Because the world needs yet more redundant, hard-to-recycle, battery-powered plastic toys whose novelty will wear off quickly.

It's not urgent in the big picture, but it's something we should be doing more.

From crush-worthy Crash star Thandie Newton's celebrity-favorite Toyota Prius (pictured) to Paris Hilton's GMC Yukon Hybrid, these seven celebrity hotties are

We've discussed Osprey packs in the past, particularly their Resource collection of packs with about 80% recycled content (see links below). Recently, we noted via SNEWS that they'd released their 2009 Sustainability Report, indicating

Solar farm atop a PrimeAsia Leather Corp. leather tannery in Vietnam. Courtesy photo via WWD. Tanning is an intense chemical process which transforms decomposable rawhide into leather, but not without discharging serious pollution into water; Around

With the demise of Nau, many commentators have been suggesting the trouble was that the company was ahead of its time. We respectfully disagree. Firstly, if ever there was a time for businesses to flourish, who are environmentally and socially

London's international embassies are showing off their countries' design as part of the London Design Festival.

The teen has been building the DIY microwave, hoping to solve many cooking problems with one device.

It even has moving sidewalks for bikes. This is how you get people out of cars.

A new study provides the first biomarker-based evidence that maternal exposure to insecticides is associated with autism among their offspring.

These coolest of sea creatures know what they're doing.

Scientists find that scary fish robots can quickly stress invasive fish species into reduced reproduction.

Over 3 weeks, researchers trained night owls to reset their sleep patterns; the results are pretty remarkable.

Writing in Bloomberg, Marc Champion has a thought-provoking, but controversial take on horse meat, noting that the ban of horse slaughterhouses in the US has increased suffering for the animals. Is that a case for killing them here?

The evaluation report three years after Double Up Food Bucks started giving incentives to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

British artists Ackroyd and Harvey have created a series of temporary grass "photos" of people who work for the local government.

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even

The Right to Repair movement is rapidly growing – and it can't come soon enough.

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.

Plus a bounty of facts about these freewheeling islands of ice.

Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy

Exposed by low tide and bereft of a cooling breeze, the mollusks overheated to the point of cooking.

It's still up to a restaurant to decide to fill them, but the law provides detailed guidelines on how to do it safely.

Our photo of the day is a lesson in singing and building.

Few other animals are known to be intrinsically motivated to assist others in need.

Instead of combining the two poles of work and leisure, this simple and functional design separates them into distinct volumes.

There was a time when family heirlooms were cherished, but now minimalism is valued more.

Young people's interest in 'healthy, clean living' has them cooking, crafting, and counting their pennies in ways that baffle their Boomer parents.

The Dirty Dozen is back. No, we're not talking about the movie—it's the recently released, fifth edition of The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) list of the 12 conventionally grown fruits and veggies with the

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

From saucy to the divine, the origins of some flower names add even more to the loveliness of their blooms.

A shark's fin is like its fingerprint, with each animal having its own unique patterns and scars.

It’s not perfect, but it is pretty impressive.

From frigid naps to diaperless infants to independence at a young age, it takes all kinds to raise the next generation - something that Americans would do well to remember.

Where does Fluffy go when you aren't looking, and just what does Snowball get up to when she leaves the yard? A new study looks at how housecats move around.

The first ever global study of the iconic cats found that things are worse than expected.

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.

This family's self-built tiny house is part of a small off-grid homestead out in Maui.

Dubbed "Freedom Cove," this remarkable home is a decades-long labor of love built in an inlet in British Columbia.

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.

They were taught that their children needed fresh cool air in order to thrive. It would be pretty healthy for their carbon footprint too.

This summer, students are spending 8 weeks conserving nature in hands-on environmental internships in NY and Philadelphia for The Nature Conservancy’s Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities initiative.

If you've ever seen a colony of bats on the move and wondered what they're up to, this is the billboard for you. The "Bat Billboard," a collaboration of designer Chris Woebken and artist Natalie Jeremijenko, is a

Astral Nature has the perfect mattresses: all natural ingredients and locally made just outside Barcelona. However, at yök Casa + Cultura we also needed an eco base. Luckily, Astral made some changes to theirs. The result: green beds, such luxury!

Does this make any sense, and is it truly circular?

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

Sustainability matters, but so does hypocrisy.

There's already a global cocoa shortage, but prices haven't risen enough to make it worthwhile for cocoa farmers. They're switching to rubber instead.