This couple have found a balance between financial security and freedom, by renting out their house, living out of their renovated garage, and traveling in their van conversion.

The Eagle Creek Fire, which consumed nearly 50,000 acres, was started when the teen threw fireworks into the forested canyon.

It is by far the most energy efficient way of packaging beer. It tastes better and there is no BPA.

Built on a gooseneck trailer, this modern tiny house is designed to accommodate up to three sleeping areas.

We laughed, we cried, but more important, we picked the recycling-loving winners of Etsy's Handmade Halloween Costume Contest.

Etsy invited TreeHugger to write about their favorite green baby items in the Handmade Kids series; clothes and accessories made for children by independent designers. Etsy is that wonderful website that features all things handmade to buy and sell by

From gardening supplies and baby toys to pet products and eco-furniture, check these sustainable online shops before you hit the streets.

Taking responsibility for their own waste, ETSY team members haul biodegradable trash to their local community farm by cargo bike.

The USGBC is really on to something with their new initiative.

SAOLA is a new French brand making slick sneakers from recycled material and algae foam.

This is a trend that should catch on everywhere -- just building what you need.

Made in New Zealand, this modern little house looks clean and bright inside and out.

Demand for this 'green gold' is so high that people are waiting months to get a sapling for backyard planting.

In great news for manatees, researchers predict that the gentle 'sea cows' will endure for at least another 100 years as long as threats continue to be managed.

And even worse, they are devouring the much-smaller native treefrogs.

This undersea memorial will honor all the US subs and their crews lost since 1900, while creating new habitat for marine life.

Florida's beautiful Frenchman's Forest Natural Area sets the stage for our photo of the day.

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

If you're OK with leather, then the recycled rubber soles and plastic laces, combined with the company's commitment to cleaning ocean plastic, make these an eco-friendly choice.

Massimiliano Locatelli is writing a new language of design that reflects the new technology.

With Starbucks poised to open its first store on Italian soil this fall, there is concern about the environmental impact of so much coffee-related trash.

A controversial new ordinance tries to deal with another consequence of mass tourism.

Apparel hasn't gotten more sustainable since we started TreeHugger, but a new day for the old T-shirt could be near.

It's that time of year when conscious shoppers remember the Rana Plaza tragedy and unite in their efforts to demand greater safety, fairness and transparency in the fashion industry.

A new report called 'Follow the Thread' assesses the willingness of 72 companies to publish important supply chain information.

The breakthrough also scored 18-year-old Hayley Todesco a Google Science Fair Award.

New Hampshire USA's first green co-housing community, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, features renewable energy ready and energy efficiently designed residences. The 29 total units include 7 single-family homes, 7 duplex units, and 2 quad units on a

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University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -

A community group plans massive tree planting effort to reforest one of Europe's least wooded areas.

Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.

A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them.

The technology makes for better energy generation and a better window.

Alea Labs is introducing the "smart vent 2.0", which again raises the questions we had about Smart Vent 1.0.

Aedas designs a railway station like a hill you can walk on.

It is both a parody of the real estate business and a shocking exposé of Hong Kong Housing

The fashion event's EcoChic Design Awards inspire Asia’s emerging fashion talent to create with minimal textile waste.

Take a tour of two pioneering rooftop farms that could be the first signs of a growing and much needed movement in a rapidly urbanizing China.

The growing disparity between wealthy and poor is reflected in this shocking photo report on the tiny island city's critical lack of affordable housing.

Built with the help of a village's last remaining bamboo weaver, this computer-designed pavilion was built by hand using local materials.

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is

We've heard of transformer apartments, but what about a transformer garden. These movable green walls create flexible outdoor spaces.

The humble avocado pit has been rescued from the compost bin of obscurity and remade into these magical little sculptures.

As part of their "I Have a Green Job" series, Grist talks to Michael Thompson, a professional bee keeper and co-founder of Chicago Honey Co-op, an agricultural cooperative that's dedicated to chemical-free beekeeping.When

The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern. Their numbers are declining, some species are on the brink of extinction and colony collapse disorder has spread in the U.S. Albert Einstein may (or may not) have said

Earlier in the week, the New York Times reported that bees in Brooklyn had started turning red, and their honey was looking like bright red goo. It turned out that

If you like a little sugar in your morning (and late morning, and afternoon) coffee, but don't like the calories, there's a good chance you use one of the many artificial sweeteners on the market. But there's plenty of evidence

If you ask me, the real "Turkish delight" is served at breakfast time: A square of rich, thick kaymak (clotted cream), topped with fresh-off-the-comb honey (bal).

An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.