Pick up your Marbles and go home

Another tool that makes life easier to live without a car.

Our photo of the day is in praise of the pollinators!

When the evening is carefully planned, the morning goes smoothly.

Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.

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

"If a touchscreen must be used, it should be embedded alongside a set of fixed, physical buttons that support muscle memory and single actions."

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

While you may not have heard of the Good Food Awards, there is a good chance you've enjoyed food from some of their winners. The not-for-profit organization celebrates not only the kind of food we should be eating but the kind we want to eat.

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

The digital currency is in its death throes.

What is "post-consumer recycled"? Once a material or finished product has served its intended use and has been diverted or recovered from waste destined for disposal, it is then considered "post-consumer." Having completed its life as a consumer item,

The competition is looking for new ideas for capturing the emissions from fossil fuels and turning them into something useful instead of harmful.

Natural materials are the only ones that sequester carbon rather than produce it.

The bigger question: why is the industry playing into the hands of the anti-fracking activists?

Two steps forward, one step back for Japan. The rest of the world has moved on from whaling, why couldn't they do too?

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.

It's another national monument established by Obama and threatened by Trump.

TreeHugger's Lloyd Alter does radio

These designer bags from Brooklyn are made with local leather.

Common Good was started by Sacha Dunn and her husband Edmund Levine out of their personal desire to have refillable and eco-friendly option when it comes to cleaning supplies.

You've heard about risky play. Camping brings together many of those elements.

Consumerism is still ingrained, which is why we need to fight back with the 'Buy Nothing' movement.

Everyone is talking about "overtourism" these days. I was recently part of the problem.

This handbook to sustainable living will help you practice what you preach.

Apple remains our culture's most lauded example of great design. But could it be that the company considered to have reached the pinnacle of design is, in fact, an impostor? The definition of good design is changing. It used

Our mothers taught us (well, some of us) to send thank-you notes and to bring a gift when staying at someone's house or cottage as a guest. But what to bring? You don't know their taste, or you don't like their taste or you know that they don't need

Ethics and environmental consciousness drove this project by DIALOG at the University of Calgary.

It's only happening in half the world. The rest of us can keep using plastic sticks. (Don't they know about ocean currents?)

Researchers find that even just sleeping with a shirt that one's romantic partner has worn leads to improved slumber.

It is time we stopped cooking and heating with methane, a climate problem from source to stovetop.

Imagine a bucket of greenhouse gases that's almost full.

Switch to a planet-friendly diet this year, and show others how it can be done.

Barley doesn't like rising temperatures, and neither will beer lovers.

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

Mac McClelland at Modern Farmer ponders the term "humane slaughter" and visits Prather Ranch, a certified organic beef ranch, to see how it is done

Learn about the advantages of indoor succulents, plus everything you need to know about their light and watering needs.

The mockery of the official meeting overshadows everything around it. Can we start thinking about what are we paying our 'representatives' for?

When it comes to chairs, this one's a corker.

For consumers, biodegradable and compostable products have mostly been a bust. Still, it is good news that the swiss company Freitag has succeeded making jeans that will break down on commercial compost piles.

All this talk of "bad hombres" got you down? Here's an antidote.

Scientists find that wind power farms don't harm this at-risk species, a bit of surprise because other studies have shown that oil and gas development does affect prairie chickens.

A new study investigates our ancient cousins' hunting abilities.

Purr, snuggle, awww, repeat.

This beautiful area near Salida, Colorado, could become the next national monument, with your help.

She was a never-ending source of amusement, with more quotes of the day than any other politician.

Home automation, LED lighting, ceiling fans, insulation, energy monitoring and other tricks will save energy without sacrificing the experience in our holiday rental apartments.

During the first four years of President Obama's administration, US electricity from wind and solar more than doubled, according to two new reports released today.

'Merching for a cause' perpetuates many of the problems it claims to help.