When my kids begged for an empty calendar, I was worried about the impact on my job, but a few strategies have kept everything on course.

"Achtung Baby" is an American mom's analysis of how German culture fosters resilience in children.

Apologies for the bad Photoshop job... Photo: Zipcar Logo, Toyota Less Than 1% of Zipcar Fleet, But... I'm pretty sure that many TreeHugger readers are also Zipcar customers (car-sharing in general is booming), and chances are that with that crowd, the

Should the stuff be kept away from kids? The American Public Health Association thinks so.

Once again testing the limits of bamboo as an eco-friendly material for large buildings, Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia constructs this striking structure near the city of Da Nang.

Still unknown: are the effects due to women drinking more tea than men?

A new report called 'Follow the Thread' assesses the willingness of 72 companies to publish important supply chain information.

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The technology makes for better energy generation and a better window.

Children. Alone in the forest. At night.

Using someone else's tools and space has forced me to adjust my approach to cooking.

"It's not just about the bees, it's about the survival of humanity"

It does a lot more than just get you from floor to floor, in this interesting Korean courtyard house.

Michael Sivak shows us the numbers.

IKEA had a choice to make it shallow and cheap or heavy and deep.

One man gets creative about the affordable housing shortage in San Francisco, and pays only $400 a month to live in this sleeping pod he built in a friend's apartment.

These transforming shoes can go from flat to a stylish stiletto within seconds.

Interested in trying out a night or two in a hand-built earthship? Here's one you can rent, located in an "eco-preneur" and permaculture community in Quebec.

In exchange for cultivating someone else's backyard for a year, this activist is experimenting with an increasingly simpler lifestyle, documented step-by-step online.

Well, this is pretty clever. If you're enticed by the idea of having fresh eggs straight from the backyard, but are not sure if you're ready to commit, RentTheChicken.com lets you rent some chickens!

Mike Eliason, an American architect working in Germany, explains.

Not sure if you really want to live in a tiny house? This tiny home builder is making these cabins from salvaged materials, which visitors can test out at an eco-retreat in Maryland.

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

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.

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

Are you buying for looks or for function? It can be a tough call.

"Most people are already operating ‘off grid’ in different ways to varying degrees, but the vast majority don’t feel the need to make a big lifestyle song and dance about it."

A new study from the Breast Cancer Fund shows that BPA is found in canned foods marketed specifically to kids. This should be no surprise to TreeHugger readers; we have been talking about BPA lining cans for years. All

In Brooklyn and Toronto, the same story: "accidents" where cyclists somehow lose control, fall under rear wheels.

Instead of combining the two poles of work and leisure, this simple and functional design separates them into distinct volumes.

Why spend a fortune buying it when you don't use it that often?

Facial recognition technology may delight parents wanting constant updates, but it's an invasion of children's privacy.

Kids deserve a better example than that.

Swimming against the cultural tide of over-parenting is hard, and a word of encouragement goes a long way.

It's one thing to criticize kids' tech habits, but what alternatives do parents offer them?

Letting kids venture out alone could be the best thing you do for them.

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.

This intriguing design brings in more healthy rocking and rolling movement as you sit, work and socialize.

When you buy a Boerum top, you'll know everything about where and how that item was produced.

We do a little destructive testing and have a good breakfast.

This artist mixes and matches up jigsaw puzzle pieces from different vintage puzzles to create mind-bending collages.

Whether for parental sanity or oceanic health, this is a powerful step toward a much better world.

Giving a kid a phone "feels a little like trying to teach your kid how to use cocaine, but in a balanced way."

The Big World Homes project aims to be a new model of affordable housing, and its modular mobile design could make it a good fit for 'pop-up' communities on unused land.

Sustainable fashion expert Elizabeth Cline isn't convinced.

Basalt Regional Library in Colorado is combining the best of both a traditional public library and the ever more popular seed library.

From Hobbit holes to treehouses, these unique Airbnb havens promise a storybook escape.

From vintage trailers and tepees to mansions in the mountains, AirBnB has partnered with the National Parks Foundation for rentals near the country's natural treasures.

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.