal coal are out but natural gas and conventional oil can stay. For now...

The Transition Movement - a community-centered response to peak oil and climate change - has been described as "the biggest urban brainwave of the century." Join us to chat with its founder.

Take a tour of two pioneering rooftop farms that could be the first signs of a growing and much needed movement in a rapidly urbanizing China.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold. The lush green landscapes of the Emerald Isle look calm and peaceful from far away -- but Ireland's species -- from a gorgeous barn owl to a toad

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.

Was he a role model or a victim?

They were thought extinct, but in light of new DNA findings, scientists are echoing a very tortoise-y mantra: 'not so fast'.

On a remote island in the Galapagos, hybrid turtles have been found that suggest a long-lost purebred companion for the late Lonesome George may survive.

Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.

Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global

Amid all the upheaval in Egypt, one local newspaper is working to keep the fate of the country's natural resources from falling off the radar.

OK, maybe the Finns know something we don't - they are trying to pair smart phones, Big Data, and public and shared tranport to break free of private car-dependent cities.

Just think what the waste fat from 46 million Thanksgiving turkeys could fuel.

Eat simpler food.

It sorta defeats the purpose in about twelve different ways.

Just standing isn't enough; you gotta move.

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them

Smart cities are not a panacea, and the New York Times is on it.

Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.

Just when it started to seem like we had mapped out pretty much all lifeforms on Earth, biologists say they have now found yet another ark-full -- and all in just one small region of South America.

Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.

From mites to cockroaches, our house dust is literally crawling with things.

A good, if not very accurate, idea.

A commercial fish farm in El Borboton, Honduras is using fish guts--heads, skins, and internal organs--to produce biodiesel. Instead of dumping what's left after filleting for commercial sale, Saint Peter's cooks the parts down to produce 300,000

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are banding together to combat unlawful timber products and curb deforestation.

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!

I slice and dice some recent posts on technology

and really, are Christmas lights screwing up your Wi-Fi?

A review of posts about aging baby boomers on the Mother Nature Network.

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.

Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change, which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a

No they don't. Whether or not you buy into this study, the fact remains that cars are cars are cars.

A new report describes the 10 species most at risk from policies proposed by the current administration.

The numbers are in for the World Happiness Report 2017; who wins this year's crown of contentment? Think of it as a love letter to Scandinavia.

Tasked with finding the most heinous hue known to humans, researchers arrived at Pantone 448C – and the Australian government is putting it to good use.

Previously titled "4 reasons why heat pumps are not going to save the planet" which was mean to heat pumps.

Outside the southeastern Turkish city of Mardin lie the 6th-century ruins of the Roman settlement of Dara,

A big book from a photographer who takes big pictures

Greenpeace has released its Detox Catwalk report for 2016, revealing which companies are on track to meet detox commitments by 2020 and which are lagging far behind. The results may surprise you.