Fresh Cargo's new fair-trade Maasai Treads line combines locally sourced and recycled materials with indigenous sandal-making skills to create footwear that make a stylish, sustainable statement.

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.

On Monday, a molasses pipeline (yes, that's a thing!) leaked 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of molasses into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor and it has turned into a killer mess with no quick solution.

There are worse places to be stuck than in Hawaii... I'm starting to think they did it on purpose!

Instead of building giant concrete buildings filled with uranium, why not build smaller energy-efficient buildings filled with people.

Nestle and Tesco are the latest members of a worldwide movement against abandoned fishing nets.

Abandoned fishing gear is a big problem. But a small army is training to tackle it.

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2

A lot of people have called George Monbiot a lot worse, but he calls himself a fructivist, which is not defined in any online dictionaries, but appears to derive from the latin fructificare or fructus, meaning fruit. He calls himself obsessed with

In his erudite analysis of the global warming issue, Don Blankenship of Massey Coal expressed his opinion about the future of polar bears:

In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George

George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room

Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change, which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a

George Monbiot on how electric vehicles are not the answer.

I get the design part, but is it really sustainable?

Instead of an exciting adventure, we got a road not taken.

This truly is just what we needed.

Sunshine is wonderful, but you can have too much of a good thing. This device measures it.

But is this really a good idea? Maybe it is better to get up and flick a light switch instead of asking Alexa.

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The

Their priorities certainly are different than ours are.

You are going to hear a lot about this. It makes everybody's problems go poof. Just don't mention the CO2.

Architect John Kinsley puts together a little project that addresses so many of the problems we face in our cities.

This one-of-a-kind treehouse is elevated above the ground to minimize its environmental impact.

They really didn't have a choice, and they insulated their bodies, not their houses.

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.

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

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 big book from a photographer who takes big pictures

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

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

Why would an engineer at Apple quit his job to design a product to help gardeners propagate plants?

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

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

The nations once renowned for their way of eating now have the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe.

Scientists examine two strategies to reduce anxiety.

A new exhibition in Toronto looks at sustainable development.

Tim had planned on working at a Salt Lake City Unitarian church doing social outreach. That is, until the Federal Bureau of Prisons decided that wasn't a "safe" occupation for the climate activist.

A mother's fight to protect her children and her tribe

Residents in North Omaha want clean energy, not the coal pollution they're getting now.

Environmental initiatives are integral to addressing the "tale of two cities" that Mayor de Blasio campaigned on.

Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk.

Vegans will love this cookbook that has grown out of a popular Indian food blog. Now it's possible to enjoy classics like tofu-paneer in spinach and chicken-free balti.

Designer Paulo Alves took down all walls and created multi-function furniture for his small place.

A new app from BBC allows you to explore content from their great nature documentaries.

This pediatric care unit showcases how sustainable and kid-friendly design can come together.

What do we really want from a building certification system?

When Copenhagen failed in 2010, he denounced the failure.

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.