It is a wonderful wooden and digital world, but will it ever happen?

Finally, a true Zero Waste store has arrived in Canada! Méga Vrac features more than 700 products, making it a perfect place for waste-averse shoppers to stock their pantries.

The Open Sesame documentary examines the importance of open source seeds.

Michael Pollan's latest book is a wonderful exploration of how cooking connects us all, socially and ecologically.

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

It also pushes the limit of what we mean by historic preservation.

"Less is more" is so over; These days the mantra is "too much is never enough."

A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room.

Blouin Tardif Architectes do a beautiful adaptive reuse and addition in Montreal.

She may not have caused the most property damage, but the superstorm extraordinaire holds some impressive records.

The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere

Previously unknown species in a relatively undisturbed bioregion of the Mekong River in northeastern Cambodia have been uncovered by a recent study — 24 in total, including a so-called "corpse

When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem.

It also can put people back to work and save our forests.

Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way.

This month's issue of Wallpaper* magazine is dominated by the 2007 Design Directory, their hand-picked favorite architects and designers from the past year. Always the epitome of cool, the mag's slick picks

The DIE Moto, the diesel-engined motorbike which we have covered before, has broken the land speed record for a diesel motorbike, with a speed of 130mph.

Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold,

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

From Genghis Khan's reforestation to King Edward I's 14th century ban of coal mining, these famous people were dedicated to TreeHugger ethics --- even if they didn't know it.

Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof.

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".

First we have to declare 'peak livestock', then eat less beef and more beans.

Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

Travel back in time and explore the geography of history from the comfort of your home with the new gallery of Google Maps.

'When Nestlé Comes To Town' tells the moving story of residents in Cascade Locks, Oregon, who have united to fight Nestlé and keep it from bottling their precious and sacred water.

And it couldn't come a moment too soon.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

The harshest snowstorms along the Eastern Seaboard will remain as frequent in a warming world.

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

After ten years of work, the Antarctic Heritage Trust has done an amazing job of restoring and preserving.

This young man's mortgage-free home includes an interesting self-built version of the rare species known as the heated ceiling.

Some legislators in Maine want the state's food to be labeled sooner.

It's as if Chris Knight left for a weekend camping trip, but didn't come home for a quarter-century.

For Arbor Day, learn how to show damaged trees the love they deserve.

London Fashion Week was disrupted by protesters who want the industry to declare a climate emergency.

We mentioned Ecotricity’s new 'Merchant Wind Power' project at Avonmouth Docks near Bristol, UK earlier this year, but we couldn’t help posting a picture of the now completed initiative. Located in the ultra-industrialized port, surrounded by storage

It's summertime, and the living is easy, and we are talking about air conditioning.

Though conflicts over sparse water supplies have created rifts between Turkey and its neighbors, the sandstorms they exacerbate have brought countries in the region

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.

Imagine millions of these slithering out from the mud? The eggs of this alien desert crustacean remain dormant for years, waiting for a bout of rain to hatch.

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.

Designed with the ultra-minimalist office in mind, this all-wood desk has a lot of concealed places to stash your clutter.

This smart system automatically frees up floorspace and can learn your preferences.

The modular MoreFloor system lets you store things in your floor -- clothes, shoes, even a bed.

They are sized between the tiny Manhattan "design studio" and their standard big boxes.