'This situation of captivity is degrading for the animals,' says the Argentine capital's mayor.

You don't get an experience like this online.

There are a lot of good ideas in this truck; will they catch on?

An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!

I'm not saying you can directly attribute this one to climate change, but coming on the heals of NOAA saying the past April was the warmest on record, it's likely at least a sign of things to come: The Alabama Cooperative

The happiness you feel in a shopping spree may feel as good as the happiness from helping someone, but gene expression reveals a dangerous difference: could shopping cause disease?

Adopting a waste-conscious and anti-consumerist lifestyle is not something that happens overnight. Sometimes it's nice to hear about other people who are just starting out, like this young family from southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Solar power has grown up, and it's ready to blow up.

The Zika virus, borne by mosquitoes, has been linked to a surge in microcephaly in newborn babies.

Experts blame urban sprawl for the increased number of attacks.

Built as part of a community training project, this multifunctional structure acts as a place for visitors to stay, as well as an extra office or a place for the kids to play.

What can you do at a music festival in four days with 75 volunteers and lots of salvaged materials? Build some amazing performance stages, that's what. Last year we reported on the Roots Architecture project at the WOMAD

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

More on why our personal consumption habits matter in the climate emergency.

Making cement puts out a lot of CO2. Making concrete needs a lot of sand. Both are big problems.

In our mission to close the “green-gap” through sustainable messaging, every bit of insight counts.

The most wonderful time of the year is often the most wasteful

If it weren't so subsidized, it would be a lot more expensive, and people might fly a lot less.

A number of companies are flying SST Trial balloons, but we should all pop them now.

Simply by telling pilots their fuel consumption is being monitored, Virgin Atlantic saved millions.

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.

They say it reduces CO2 emissions by 80 percent. Does it really?

The largest oil spill in the U.S. happened 25 years ago today.

The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems.

In our dystopian future we might all be buying power by the watt-hour from a cart in the market.

I always thought the 'it makes them grow faster' reasoning for why they put antibiotics in animal feed was a myth and that the truth was more complex. Farmers found they could crowd animals

Since March 6 is National Frozen Food Day, I figure it's as good a time as any to sing the praises of my freezer.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work.

Britain's Conservative government is expected to announce wide-ranging measures to tackle ocean plastic pollution.

Is this really how it ends?

The promise of prefab was healthy, cost-effective, energy efficient homes designed by talented architects. Is it finally here?

It is all about the progression through the spaces.

Or why the trend toward simplicity is not all it's cracked up to be.

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

A new book, Allowed to Grow Old, reveals beautiful portraits of something we don't get to see very often: Elderly farm animals.

When you buy a burger, it could be from a cow raised on Brazilian soy feed. That's a problem.

The CDC's latest recall is yet another reminder of how broken the food production system is.

Markets have shrivelled, storage is full, and redistribution networks are lacking, putting farmers in an awful predicament.

Dengue isn't fun, that's why Brazil has been using genetically modified mosquitoes to reduce the populations of mosquitoes that spread it. But not everyone is happy about this method.

If you care about water quality and ethical textile production, then this is a project worth supporting. Watch the trailer and be inspired to help.

New research reveals that the plant's shimmering blue leaves allow it to survive in the dim rainforest floors of southeast Asia.

Wanting to make a massive life change, this man makes his exit from the corporate world -- with his feline friend and a self-renovated van.

New research, backed by conservation groups in the UK, suggest solar farms may offer opportunities for a more biodiverse countryside.

A newly developed, solar powered “leaf” mimics photosynthesis, converting CO2 into fuel.

The Earthship movement is more than just a bunch of dirty hippies living in a Mad Max-esque compound in the high desert of the American Southwest, as this short film illustrates.

Combining the latest in digital design tools with time-honored rush-weaving techniques, this sculptural chair marries modernity with tradition.

Glue is a type of adhesive made from a variety of substances, with the humble aim of binding two items together.

Designer Maria Antonia Godigna spent two years studying the spinning techniques of the Warao and created a line of furniture with Moriche, the palm fiber produced by them.

Aren't the enjoyment and pleasure some sustainable choices provide much more compelling selling points than their intangible environmental benefits?