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From giant whales and tiny living to Tesla, trees, and death cleaning, the year’s most read stories are like a field guide to groovy green living.

From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

Millions of animals are accidentally killed on US roads every year. Here's how one company is turning these sad statistics into something useful, beautiful and respectful.

If we're going to push lifestyle change as a strategy, how we manage our money is one of the most important topics of all.

Ethical fashion brands tend to be very expensive, but there are ways to make the transition without spending a pile of money.

This new Canadian startup offers fabulous winter parkas and bombers that are entirely ethical and vegan.

While advertising her new film "Beauty & the Beast", Watson wants people to think about how and where clothes are made.

Why did Facebook pay $1 billion for Instagram and what can the environmental movement learn from this? It's all about emotion.

The buildup is over; Greenbuild has opened in Toronto. I will be heading out to tweet and report from the Convention Centre for the next three days, and round up my buildup posts herein.

It is a fascinating product, glazing that darkens at the flip of a switch, eliminating the

We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush

The rating system is attacked in 2012 for its 2002 standard and the timing couldn't be worse.

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

A decade ago, the Taliban's destruction of two 1,500-year-old Buddha statues in the Bamiyan Valley drew worldwide attention to Afghanistan's rich archaeological

Inspired by massive flooding in the UK, the Church of England is renewing its commitment to fighting climate change. And that's sending a signal to the markets.

With high energy prices and a whole lot of mosques, Jordan has every incentive to support solar-powered worship.

The Muslim American Society of Charlotte isn't just putting solar on its mosque. 40 of its congregants are going solar too.

Will NEOM be "an aspirational society that heralds the future of human civilization" or "a totalitarian surveillance state"?

These specimens of the fungi world are both beautiful and strange.

After nearly being hunted to extinction, wolf populations in the United States have recovered enough that hunting wolves is allowed to control their numbers. But are we moving too fast?

The world's largest dam removal project is nearing completion on Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Now it's time to enter the next phase of work on one of the greatest salmon rivers in the nation: the restoration of an entire watershed.

My favorite day of the year is a shadow of its former self.

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.

This micro-home is a customized, winter-proofed dwelling for two.

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

Image via: Project Kasei on Flickr Project Kaisei, the mission to research and figure out just what the heck we're going to do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, made it to the Gyre just a few days ago. Their results: yep, there's a lot of plastic

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.

This renovated bus is a mobile coworking space that brings location-independent professionals out into the great outdoors, combining work with a hike, a bike trip or a surf ride on the waves.

The UK newspaper dates the movement back to the publishing of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring; I contribute with a guest post on architecture and design

Researchers have found that an Alzheimer's drug triggers dentine regrowth, eliminating need for fillings.

In a disturbing new trend, researchers find that heart attacks are on the rise for young women.

The FDA has announced new (and stronger) warning requirements for certain prescription insomnia medications. Here's why.

If you can’t decide between a fruit smoothie or an iced tea, this is the drink for you.

This recipe is creamy, sweet, and wonderfully refreshing.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, and while some great progress has been made, there are still many rivers which are endangered, including one flowing through our nation's capital.

Modifications to the $3.5bn project have been made to address environmental concerns, but it may not deflect criticism.

A beautiful video by photographer Pete McBride shows how this epic and ancient river is now the most endangered in the country.

"It was cool to be in the right place at the right time," says Dr. Sciascia.

If a country is a body, rivers are its arteries through which vital blood flows. We must revive our waterways before more damage is done.

Our photo of the day pays homage to the first designated Canadian Heritage River.

A report found that bottles have surpassed bags and straws when it comes to prevalence in freshwater rivers.

Removal of the 118-foot-high dam in France will free the Sélune River, bringing wildlife back to the waterway and the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.

A new study looks at how AVs are part of a much bigger picture of how we get around.

The car changed the design of our houses; the AV will change our houses and the way we live.

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

They are going to be autonomous taxis. Is this a good idea?