Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is no small task. This

Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is

Toast your grad's entry into the big wide world with durable, chic, and useful goods like a practical tote bag, an electric scooter, and a life-changing journey to save lions.

Another phase of the wonderful Green Lane Project has just been announced, and PeopleForBikes has taken the opportunity to highlight biking and protected bike lane growth in the US through a new video.

Ever wondered what it's like to live in a renovated van? Here is one company that rents DIY van conversions out.

A tour inside a solar-powered bus conversion that makes you feel at ease.

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.

This contemporary small dwelling has both a main-floor bedroom and a secondary sleeping loft.

Bill Gates take note: It's all in here and It is surprising how little has changed

Pooping in a hole in the ground isn't everyone's cup of tea. But with views like these, relieving yourself the old fashioned way can feel positively luxurious.

Aiming to live a lighter-impact lifestyle, this green lifestyle activist lives in a self-built tiny house and experiments with growing and foraging his own food.

Ah love. Woody Allen has some nice thoughts on this tricky thing that perhaps gets more thought around Valentine's Day. The recent swan divorce shocked us to the core, so we decided to ponder the happy

With thousands of species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature -- and some 110,000

If all goes well between now and Halloween, Griffis Sculpture Park in upstate New York will be ready for the occasion with its very own colony of bats, thanks to the artsy "Bat Tower" being built to draw the pest-fighting pollinators to the area.

Using digital fabrication, moss and clay, this designer's "moss voltaics" would use these hardy plants to transform sunlight into electricity.

A new way to see inside batteries in real time as they go through charging cycles could help prevent battery fires and increase battery lifespans

Is this the future of food -- eating mushrooms that have been fed with plastic waste?

Using the same fermentation and bacterial and yeast culture that creates kombucha, this packaging is edible and compostable.

Here's an intriguing alternative to single-use plastics -- sourced from avocado!

This alternative to single-use plastics uses a range of custom-designed machines to create a recyclable and compostable bioplastic, sourced from discarded crustacean shells.

Putting money into non-motorized transportation is just the thin edge of the Agenda 21 wedge.

The US postal service is destroying the whole series because of safety concerns.

Ecotricity's collapsing cooling towers return. This time, they're tapping into popular anger over utility profits.

To highlight the accelerating disappearance of Arctic sea ice, this man plans to survive alone on a melting iceberg for up to one year.

A Florida craft brewery is now offering its six-packs with these biodegradable, compostable and edible packing rings that are made with wheat and barley.

An advisory panel says only experienced climbers should be allowed.

The trick is to get comfortable asking one question.

It took four years, one million spiders, and 80 people in Madagascar to make this cape, on view at London's V&A Museum -- and the color is natural.

Check out the live feed of the Future Tense conference, Feeding the World While the Earth Cooks.

A student project transforms bicycle wheels into rolling animation -- magic ensues.

This unique travel guide is the perfect book for the eco-conscious non-tourist. It features 111 projects you can visit around Europe, that make our cities better.

This small-but-dynamic, renovated apartment in Barcelona takes its design cues from boat design and hides some delightful surprises.

Once a dark, partitioned off single family abode, this newly renovated space now features two independent live/work areas that are linked together by a communal space in the middle.

These clever metal clamps can clip onto flat materials of any shape, allowing you to make your own furniture, wherever you go.

These premade apartment units are lifted on top of the city's old buildings, making use and maximizing space on Barcelona's "forgotten rooftops."

In times of comfort snacking, there are plenty of fulfilling options that are actually good for you.

If you need to be out and about during physical distancing, please mind your sidewalk manners.

Or, why I am making my own raisins from now on.

Compact but comfortable, this small home features clever small space design ideas and uses coffee grounds as fuel.

Teamwork pushes bold initiatives through.

Consumers are choosing brands they think are better for the planet, so it’s important they know what they’re getting.

"Vice President Joe Biden told a South Carolina environmental activist Friday that he opposes a controversial oil pipeline from Canada, but said he is "in the minority" inside the Obama administration."

Douglas Brinkley at Rolling Stone sat down for an hour with Vice President Joe Biden and the topic of climate change made up considerable bulk of the interview. It's worth a read

The White House released a preview video announcing President Obama will make a major national address on climate change, Tuesday, June 25.

Today, President Obama announced his new climate change plan, which includes a proposal to establish new rules for cutting carbon pollution from existing power plants. Read the plan and watch the speech here.

On Tuesday, President Obama announced his new climate change plan. Below is an infographic produced by the White House illustrating some facts about climate change and how these new proposal

In his weekly address on Saturday, President Obama spoke about his new climate change plan.

Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order (E.O.) establishing a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience.

The TreeHugger view is that hey, we like trees, and parks are precious, especially when they are designed by the likes of Frederick Law Olmsted.

It's not just about how we build and how we get around; it's also what we eat and wear and buy.