That was the advice of Shakespeare's Polonius, but then there is the sharing economy. Which is it?

Sharing resources and renting just what you need is green, but not much of a business model.

ZH architects faced a lot of serious challenges here, and came up with innovative solutions.

These sneakers and sandals are proof that footwear production can be gentler on the environment.

"If you don't visit quiet, the quiet will disappear."

A new lightweight thermoelectric generator has been developed at NC State, which may be able to power small health sensors or other small wearable devices.

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

Researchers propose using the vibrations of the heart to keep pacemakers going, eliminating the need to replace batteries.

An Ann Arbor brewery has just completed a $350,000 overhaul of its facilities, all in the name of greener beer.

Raking Without the Cussing Sometimes the greenest products are those not marketed as green at all – take the humble rake for instance. As a TreeHugger I already know that leaf blowers are the scourge of humanity (and don’t even get me started on leaf

This is England, the parks and gardens and countryside are supposed to be filled with golden daffodils by now. This is why we live here. But where are they? With this year's never ending winter and the long cold spell just

Image: Fiskars If it's true that gas-powered lawn mowers crank out 5% of the nation's air pollution, then it's truly time to consider workable alternatives. If we haven't convinced you to replace your lawn with a xeriscape or food forest, you might want

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?

Is it time to ban these useless and unnecessary noise and pollution machines?

For many

Watching this video on Sacred Economics may be the best 12 minutes and 18 seconds you spend today.

It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions.

More on why the 626 environmental groups demanding action on climate change shouldn't be doctrinaire.

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure.

Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft have joined together to support Obama's Clean Power Plan as it faces legal opposition.

Reusability beats out biodegradability any day.

For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.

EWG tested 28 brands of conventional oat-based cereals; they all had glyphosate residue, most of them above healthy standards

E-bikes will eat cars, and H2 bikes will eat Toyotas.

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

Michael Pollan writes in the New York Times about the connection between the American diet and the cost of health care; Surprisingly, conservative writers like Marie-Josée Kravis are saying much the same thing,

Images: Black & Decker Here in the southeast, my front lawn is already starting to perk up in response to intimations of spring. Those handsome green blades of fescue are yawning, stretching, and preparing to greet the season with exuberant,

Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post:Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and

With Oxford Dictionary’s addition of the verb 'MacGyver' to the official lexicon, we pay homage to the almighty hack.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

We have to slow down and smell the coffee, and it might actually be fun.

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

Name calling is so much fun. Maryland State Senator Richard Colburn, R-Cambridge, thought he was having some at our expense when he characterized

Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020.

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

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

From the green roof down to the electric boat, there are so many interesting aspects of sustainable design.

Is global cooperation the anecdote for global competition?

The covering-yourself-with-blankets movement isn't nearly as cuddly as it seems.

Don't give up; Collective and individual actions can change the world.

Managing a sugar bush is a win-win situation for all involved.

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

Metals from Cambodia's mines, left buried since its civil war, are recycled into elegant jewelry, made by locally trained and fairly paid artisans.

Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes.

We have to reconsider what is "acceptable for how houses should look and feel."

Quebec architects propose a 48-storey tower in a forest, "a new relationship between humans and their natural habitat."

The future of green building depends on what comes out of our soil.

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