Hexagonal Bee Hotel Aims to Boost Declining Wild Bee Populations

Created for last fall’s Muttersholtz Archi<20 Festival, the Hotel for Bees is a 20 square-meter wooden outdoor pavilion that features a honeycomb-shaped configuration. The openings can be filled with twigs, straw, reeds, bark and various foraged materials in...

UNEP & TreeHugger Launch Blogging Contest for World Environment Day

For the past three years, TreeHugger has partnered with UNEP to host an essay contest and send the winning writers to join TreeHugger and UNEP in covering the World Environment Day festivities around the world. In the past, they have  traveled to Kenya, India and...

Solar Bus Stops Light The Way In Perris, California

With an abundance of sunshine, it’s no wonder that some of the most innovative and successful solar power installations are found in California. Recently, the City of Perris, located in green energy-friendly Riverside County, announced that it would use solar power to...

The Voltmaker Charges Your Gadgets Off-Grid With Kinetic Energy

Sick of your batteries dying at the very moment you need to make a call, flick  on a flashlight, or find your position on a GPS when you are lost in the  outdoors? Introducing the Voltmaker– an innovative and rapid kinetic electricity generator inspired by a fan or...