London assembly tells mayor: Divest £4.8B pension fund from fossil fuels
The motion is non-binding, but that doesn't mean it doesn't matter.
Petite Mort: Precious ethical furs handmade from roadkill
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.
Why we buy organic and fair trade: Feelings matter
New research identifies the emotions that motivate some people to make ethical choices day after day.
Citing threat to human survival, doctors divest from fossil fuels
Climate change is already killing people around the world. Now the British Medical Association has vowed to do something about it.
Our 12 most popular stories of 2019
Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.
Our 10 most popular stories of 2018
From tiny homes and camper vans to book hoarding and alternative lawns, here are the year's most read stories.
Our 10 most popular stories of 2017
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.
The best, worst and shark-jumpingest shipping container architecture of 2017
There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.
2017: The year wood construction grew like a weed
Because we are not called TreeHugger for nothing.
Thanksgiving leftovers: A roundup of past Thanksgiving Day stories
Gather round the holiday vegetable loaf and hear of Thanksgivings past on TreeHugger
It's the week in TreeHugger
Can't keep up? Here's the best of the week in TreeHugger in digestible little bits.
Let's go camping! A tour of teardrop trailers
They are light and efficient and easy to tow.
The top tiny houses of August
August is the best month for tiny houses and here are the best tiny houses of August.
The top 10 Urban Design stories of 2015
Many of them seem to be about bikes and transportation though....
The ten most popular modular and shipping container projects of 2014
We love little boxes!
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The top ten posts of the week, from fair trade undies to fair trade coffee
And a few looks back at themes of the last ten years.
Top 10 posts of the week from cupboards to toilets
With a visit to a festival and a brown lawn.
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Top ten posts of the week, from eating bugs to rolling coal
Not to mention getting buried in dirt or building with it.
Top ten posts of the week, from no poo to cozy rooms
Plus two ways to go green as we upgrade our popular series.
The top <s>ten eleven</s> twelve posts of June from yoga mats to wind turbines
With a few tips from Grandma thrown in.
The top ten posts of the week, from good apartments to bad eggs
Also we've got electric motorcycles and hot rocks.
Embodied carbon is in the spotlight
Architects are finally taking it seriously. It's about time.
Simple cooking trick could save you 100 gallons of water, makes dinner better
If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.
Small loads from Internet-connected devices all add up
Our always-on devices turn out to consume a lot of power. Do I really need to connect my garage door to the Internet?
No, Bill de Blasio has not banned glass and steel buildings in New York
But maybe he should.
Electrify Everything: Why our thinking has to be as flexible and resilient as our buildings
It is hard keeping up with the latest ideas in green building, but things are changing fast.
Trump administration will try to exempt specialty bulbs from energy efficiency standards
Mini-spots, reflectors and candelabra bulbs were supposed to become more efficient next year, saving 80 billion kWh.
Have you changed all of your light bulbs to LEDs? (Survey)
They are cheaper and better than ever, and doing it can cut energy consumption for lighting by up to 90 percent.
On elegance and energy efficiency
Dr. Steven Fawkes defines elegance as "the quality of being pleasingly ingenious and simple."
Mass renovation project halves energy use of existing homes
What if we declared climate change a crisis and put some serious resources to this type of initiative?
Florida development is a trifecta of solar power, size and efficiency
Finally, Net Zero done right.
Did scientists just solve the mystery of the pyramids?
For thousands of years, people have wondered how these monuments in Egypt were made.
Theatrical mobile unit creates multifunctional micro-apartment for two
Inspired by theater set design, this versatile volume holds storage and other hidden furniture.
All-in-one classy shoes come with different swappable heels (Video)
These transforming shoes can go from flat to a stylish stiletto within seconds.
Transformer tiny house automatically expands with RV-inspired pop-out
It's one answer to the complaint that tiny houses are too small: build it with an electrically operated, expandable slide-out.
Smart robotic multifunctional unit for micro-apartments transforms with touch of a button (Video)
This automated smart home system for small apartments takes the effort out of having to transform your all-in-one furniture unit by hand.
These musicians play instruments made of vegetables
From the impressive Vienna Vegetable Orchestra to hand-carved pipes and whistles in Japan, these creative people know how to find music anywhere, even in the crisper.