How to dress for bicycling in Canada: In body armour
In a world where we are supposed to make it easier for people to get on bikes, some are determined to scare everybody off them.
TransCanada to pipe tar sands crude to Eastern Canada. What does this mean for Keystone XL?
TransCanada announced today that they are moving forward with their so-called Energy East Pipeline project, which will bring crude oil from Western Canada to refineries and export terminals in Eastern Canada.
Tar Sands Spill in Alberta: "This Is Not Natural -- It's Got Nothing to Do With Nature"
Government officials have no idea how to clean up these spills from a process that oil companies claim is more "environmentally friendly."
An unstoppable oil leak is flowing in Alberta
For at least six weeks, thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been bubbling up into the forest in Cold Lake, Alberta and neither the oil company or government scientists know how to stop the flow.
A closer look at Telus Sky: Can an all-glass tower really be considered green?
The building is handsome and sexy, just like Bjarke. But this is Calgary, and you need a warm jacket in winter.
Calgary getting a BIG green Telus Tower
Architectural rock star Bjarke Ingels lands in the Canadian oil capital
Did climate change cause the Alberta flooding?
Nobody can say for certain. But that doesn't mean that the Conservative politicians have to deny it.
Walmart Introduces Supercube Tractor Trailers to increase fuel economy, get trucks off the road
There are a lot of good ideas in this truck; will they catch on?
Seoul's daytime discos for seniors are better than medicine
Break out the gold lamé, Grandma, and trip the light fantastic!
'The Story of Water: Who Controls the Way We Drink?'
The latest video from The Story of Stuff dives into the world of privatized water systems and why this impinges on a basic human right.
A pretty stream in Belgium is so polluted its water could be used as pesticide
The idyllic waterway meandering through the Flemish countryside has been called the most polluted stream in Europe.
Lake Erie's new Bill of Rights has angered Ohio farmers
But others consider it a good opportunity to reevaluate agricultural practices.
New Zealand bemoans water pollution, but won't limit dairy
It's uncomfortable to face the source of the pollution.
Lake Erie now has its own Bill of Rights
A triumphant win for Toledo residents means that the Great Lake's wellbeing is now an official top priority.
Even groundwater is contaminated with microplastics
This could mean we're drinking our plastic waste.
Vegetarians save so much water
Scientists looking at water consumption in different countries came to a not so shocking conclusion.
Water gets weirder as new properties come to light
This ubiquitous liquid, water, continues to amaze us with its just plain weirdness
Flushing water pipes can increase lead exposure
Is your child's school flushing water pipes to reduce lead exposures? Do you flush at home? Then you should read this to learn a better solution to lead exposure risks.
The Great Lakes are filling up with plastic
Plastic is often thought of as an ocean contaminant, but it's in our freshwater lakes, too.
Never, ever use soap in a lake
Even if the label says 'biodegradable,' please don't do it.
The EPA doesn't want Americans to know how dangerous Teflon chemicals are
The agency tried to suppress a major toxicology report on perfluoroalkyl chemicals, but now it's been quietly released online -- with alarming conclusions.
Miracle moss removes arsenic from drinking water
The aquatic moss clears 80 percent of arsenic from a container of water in less than an hour.
The world's rivers are clogged with pharmaceutical waste
Scientists say levels are dangerously high, affecting wildlife and ecosystems.
What is in our water? Known unknowns, and unknown unknowns
What is in your drinking water? It turns out there may be more than we know.
36 eye-opening facts about water
In which we gush about all things H2O in celebration of World Water Day.
Plastic eating microbes to the rescue: evolution may be finding a solution to the problem of plastic waste
Last week news broke that microplastics are found in 93% of bottled water and the highest levels ever were found in an English river. Can we ever clean this up?
Reefill wants to get New Yorkers off bottled water. What's wrong with this picture?
New York City water doesn't need to be filtered and citizens have already paid for it, that's what.
Meet the mermaid trying to save Florida's ailing springs
Weeki Wachee Springs – the first magnitude spring that is home to mermaids, manatees and magic – is being threatened with pollution and development.
This new craze for "raw water" will not end well
They say it has minerals and probiotics, but what else could be swimming around in it?
Water 3.0 solves problem of microplastics and pharmaceuticals in wastewater
Current water treatment can't remove these wastes that are increasingly implicated in serious environmental effects
Stopping the cycle of dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond
Dead zones threaten wildlife and fisheries, taint drinking water, and impact communities. Keeping agricultural runoff out of waterways can help tackle this global problem.
New solar technology promises safe drinking water in a compact off-grid footprint
When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.
These 100 popsicles are made with trash- and sewage-filled water
The Polluted Water Popsicles project is meant to shock viewers into realizing how serious water contamination is in Taiwan.
It's World Water Day, and the Great Lakes are at risk thanks to proposed EPA cutbacks
And it's not just lefty TreeHuggers who are outraged; Everybody is in on this war of words
DIY wood mold for BioSand water filter system is a low-tech clean water solution
This water filtration solution requires no electricity, has no moving parts, and can be built affordably with locally available materials.
22 million pounds of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year
Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.
Flame retardant pollution in Great Lakes is a serious matter, commission says
The International Joint Commission has developed a strategy for how U.S. and Canadian governments can address this toxic problem.
Housesitting: Travel the world, stay at someone else's home for free
Thanks to the internet, housesitters can now travel the world, living in different places for a few days or a few months for free, in exchange for taking care of an absent homeowner's property, pets or errands.
The Week in Pictures: Volvo's Pedestrian Airbag, Paris Underwater, and More
An airbag on the hood of the car to protect pedestrians? We also have a video of Paris flooded by rising seas, a sliding library creates an extra room, and more.
Organic Goodies Make Perfect Green Thank-You Gift
Our mothers taught us (well, some of us) to send thank-you notes and to bring a gift when staying at someone's house or cottage as a guest. But what to bring? You don't know their taste, or you don't like their taste or you know that they don't need
Greenwash Watch: HDPE Chairs
He must have seen my TreeHugger media badge, because the salesman from Element Square called out and said "No trees were harmed in the production of these chairs!" I replied that a lot of fossil fuels were burned and a lot of CO2 released, and he said
The Luna Project: Living and Teaching Sustainability
David Masters lives in a yurt. But it isn't just a home, he preaches what he practices in an "alternative learning center that provides opportunities for people to develop and reflect on their values and to consider how they might take an active role
Torqeedo Electric Outboard Motor
They pay so much more attention to design in Europe, particularly when it comes to everyday things. For example, The Torqeedo electric outboard motor from Germany looks like fine industrial design. It has an integrated lithium-manganese battery that just
Hot Poop on Composting Toilets: Separett
As John Laumer noted earlier, there is a lot of useful stuff in pee, but we dilute it with gallons of water, send it down big pipes mixed with everything else, and suddenly we have monstrous networks of waste piping, sewage treatment plants and water
More Hot Poop on Composting Toilets: Biolan
We were at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto this weekend, but soon there might be a whole spinoff, "Compost Toilet Life Show" , there were so many new products in the alternative toilet world. One that surprised us was the Finnish Biolan- we are used to
Ice Watch is Olafur Eliasson's visual reminder of climate change
"Come touch the Greenland ice sheet and be touched by it."
Massive Wall of Birds is the first mural depicting all modern bird families (Video)
The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall.
Artist's symbiotic fiber sculptures depict life and decay
Made with beads, yarns and other fibers, these hybrid sculptures seem to transform before your eyes.
Artist's architectural illusions transforming urban walls (Video)
Blank city walls are huge canvases for this artist transforming our perception of ordinary buildings.
Neuroscientist's chromatic 'dreamscapes' of Iceland are emotionally evocative
These pink and blue-tinted photographs suggest that our biology has a big influence on the way we perceive reality.