Vibrant tones liven up this redesign of a 1920s apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.

Great cities know the future is renewable.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

School strikes, non-violent direct action, office sit-ins. It feels like something might be building.

But some people are beginning to take the issue seriously. Anthony Pak writes a good article about it for Canadian Architect.

A representative of the industry says I shouldn't be picking on fiber glass. He's right.

Kate Stohr, the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, dropped me a note suggesting that I have a look at their Year in Review of their work in Haiti. I did, and couldn't help but come to the conclusion that it was really boring.. I mean really,

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth's land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does,

The update to the "Red List" illustrates the worldwide crises facing many species around the globe in the face of habitat loss and degradation.

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The palm oil situation is bad, but some people argue that it would be worse if replaced by other vegetable oils.

PNC Financial Services Group, based in Pittsburgh PA, has built a plant-covered exterior wall, "to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient." Looking like one of those huge billboards seen along an

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

It's a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of a body than burning or burying.

Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way.

Seriously ...

It's a moving target and, like TreeHugger hero Chris Magwood, we are all learning on the job.

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.

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

Despite the fact that Venice, CA seems to be the epicenter of SoCal's green lifestyle movement, the 24th annual Abbott Kinney Festival that took over the city's main drag on Sunday, September 28th was far from eco-friendly. After claiming last year

It appears that drivers of fancy cars are more likely to go through pedestrian crosswalks

The cost of electricity is going up (both in dollars and in environmental and health impacts). Here are some tips for reducing your costs and impacts.

Minimizing your footprint is nice. Maximising your impact is better.

Brad Plumer looks at the issue of "outsourced pollution."

The Bitcoin is the Hummer of speculative vehicles; let's hope it doesn't make it to its Bar Mitzvah.

The latest UN report on sustainable development reads like the TreeHugger archive, in terms of sustainable development solutions.

Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.

Satisfying the world’s unmet need for contraception would dramatically reduce population growth, easing pressure on natural resources.

And there are plenty of humans who would agree.

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?

Many of us will agree that Buckminster Fuller was way ahead of the crowd with his thinking on sustainability and eco-friendly designs. In his time he was considered an eccentric inventor with impractical ideas, now we think he's a genius! Not all of us

Got an idea that can save the world? Enter the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and win a hundred thousand bucks. Come up with a "design science solution" (effective application of the principles of science to the conscious design of our total environment

There is too much oil in the ground there just to leave it, so what about the carbon dioxide and the natural gas consumption. We will just throw some high tech at it; problem solved.

The styrofoam substitute that they grow into packaging and insulation is the next big thing in building.

A lot of websites are saying so, but there is no evidence that it ever happened.

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

The real life romance sparked while making a merry romp of this endangered species protection success story could be the sequel!

Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet?

This new map uses satellite technology to display the world's vegetation, and can be used for everything from weather predictions to deciding best land use practices.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...

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

As you can see in the satellite photos above, California is experiencing a massive drought over most of the state. The most visible aspect from space is the snow cover (or lack thereof) over the Sierra Nevada mountain range

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

More carbon in the air means less brainpower.

Along with climate-killing CO2, there are a lot of people-killing pollutants. Perhaps we should change our message.

Trump would rather keep humans out of the country than saltwater.

When the rare leucistic moose appeared before his camera, photographer Anders Tedeholm captured the magic.