Driving sustainability mainstream

Park Avenue Green

Park Avenue Green is the largest Passive House building in North America

But Passive House is so expensive! How can you build housing for the homeless and low income families this way?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture December 12, 2019

Scientists call for more trees, fewer cows, to restore climate

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 12, 2019

Not long ago, native parrots lived all over the eastern US

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 12, 2019

Zara's 'sustainable' hoodie is anything but

Sustainable Fashion

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 12, 2019

The reusable water bottle that stole my heart

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 12, 2019

Oil industry is spending billions on increasing plastics production

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 12, 2019

This could be your new favorite winter vegetable

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 12, 2019

Photo: Pretty creek gets dressed up for winter

Reader's Photos

By Team Treehugger December 12, 2019

What will the world look like in 30 years? ARUP explores four plausible futures

Environmental Policy

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 11, 2019

Let's turn barren farmland into nature reserves

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 11, 2019

New award for landscape architecture honors Cornelia Oberlander

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 11, 2019

Honolulu cracks down on single-use plastics

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 11, 2019

All-electric commercial airplane takes first flight

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 11, 2019

Use of chemical hair products increases breast cancer risk

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 11, 2019

Photo: Ruby throated hummingbird takes a pause

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 11, 2019

Vanbase builds a conversion that's more like a boat than a camper van

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 10, 2019

15 things not to buy for the holidays

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 10, 2019

Floating ice urn makes for a unique eco-friendly memorial

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 10, 2019

There is no such thing as 'carbon-free aluminum'

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 10, 2019

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macro snowflake photo

Macro photos of snowflakes show impossibly perfect designs

Arup table

What will the world look like in 30 years? ARUP explores four plausible futures

Francesco Zuccarelli - Landscape with a Woman Leading a Cow

Scientists call for more trees, fewer cows, to restore climate

Zara respect hoody

Zara's 'sustainable' hoodie is anything but

Harbour Air electric plane

All-electric commercial airplane takes first flight

daily news

Trump and Shower

US President wants to roll back 25 years of water saving toilets and showers

foam food containers

Vancouver says no more foam food containers

strawberry hermit crab

Rampant death for hermit crabs who confuse plastic trash for shells

Simon Beck

Incredible snow works made by 'snow artist' – using only snowshoes

creamy pasta bake

6 strategies for reducing meat in your diet

Vegan Homemade Portabello Mushroom Black Bean Burger with Fries

How to be a reducetarian

beef cattle

Cutting out meat and dairy is the best thing you can do for the planet

Vegan nurses

7 things that happened to these nurses after going vegan for 21 days