Saint Francis of Assisi statue, photo: David Morris/Creative Commons. The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into

"The world is sweet and verdant

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

A coating made from copper nanowires could make those smartphone screens a lot tougher and help the gadgets to last longer.

The app lets kids and adults alike explore, measure and test the world around them.

And a big part of the pitch is sustainability and comfort.

All work and no play? Here's a work space with some playful humor built in.

This doesn't seem right.

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

Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.

From scooters to cargo bikes, a bunch of alternatives to driving that car.

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

Melinda Hanson talks to TreeHugger about taking back the streets.

Saul's is part of only a handful of delis refashioning themselves as sustainably sourced eateries. Located in the gourmet ghetto of North Berkeley near Alice

Michael Pollan said in the Omnivore's Dilemma that if you eat industrially, you are made of corn. In Corporate Knights, "the magazine for clean capitalism", Toby A.A. Heaps picks up on this theme and looks at the causes

Attend your own green film fest at home with filmmakers' live Q&A

Tom Laskawy warns we shouldn't confuse the two.

Doctors from the University of Mississippi dissected two nuggets and were shocked by what they found.

They are everywhere, the full page ads with smiling people proud of how much money they saved and how they qualified for all those government grants. But what did they really save? Perhaps a bit of energy, but how much?

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

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.

But really, they should be dealing with the source of the problem.

This delightful apartment renovation in Spain hides a huge bathtub and other mysteries.

The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.

Breadfruit trees planted by Trees That Feed Foundation are creating food systems and jobs in Jamaica.

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

Once one of the great mysteries of the natural world, the bluefin tuna's migration pattern has finally been elucidated by the workings of an international team of scientists as part of the global 10-year Census of Marine Life. To reach their

Ambitious thieves spend a month torching apart a Pennsylvania bridge

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the

Angelina Jolie has inadvertently (or perhaps by design) added "Ambassador for Insect Proteins" to her credentials as a do-gooder. In an interview about her Louis Vuitton ad (you remember, the one

It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers.

Architects ignore it. "Heads of sustainability" ignore it. Critics have ignored it, but this may be changing.

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?

At TreeHugger, we like to keep things realistic, raise a skeptical eyebrow to potential vaporware, and to keep in check our giddy inner children that get sweaty palms when we see something like the VentureOne. After all, a bright idea, some capital, and

Wouldn't it be nice if clean tech advocates could, for once, just stop fighting with each other?

A technology developed at a national lab for improving carbon capture at power plants may be able to help craft breweries capture and reuse CO2 from their fermentation processes, while also slashing costs.

Opposition from the G77 Nations and the Vatican led to the removal of the words 'reproductive rights' from the Rio+20 text, leaving in 'acceptable modern methods of family planning'.

Population growth is in fact slowing down but everyone is using more of everything.

The Bay Area needs affordable housing. And it needs clean energy. A new campaign supports both.

In a double breakthrough, scientists find a material four times more efficient at making hydrogen by photocatalysis and demonstrate how to make it at low temperature

Move over, regular solar panels.

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

Todmorden is a town that embraced the local food movement by growing their own fruit and veg anywhere in public spaces. They also have an Egg Map and a Green Route for the Vegetable Tourists!

A great gesture that allows you to zoom into a map with one hand on your smart phone.

The mapping technology will eventually be used to get precise solar power potential information for any location around the world.

A group of the drones were sent to fly around the massive mountain and take HD photos that were then made into a rich 3D model.

The wind has never been this beautiful...