I wish them luck but there are a lot of complications.

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called upon heads of state to make “bold” announcements at today’s Climate Summit.

Sand castles are so yesterday, large-scale sand art is the thing to try.

Normally you can't have it both ways, unless you have a member of congress in your pocket.

More bikers take to Twitter to mock bike haters.

The company will spend $1 billion and employ a team of 100 to find a sustainable alternative.

Fed up of shoddy plastic toys? This modular kit of sturdy parts lets parents and kids construct a wide range of awesome kid-powered vehicles.

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

It's a TreeHugger dream: an all electric wooden car designed to last forever.

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.

High-end materials meets smart home automation in this country-styled tiny home.

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

Darwin made a smart choice when he picked Galapagos as the place to develop his theory of natural selection: This group of islands has some of the most incredible species in the world. Earlier this month, a star-studded group of adventurers with the Missi

A star-studded group of adventurers with the Mission Blue oceans conservation group went on a trip to the Galapagos earlier this month. But the true stars of the show were the incredible species endemic to the islands: many

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 Open Sesame documentary examines the importance of open source seeds.

BRB introduces a bunch of concept vehicles that look like a lot of fun without fossil fuels

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.

Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.

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

This ubiquitous liquid, water, continues to amaze us with its just plain weirdness

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.

A new book called "Dancing with the Devil in the City of God" shines the spotlight on the widespread environmental degradation occurring in one of the world's most geographically stunning cities.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

Don't read this if you are in a bad mood. Or a good mood, really.

The mysterious organism looks like a mushroom but acts like an animal, and it's one of my favorite beings ever.