Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way.

We know extreme weather events are linked to climate change, so why isn't this part of every report?

Ed. note: This is the fourth post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on and stay

CFL bulbs, or compact fluorescent light bulbs: energy savings Commonly referred to as CFLs, compact fluorescent lamps or compact fluorescent light bulbs, the energy-saving bulbs have escaped the stereotype of buzzing, flickery, washed-out lights to

Ecological footprint: what is it? An analysis that gauges our impact on the planet's biological systems, the ecological footprint measures human consumption of natural resources in comparison to Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate them.

In addition to metrics like ecological footprint, each of us (and each of the products and services we use and consume every day) has a carbon footprint; it's a way to measure the relative impact of our actions -- as individuals, as businesses,

Reducing your carbon footprint and building community go hand-in-hand toward creating a better planet.

Minimizing your footprint is nice. Maximising your impact is better.

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.

The goal could be reached even earlier, if Scots changed what they eat.

Agriculture has become the single largest driver of climate change. It's time to start farming for the whole planet.

How to slow it? Access to voluntary family planning for all women. It more than pays for itself, reducing unwanted pregnancies, abortions, unplanned births... And helps reduce humanity's environmental impact.

Matt Ridley might be right about the world not ending on December 21 this year. But the rest of the article is delusional.

Graphic designer Jack Hagley's new infographic shows the world's population as 100 people.

The most recent U.N. demographic projections show world population growing to 9.3 billion by 2050, an addition of 2.3 billion people.

The incomparable Swedish medical doctor and statistician Hans Rosling tackles a very perverse and tenacious myth about overpopulation.

This large format photo book features hundreds of stunning images highlighting the effects that our global population of 7 billion (and growing) has on the Earth.

Says the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

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

If the latest projections prove to be accurate, we need to plan for about a 10% increase in the needed supply of food, drinking water, and energy, and in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

Annual growth will soon be negative everywhere except Africa.

Many of us will agree that Buckminster Fuller was way ahead of the crowd with his thinking on sustainability and eco-friendly designs. In his time he was considered an eccentric inventor with impractical ideas, now we think he's a genius! Not all of us

Got an idea that can save the world? Enter the Buckminster Fuller Challenge and win a hundred thousand bucks. Come up with a "design science solution" (effective application of the principles of science to the conscious design of our total environment

It was, in 1958, the worlds largest clear span. The Union Tank Car Building was 384 feet in diameter, 128 feet high. "It was just big and magnificent," Fuller biographer Jay Baldwin said to Kansas City Star reporter Mike Hendricks. "It was a

In anticipation of a new retrospective at the Whitney, "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, " Elizabeth Kolbert writes in the New Yorker, quoting Fuller about the need for innovation:

Allison Arieff reviews the Buckminster Fuller retrospective at the Whitney. She writes "His brain was constantly consumed with the serious issues of his day —

Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancey of the Guardian: "The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time," says Foster, who worked

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

Robert Rubin saves " the last, monumental prototype that Bucky was working on when he died".

The Buckminster Fuller Institute ran a competition to update the iconic map; here are some of the finalists

The styrofoam substitute that they grow into packaging and insulation is the next big thing in building.

A dozen units survive, according to Alastair Gordon in the New York Times

Savings in snow removal alone would have paid for it in ten years.

Of course, Bucky answered, "Why not?" On Pi Day, we look at the Dymaxion and other round houses."

A lot of websites are saying so, but there is no evidence that it ever happened.

Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day. Vegetarians do not.

Those of us who love everything Bucky are stunned too.

Sustainable designers everywhere honor you on this day.

The biggest one is that no matter how clever the design, it is the land that matters, not the house, and that nothing has changed in 70 years.

Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.

The story combines the beauty of nature, wanderlust, and the deep love that can exist between human and dog.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

Dogs have been trained to sniff out a devastating avocado tree disease before it becomes fatal – and they are really, really good at it.

I know there are lots of transit map fans out there. It's a modern art-form for sure! Take a look at these original time-scaled maps.

The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.

A concept water bottle pulls water from the air like the Namib Desert Beetle.