Learn how to elevate a basic DIY pumpkin pie spice blend with these simple tweaks.

This super easy recipe makes a plant-based pumpkin pudding that is rich, creamy, healthy, and delicious.

This recipe's secret ingredient leads to a rich and creamy plant-based pumpkin pie that also happens to be healthy and easy to make.

There are huge upfront carbon emissions from building new housing; a better approach is to be smarter about what we have.

The Story of Stuff's latest film underscores the importance of putting deposits on all cans and bottles.

More on why our personal consumption habits matter in the climate emergency.

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change.

A new solar-power kit from BRIGHT Products is like the Swiss Army Knife of solar gadgets.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.

A fail-safe filter that delivers water easily with a sip or a squeeze could save lives in places where water-borne illnesses thrive, but look for it first as a trendy gym accessory.

Access to safe, reliable and affordable sanitary napkins is a big barrier to equal opportunity for many girls in developing countries. This inexpensive and clever set allows girls and women to clean, dry and carry their pads discreetly.

Why so much focus on packaging when product waste is equally important to consider?

Why oceans, why now?

Companies are in position to shift away from a linear towards a circular product economy that is at once regenerative and restorative.

The most wonderful time of the year is often the most wasteful

These fascinating works explore how folding might push the frontiers of flexible photovoltaics, self-assembling materials and nano-forms.

Combining realism with an otherworldly aesthetic, these artworks remind us of the interconnectedness of all life.

This is not a joke. It is also a teaching moment about blogging.

"It's just an amazing, amazing thing that people have done."

If you must shop, do it from a company that's spreading the wealth.

A few tweaks by stores could make the process more efficient.

A look at the fallout from the recent oil price crash.

From blending beef with mushrooms, to boosting plant-based menu items, companies are doing a lot to cut back on meat.

It'll be interesting to see how this is received.

A piece of baby furniture that's designed to last longer by changing into other useful things as one's child grows.

The big Danish design competition really has similar goals to TreeHugger: to promote good green design that makes the world better

A look at some of the nominees which are brilliant, and others that are something else.

Computers and technology let designers do things that were unimaginable just a decade ago.

Appliances have labels for energy efficiency, so why not food?

Photo: The Art Archive digg_url = 'http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/scientists-attempt-to-resurrect-extinct-giant-ox.php'; Two million years ago, an enormous species of ox, called Aurochs, emerged from regions of northern India and migrated into

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

Sometime within the last century, soil erosion began to exceed new soil formation. Now, nearly a third of the world’s cropland is losing topsoil faster than new soil is forming, reducing the land’s inherent fertility.

Restoring plants and trees near US industrial sites could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new study finds.

Bird populations in the US and Canada have plummeted by 30 percent since 1970 – here's why, and what we can do.

New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris.

There isn't much choice, as groundwater reserves are insufficient. But really...is bottled water any worse than this? Four years behind schedule and nearly $80 million over the original budget, the nation's largest sea water desalination facility

With the first heatwave of the summer behind us, let's start thinking about how we can adapt ourselves to the heat, rather than just complaining about it or pushing it away via air conditioning.

It lets them be creative with their cooking and the kind of spaces they set up in.

The smartest features of a smart thermostat may actually be the pretty simple.

The dual source heat pump uses either the ground or the air as a heat source.

The anti-straw movement is definitely having a moment. Let's hope the momentum continues.

In cars, houses, furniture and electronics, The trend was toward increasing repairability and simplifying recycling. Apple goes its own way.

Some plants help each other enormously, while others hinder their neighbors – use this cheat sheet to ensure harmony in the vegetable plot.

You don't have to have an entire garden room to make a statement with your indoor plants.

Why aren't people lining up for this enclosed solar powered e-cargo tricycle? It pushed every button.

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!