From chard on a chair to tat soi in a suitcase, artist Jenna Spevack is cultivating a tasty variety of organic microgreens in her furniture farms -- and visitors to her upcoming gallery show will be able to reap the harvest.

The U.S. Pavilion is spotlighting grassroots efforts to make cities and neighborhoods greener, safer, and happier places to live.

From clean air regulations to clean energy installations and requirements for better gas mileage, here's the year in environmental progress, according to the Sierra Club.

Latino students are exposed to higher levels of pesticides. But the EPA and parents clash over what should be done.

From palm oil invaders to adorable Sumatran rhinos, this story about a recent environmental victory will inspire you.

Changes closer to home would be nice too.

Why do we always think other animals are so simple?

Meet one of the insect world's most protective moms.

From ants and pantry moths to black flies and fruit flies, these non-toxic DIY solutions are safer and more eco-friendly than traditional pesticides.

As with many biodiversity hotspots, new discoveries are being made all the time.

Few things make as much sense as eating a harmful species, while sparing the threatened ones.

Yesterday TreeHugger asked whether the Monobloc was the most famous plastic chair in the world. Now, sadly, the death has been announced of the creator of another very famous plastic chair.

And a few looks back at themes of the last ten years.

Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....

Gather round the holiday vegetable loaf and hear of Thanksgivings past on TreeHugger

From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.

The rating system is attacked in 2012 for its 2002 standard and the timing couldn't be worse.

Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese in Brazil, it's having a similar effect on parishioners' immortal souls. In an effort to bring a bit of green back

These organisms are destroying ecosystems across the globe, costing humans billions of dollars in damages.

We spend billions of dollars on over-the-counter cough medicine, but numerous studies find it’s not effective. Try these tips instead.

A new study on chicken embryos may help researchers understand how humans developed their sensitive daylight vision.

Here is the secret for the most delicious, cheapest, and least wasteful lasagna you can make.

If you can’t decide between a fruit smoothie or an iced tea, this is the drink for you.

Phil Levin thinks it will change real estate completely; Christian Wolmar thinks it is ludicrous tech nerd fantasy.

People are being killed every day and the problem is the design of our streets as much as the cars and drivers.

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these

Photo: Stephanie Says, Flickr, CC Turning Food into Fuel is Not the Solution The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has released a warning that U.S. and European policy to increase the production of biofuels could lead to almost

Few industrialists in recent times have done more to imperil environmental protections and public health than the Koch brothers. The force behind Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries have galvanized

A measure that would remove roughly $6 billion in annual ethanol subsidies just passed the U.S. Senate, signaling, among other things, a shift in public attitude towards the once-heralded alternative fuel. It

Climate crisis? What climate crisis?

We often ask the question "Why buy when you can rent?" but we never thought of this.

There are reasonable limits on what people can do on their properties. But this goes too far.

Some are even containerized and self-service, and have a lot more than just tools.

The skin of MVRDV's new Milestone office building is very busy.

Where I was preoccupied with everything Herman Miller after a tour of their factories

An Ann Arbor brewery has just completed a $350,000 overhaul of its facilities, all in the name of greener beer.

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

And why not?

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.

Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known.

Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition.

Well, that happened fast.

When reviewing the safety of glyphosate, the Environmental Protection Agency considered just five independent studies, and 27 industry-funded studies.

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.

Tom Laskawy warns we shouldn't confuse the two.