The USGBC, and their insanely popular rating system LEED, have been on the frontlines of the green building movement for quite a while. Everyone has taken a shot at them at least once. There’s all the talk about how the credits are

Of course the balance between environmental impact and personal

Katherine Salant writes in the Washington Post:Can a big house be green? Yes, but a smaller house will always be greener because fewer resources were used in its construction and less energy is needed to heat and

Today's technology makes dishwashers much more water and energy efficient than hand washing dishes. Here are some tips for taking that efficiency to the next level.

We’ve all ripped a pair of jeans, but we’re not all tailors. Nudie Jeans has a great solution.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

Use these recommendations to create a wardrobe that feels as great as it looks.

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

Residents in southern Maryland have long felt like they live in an 'energy sacrifice zone.' They already have a nuclear power plant and now are trying to stop a liquid natural gas port.

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.

Green roofs are wonderful things and lovely to look at, but there are other factors in play here.

This family with four kids is traveling full-time in a beautifully redone vintage Airstream trailer.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

This company proves that plastic waste can be a valuable resource.

In a belated attempt to (finally) stem the growing tide of aggressive overfishing, the U.S. is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to enact a 3-5 year ban on bluefin tuna

Slugs as we know them aren't the most colorful land-based creatures, but the shell-less mollusk known as nudibranchs (meaning "naked gills"), or sea slugs, are the complete opposite: The more than 3,000 different members

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic piles on the Infographic debate, " issuing a plea to bloggers to help stop this plague in its track."

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

It's a more environmentally-friendly way to dispose of a body than burning or burying.

Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes.

It uses twice as much water and releases 800,000 more plastic microparticles per load than a regular cycle.

It's time to talk about ... wait for it ... the problem with hangers.

The future of green building depends on what comes out of our soil.

When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem.

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

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

Landfill gas (LFG) isn't quite as sexy as some other alternative energy sources like wind or solar; still, TreeHugger thinks its an important part of our collective renewable energy portfolio. Plus, it's cool that landfills (and the stuff that fills

The DIE Moto, the diesel-engined motorbike which we have covered before, has broken the land speed record for a diesel motorbike, with a speed of 130mph.

Duke Energy Corp. is reportedly discussing with BMW Manufacturing Co. the potential for building a solar energy plant at the car company's Spartanburg South Carolina USA facility. Well, isn't that a German sort of response to US government pressure?

Ahead of the Frankfurt Auto Show starting 14 September, BMW is drumming up buzz for a completely new concept car, the Vision EfficientDynamics. BMW today released a video (over the fold) promising all the sporty driving fun of the BMW M3 in

At TreeHugger, we've been big fans of car-sharing services for a long time. ZipCar has long dominated the field, pushing the envelope recently by adding hybrid vehicles and expanding into new

Electric vehicles have come a long way in the last few years, steadily gaining acceptance as a practical and sustainable form of transportation. This is especially true in cities, where most trips are short and space is at a premium.

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

Taking a step back from the emotional response of the recent environmental devastation, let's take a look at offshore drilling more broadly: How much oil do we currently produce from offshore drilling, and how much might we potentially recover?

Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores

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

It's also affecting everything from meat packing to crumpets.

Brad Plumer looks at the issue of "outsourced pollution."

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.

It's not revising up its official targets, but the government is hinting that it may now achieve 225 GW by 2022.

One of the UK's "Big Six" energy companies has gone a dark shade of green.

It's a good thing global fish stocks aren't in peril...

The British government sees offshore wind as a genuine opportunity to lead.

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?

Frugality blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames has outfitted her house and family with thrifted finds. This is her advice.

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

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

The real life romance sparked while making a merry romp of this endangered species protection success story could be the sequel!