Josh Lew is a writer and copywriter who focuses on travel, green living, and personal finance. Wellington is often called the world’s windiest city due to its average wind speed and strongest recorded ...

Cap and trade is an emissions reduction tool in which governments or other authoritative bodies limit how much greenhouse gas (GHG) corporations can emit and allow them to purchase more emissions from ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Popular and distinctive, known for their kitten-like faces and ...

Because one human’s reeking stinky cheese is another man’s treasure. Do you enjoy notes of body odor and dirty socks with hints of sour laundry and barnyard with your comestibles? If so, this is the ...

The Treehugger editorial team is a diverse group of experts—with advanced degrees, professional experience, published books, and more—whose expertise spans every corner of the sustainability space. Is ...

Embodied carbon is most often used in the context of the built environment, where it is presumed to include emissions from raw material extraction, transportation of materials, materials wasted, ...

Squid and octopuses are both brainy, soft-bodied sea dwellers with many arms, shade-shifting skin, and a tendency to spew ink into the paths of their predators. They're remarkably similar—closely ...

A solar oven is an easy, environmentally friendly way to cook food solely using the sun's power. It works by reflecting sunlight onto an enclosed surface. You can use a solar oven to heat water and ...

Put your DIY skills to work for backyard birds. Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a ...

Of the two major aquatic environments, the freshwater biome is often overshadowed by its marine counterpart, Earth's largest and home to some of the weirdest, most wonderful wildlife on the planet.

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Most refrigerators, air conditioners, and heat pumps are ...

Cactus leather is a bio-based material lauded for its breathability, an area in which other vegan leathers fall short. This unique material is used for handbags, shoes, apparel, and furniture. Even ...