Why go diagonally when you can go straight up?

160 tons of steel and 10 tons of copper never looked so good

And believe it or not, it's environmentally friendly!

Because if you make it beautiful and open, people will use it.

Syte Architects insert a mezzanine and a terrific storage stair in existing loft.

Sometimes you wonder what they were thinking.

A new study shows how adolescents quickly improved their sleep time and quality in just one week's time.

But what will the handrail police say?

Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.

Plus two ways to go green as we upgrade our popular series.

Not to mention getting buried in dirt or building with it.

Who says newsletters are old school? We pick the best of each day's TreeHugger and add a little je ne sais quoi

Plus lots of green things.

With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.

And a few looks back at themes of the last ten years.

Also, much ado about nothing.

In today's weekly newsletter, we go on about why cold showers are good for you (not the reasons you think); show off some very fancy LED lights in a very old fixture design and whine about the designs of tiny houses.

Can't keep up? Here's the best of the week in TreeHugger in digestible little bits.

Help amplify the message of the global water crisis by lending your social media updates to World Water Day 2012

Stairs are coming out of the closet and becoming the major architectural element, helping keep people active and healthy.

Now that the summer surfing season has come to a close, (is there ever really an end to surfing season?), it's time to give your board a little TLC, upgrade any thrashed gear and prepare for the big waves of the

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.

Forever is a very long time.

These multi-talented stairs do more than one thing in this apartment renovation in Brooklyn.

As we noted in our review of the New York Times Building communication stair, a standard principle of design today should be comfortable, bright stairs that serve as more than fire escapes, that encourage people to take the stairs instead of the

Already suffering a perilous decline, the deaths of 4 North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this month doesn't bode well for the species.

I was reading an apple pie recipe by Food Network chef Michael Smith in my newspaper the other day. I've made a few of Smith's recipes before and I've liked them. The recipe for the crust intrigued me because

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

It contains all the nutritional info, recipes, and moral support you'll need for a big dietary transition.

Filmmaker Tiffany Shlain explains how going offline for a full day each week can change your brain, body, and soul.

Located in the heart of Florence, Italy, this small apartment features a minimalist stair, sleeping loft, and a view out onto the city's Renaissance treasures.

Patricia Urquiola at the exhibition 'Cosas' at Habitat Valencia. Photo Credit: Petz Scholtus Valencia Design Week has invited us to FEED, the first international design media and bloggers' meeting this week, so together with Core77, Mocoloco,

At this year's Valencia Design Week in Spain, not a huge amount of companies convinced us about their products being truly good for our planet, in fact, we noticed a

An airbag on the hood of the car to protect pedestrians? We also have a video of Paris flooded by rising seas, a sliding library creates an extra room, and more.

Indulging in a Western-style diet for 7 days impaired the brain function in healthy young people and made them want to overeat, researchers find.

How would you reduce one pound of waste per week from your lifestyle?

How will you promote actions that divert more waste from disposal and conserve natural resources?

The plane carries no single-use plastics – but aren't we ignoring a much bigger environmental issue?

Because a single day of #OptOutside isn't enough for real action.

This stair does it all: it's a connector, a partition, a bench, a counter and a concealer of clutter.

Much of the upper US could be treated to some celestial theatrics.

This home has been redesigned to feel much more spacious, and connected to its surroundings.

Screen-Free Week lasts until May 6, so it’s not too late to unplug and play. Born out of a concern that digital entertainment dominates the lives of too many kids, SFW is a call to spend less time online.

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2019, with National Teacher Day on May 7. Every year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) recognizes the educators who have made the most significant contributions to PLT with the Leadership in Education award.

This cascading staircase not only moves people, it can display books and other trinkets too.

Different themes seemed to be embedded in the Valencia Design Week. After spotting 6 great wooden flat-pack designs, I also found these little

Chairs are us and there are lots of them on display at the Clerkenwell Design Week.

A rustic tiny house built with plenty of love and on a small budget.