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

Melinda Hanson talks to TreeHugger about taking back the streets.

One of the big beefs with Energy Star for housing is that all it cared about was energy; beat the standard code by 15% and you got it. No matter that the best way to make a house efficient is to make it tight, leading to all kinds of air quality

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the

A tropical skyscraper by WOHA and Patricia Urquiola is wrapped in a vine-covered sunscreen.

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Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

One more example of how words can become completely meaningless and even contradictory.

The number is probably far higher than you think.

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

After ten years of work, the Antarctic Heritage Trust has done an amazing job of restoring and preserving.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

What better way to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day than by caving to the cute factor with videos of bitty penguins?

The Norwegian Consumer Authority thinks the fast fashion company is misleading shoppers with its so-called Conscious Collection.

After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan, an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com.

As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production

During World War II ordinary citizens across the country did their part for the war effort by planting victory gardens to lessen the demand on the food system caused by the war. Some have suggested that sustainability is about returning to the more

Don't just sit there, do something.

Considered to be the highest award a restaurant can receive, the Michelin Guide's 2020 French edition now gives a nod to environmentally minded restaurants.

You would think that attending a conference on sustainable tourism in Costa Rica would be a bit bland: yes, they're very green, we know. But just because this Central

This container home in Costa Rica is almost a monster home, but has some interesting features.

David Masters lives in a yurt. But it isn't just a home, he preaches what he practices in an "alternative learning center that provides opportunities for people to develop and reflect on their values and to consider how they might take an active role

British journalist Stacey Dooley reveals what our fast fashion addiction is doing to the planet.

The American Institute of Architects just announced its 2007 Housing Awards; among the winners were our beloved Loblolly House and in the Special Housing Category, the Designhabitat2 house, from The DESIGNhabitat 2 Studio School of Architecture,

If a vertical farm fantasy is the best unbuilt project in the UK, then sustainable design is in worse trouble than I thought.

They say these are about celebrating the best contemporary architecture. But what does that mean today?

How small is too small?

Wastes are made in the kitchen.

From sleep aids to pain relievers, here's how to grow your own natural remedies.

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.

There is more to the tiny house movement than just living with less. It can also be a story about resilience, sustainability and adaptablility.

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

A diverse team of women from the forest product sector got together for a green cause.

More than 300 million acres of forests across the U.S. and Canada are certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. In addition, tens of millions more are positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard.

Woodland caribou are considered threatened throughout much of Canada’s vast boreal forest.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree (PLT) joined Scouts from more than 150 countries at the 24th World Scout Jamboree last month.

Through forestry, SFI provides the essential security of long-term habitat conservation for at-risk species.

Shorter post: They are " essentially, disposable. "

iFixit took them apart, but they can't put them together.

Visitors to this regional park can rent this minimalist cabin in the woods.

Intended for short-term stays in nature, these prefab units can be transported and 'dropped into' almost any location.

Aren't the enjoyment and pleasure some sustainable choices provide much more compelling selling points than their intangible environmental benefits?

Getting people out of cars and rebuilding our main streets is not going to be easy, and cannot be oversimplified.

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling.

They were taught that their children needed fresh cool air in order to thrive. It would be pretty healthy for their carbon footprint too.

A new study found global fertility rates are on the decline in hundreds of countries

Our absolutely adorable photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.