This compact, wood-clad cabin is made as a comfortable eco-hotel suite in natural settings.

'Slow' games make a comeback, as stylish jewelry with a twist.

Shoppers can now choose to support a broader range of social issues.

This super-insulated home is built to be earthquake-resistant too.

Plenty of space-saving ideas packed into a compact, comfortable and contemporary package.

This affordable tiny house was 3D printed using mud, rice husks and straw to create a "zero-kilometre" structure.

This modern prefab from Italy is conceived with energy efficiency and ease of assembly in mind.

Tesla's tiny house integrates solar power and its Powerwall home battery into a seamless system, and can be towed by the Model X.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

This contemporary tiny house from the Netherlands incorporates lots of great layout and storage ideas.

Plastic waste has been diverted from the city's shoreline to create a cost-effective, green space alternative.

It gives another meaning to 'eating off the floor.'

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.

Philadelphia architects Interface Studio are known to TreeHugger for their work with PostGreen and on the 100K house. They have also just completed a modular student residence at Temple University that really does demonstrate

Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design

This cozy and compact dwelling out of Oregon packs one bed, one bathroom, a kitchen and porch.

It's being killed the name of "convenience."

Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.

There's more than one way to go up in a small space, and this is one smart alternative.

This short film, while focused on the island of Kauai, highlights the challenges and crises we will all have to face on our island planet.

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

This example of programmable architecture uses lightweight materials and drones to help it adapt to environmental changes.

The light-filled interior of this well-insulated and cleverly designed tiny home imparts a sense of relaxation and well-being.

What a joy to stumble upon this 2009 gem by Cullinan Studio.

The bookcase was designed on a napkin because "Ideas are perishable"

This flexible line of furniture is made for people who are on the move a lot, and need furniture that's easy to assemble and customize.

These designs from Leckie Studio and the Backcountry Hut Company are lovely to look at, but what are they really?

The modern movement started as a way of dealing with tuberculosis. The same rules apply today.

This contemporary urban home mixes reclaimed materials from local demolition sites with a modern design.

Another interesting find from Buenos Aires design fair, Feria Puro Diseno (FPD), this is a modular system designed by local studio Disenaveral to build different kinds of shelving spaces that adapt to changing situations.

Designer Paulo Alves took down all walls and created multi-function furniture for his small place.

We love little boxes!

It's the right thing to do in so many ways, as LivingHome, Make it Right, Cradle to Cradle and Hanley Wood build a comfy new home for the Lower Ninth

I predicted trouble in winter, but they appear to still open even when buried in snow.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this big tiny home features a lot of clever small-space design ideas.

Lots of luxurious details in this solar-powered, off-grid tiny house.

Coming in at 425 square feet, this extra-wide, modernist tiny house actually feels quite roomy.

If only we could buy it in North America.

It is a few years old but a real find. We probably won't see the likes of it again for a while.

Phonebloks was a great idea - mix-and-match pieces means upgrading from a basic platform is forever. Now it has a first competitor - the Eco-Mobius.

But is it truly modular?

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone.

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.

It was a while coming, but this could be a pretty big deal for your average buyer.

Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.

If every home in the U.S. switched just one inefficient light for an Energy Star one, that would be equivalent to taking 800,000 vehicles off the road in term of greenhouse gas emissions

Chances are that you've never heard of Gene DeSantis, but his story seems one destined for legend. In fact, he's already being likened to a modern-day Johnny Appleseed. For almost three decades, DeSantis has made it his mission

A group of scientists argues our current climate change models get it wrong. Tracking "Carbon" only tells half the story.

A traditional dwelling has been preserved by renovating it to include a new office, library, kitchen and guest room.

This former pigeon roost is transformed into a light-filled family home.