The health of young people is disproportionately harmed by climate change, and the government has failed to keep them safe.

The contents of your bag reveal more about you than you might think, but what about your choice of bag itself? District Cotton, a New York City-based company dedicated to fashion with a conscience, has a couple of sturdy options that are as socially

How to slow it? Access to voluntary family planning for all women. It more than pays for itself, reducing unwanted pregnancies, abortions, unplanned births... And helps reduce humanity's environmental impact.

Stanford scientists figure out a way to get hydrogen out of seawater. Does this matter?

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.

'When Nestlé Comes To Town' tells the moving story of residents in Cascade Locks, Oregon, who have united to fight Nestlé and keep it from bottling their precious and sacred water.

Only in America are they hard to find. How does that happen?

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.

A posse of paper penguins has spread to major international cities in the past week, as part of a new Greenpeace campaign to protect Antarctica.

We really do need more of this kind of thinking.

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.

This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to

Our photo of the day comes from Akumal, Mexico.

This versatile ingredient can replace multiple others, allowing you to pack less.

You don't want it in your life. Do everything to avoid it.

Sometimes the conventional wisdom is right, but sometimes it’s dead wrong.

When everything seems to be falling apart in the world, the most useful thing you can do is focus on your own community and making it a better place.

The stubborn hero refused to leave his goats ... miraculously, they all survived the firestorm.

It's controversial and probably cost the party leader his job, but there is much to like in it.

Power the World has already brought solar lights to Haiti, now it's working to bring solar powered healthcare kits to Uganda + get a million signatures so that policymakers know we care about ending energy poverty.

Groups working in developing regions could use solar-powered 3D printers to make tools, lab supplies and more on the go.

Who needs flying cars when you can have flying trains?

“December 10, 2019 will be remembered as the day the electric aviation age started.”

Just take them with big photos, nobody will ever know.

There is a spectacular nature show happening above, all you have to do is look up.

Stand around a fire and sip mulled wine. Skip the last-minute shopping. Give time, not stuff.

What if the Google Street View car took thermal energy scans of all the country's buildings and then built a database of building energy efficiency information? That's the concept behind startup company Essess's approach to home energy audits.

The new technology would allow precise control over the transparency of windows and how much light is let in.

Our photo of the day is a study in details.

Remember staring out the window in math class as a kid? Or counting the minutes until spelling was over so you could go to recess? Project Learning Tree (PLT) embraces the fact that students would rather be outside than in ...

Despite recent criticisms, a new report shows that Fairtrade International is doing better work than any of its competitors.

And what happened to the guy who won the six figure salary to serve as caretaker of a barrier reef island anyhow?

Ten people. 2,200 miles through Central Asia. No itinerary. What will happen?

Connecticut legislative committee backs a labeling requirement for genetically modified foods.

It's boxy, aluminum exterior hides a cushy bed, and a convenient galley kitchen -- all powered by the sun.

Robert Llewellyn explores Berlin's high tech systems for car sharing in an urban environment. He thinks he may have seen the future of mobility.

World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption.

The world quietly reached a milestone in the evolution of the human diet in 2011. For the first time in modern history, world farmed fish production topped beef production.

This city used to be a model for the future of biking in North America. Now it is just a deadly mess.

The People's Choice award went to photographer Jo-Anne McArthur, who took the photo in Cameroon.

Sierra magazine released its 2012 Cool Schools list, and UC Davis took #1 - let's learn more about them.

As part of their More Than Just Parks project, Will and Jim Pattiz spent two years filming in the majestic Colorado mountains.

The filming of a Sylvester Stallone movie in a Bulgarian cave has dramatically reduced the animals' numbers, bat experts say.

The holidays are a time of joy, happiness, families and... waste? Estimates show that almost 25% of waste produced in the US comes from the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years. But we can change that, starting now.

Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.

Perhaps more importantly, it's also giving customers the option of refusing such sachets in the first place.

Who says you have to rough it in the bush? These gorgeous spots prove otherwise.

Vacations By Rail offers several dreamy treks to Arctic regions to witness magical winter skies.

Pot-grown trees are a nice idea. Especially if someone else looks after them.