There is not much that can go wrong in such a simple concept. That's really smart.

Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy.

He's not exactly treating it like a crisis. But at least he's doing something...

How my thinking has evolved in the last decade

Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold,

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

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

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

It's a mix of good design, a tough standard and sophisticated engineering.

GO Logic have always designed beautiful homes. This was the next Go Logical step.

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.

It is a real problem when designing energy efficient homes, and it seems that there is no good solution except ordering in.

Perhaps having kids cooking with gas is not such a good idea after all.

Can a recirculating fan deliver the indoor air quality we should demand?

New York Times article asks a lot of questions, and doesn't deliver a lot of answers.

Locals in one region of the Australian Outback have been terrorized of late by a roaming band of feral camels. Drought conditions and a recent heat wave are being blamed for driving some 6,000 camels into residential areas near

Imagine millions of these slithering out from the mud? The eggs of this alien desert crustacean remain dormant for years, waiting for a bout of rain to hatch.

Our photo of the day comes from Akumal, Mexico.

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

Just when we thought there was a chance for a rationalist US Administration to mesh with the Climate-action oriented EU and with an increasingly open-minded China...[Vaclav] Klaus has called man-made global

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst

Designed to capture and maximize the flows of sunlight, water and air, this prefabricated home feels modern, light and spacious.

Nobody can say for certain. But that doesn't mean that the Conservative politicians have to deny it.

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

This just pushes every TreeHugger button.

House on the Highlands wins the rural category in the UK Passivhaus Trust Awards.

The judges got it right this time.

Let's hope that unlike the Oscars, they make the right choices and open the right envelopes.

The most prestigious prize in British architecture is given to the solidly green project rather than the flash in the pan.

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?

According to experts in the failure of oil and gas pipelines, there are a handful of factors that can contribute to a pipeline rupture, like the one in Mayflower, Arkansas. A new report finds all were in play on the Pegasus pipeline.

'Instead of putting the money back into our business, we’re responding by putting $10 million back into the planet. Our home planet needs it more than we do.'

Remember how aluminum cans are "100 percent recyclable into pure aluminum"? They lied.

Our photo of the day comes from a cloudforest in the Andes of Ecuador.

Add heritage preservation, passive house design and a butterfly roof and it pushes a lot of buttons around here.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

After a few big players entered the ring, the environment was spared some 1.5 billion plastic shopping bags in under 100 days.

Think global, act local.

All food is donated and payment is optional.

Students will have to take home any waste that is not recyclable or compostable.

It's a small, wood, modest shack. What's not to love?

Thousands of kilos of vegetables will hopefully prevent starvation in burned-out regions.

The 2019 horseradish crop was battered by unusually harsh weather, and the effects are showing up in fast food joints.

If your cat passes out from the sound of crinkling tin foil, she’s not alone.

A new study aims to settle the debate about how and when this invasive species was introduced to the island country.

A new study finds that ultra-fine particles increase the risk of brain cancer.

Studies prove these myths aren't true but nobody is listening.

Most glass buildings are a problem, but just banning them is the wrong solution.

Confirming what previous studies have shown, new research from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that the main threats to tropical forests are no longer from

Designing kitchen ventilation that works in really tight houses seems almost impossible.