Besides looking lovely, all proceeds from this lamp will go to a project that is developing electricity-free lighting that is inspired by nature.

In stark contrast to other flat-pack furniture designs, Groovebox is meant to be as simple to put together as possible, with no fasteners, tools, or mammoth assembly instructions needed.

The bookcase was designed on a napkin because "Ideas are perishable"

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.

These pre-assembled pieces of furniture can fold completely flat, and when needed, are opened up into three-dimensional functionality.

IKEA had a choice to make it shallow and cheap or heavy and deep.

And it is all held together with sex bolts.

These designs from Leckie Studio and the Backcountry Hut Company are lovely to look at, but what are they really?

This prototypical house acts as an active interface between its inhabitants and the outside.

Made right in downtown Los Angeles, this prefab unit is made with an innovative recyclable and recycled panel system.

Sleek and easy to assemble, this portable cabin offers a comfortable place to stay even in remote places.

Researchers look into whether the 'lunar effect' is based on superstition or empirical data.

TreeHugger has been a fan of photographer Ed Burtynsky's work for a long time. We first spotted it here and have enjoyed watching him branch out into film with "Manufactured Landscapes", which was recently released in the US and the UK after debuting

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.

Activists get one firm to agree to stop clearing Indonesian forests for paper plantations.

Best of luck to Ms. Leonard, I'm sure she'll do great things at Greenpeace USA!

It's about time that someone did, too.

The charity loses millions in rogue currency swap, just like the big boys.

Learn which brands should be avoided and which are making a sincere effort to provide ocean-safe options, then vote with your wallet.

Greenpeace urges outdoor lovers to reject the chemicals used in popular weather-resistant fabrics.

Greenpeace has turned the global spotlight on Thai Union, the world's largest canned tuna producer and maker of Chicken of the Sea, for its horrific track record. Learn why you should boycott and what you can do to help.

Tuna producers are notorious for unethical labor and unsustainable fishing. It's time to learn more and take action.

She's made big promises on solar. But will she also break up with fossil fuel lobbyists?

Fish Aggregating Devices are a serious driver of overfishing, which is why Greenpeace is on a mission to dismantle all the FADs it can find.

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.

The annual Canned Tuna Ranking assesses fishing practices and social responsibility to determine which brands are sustainable and which should be avoided.

While these chemicals continue to be the norm in the camping and mountaineering industries, there are some good alternatives.

Knowing where trash comes from is the first step in figuring out better, more sustainable solutions.

Working with nature instead of against it, forest gardens promise abundance, as well as the kind of resilience a changing climate demands.

The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series, but this gardener doesn't seem to care.

Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy

You just have to look at the parking ratios to know they are environmental disaster areas.

Bay Area Bike Share is about to launch in San Francisco, with plans for 700 bikes and 70 stations around San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Jose.

An annual water-monitoring report focuses on "contaminants of emerging concern."

It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.

Using an additive, powder-based 3D printing process, experiments with abundant and renewable salt have created this translucent and lightweight structure.

Think bike lanes cost too much? Let's put it into a little perspective.

San Francisco readers can now find local and green clothes at Amour Vert’s new shop in Hayes Valley.

This looks like a long-needed solution to one of the key barriers to electric vehicle adoption, and I can hardly contain my excitement.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

A custom-made addition to this small condo packs in extra features and functionality, creating more spaces in one.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.

Using a bit of research and lots of careful gardening, this man was able to help reestablish a population of rare butterflies in his backyard.

Pick up your Marbles and go home

Finally, fire departments are buying equipment designed for the city instead of designing the city to fit the equipment.

It's time to take back the streets from all the cars and make room for alternative modes of transportation.

By next year at this time, all straws in SF will be made from paper, bamboo, wood, metal or fiber.

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

The Wall Street Journal calls them "homeless" but they look "landless" to me.