Driving sustainability mainstream

rick and morty

How 'Rick and Morty' explains why humans keep destroying the environment

The sci-fi show pulls no punches when it comes to humanity's complicated relationship with work and nature.

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss in Economics December 14, 2018

British supermarket cracks down on glitter

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 14, 2018

Tasteful three-bed van conversion is for touring chef

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 14, 2018

'Library Planet' is a crowdsourced travel guide to libraries around the world

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 14, 2018

5 remarkable health benefits of a plant-based diet

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 14, 2018

China thinks it's a developing country now

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss December 14, 2018

Just what we needed dept: A bacon vending machine

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 14, 2018

UK to build world’s first ‘zero carbon hub’ for heavy industry

Green Investments

By Sami Grover December 14, 2018

Start washing your avocados

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 14, 2018

Photo: A squadron of pelicans lands for a nap

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 14, 2018

Artist mixes different jigsaw puzzles to create surrealist montages

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok December 13, 2018

Tech is killing liberal arts

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss December 13, 2018

People eat so much chicken that it's changing the geological record

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 13, 2018

New report calls for redesigning large vehicles in urban environments

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 13, 2018

How Stella McCartney is encouraging people not to buy new clothes

Sustainable Fashion

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer December 13, 2018

Ant colonies remember things individual ants forget

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss December 13, 2018

This family navigates allergies and pickiness when planning a weekly menu

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 13, 2018

Can bottled water companies switch to a fully recycled bottle?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 13, 2018

What's the secret to happiness?

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko December 13, 2018

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vegan tacos

5 remarkable health benefits of a plant-based diet

avocado halves

Start washing your avocados

rick and morty

How 'Rick and Morty' explains why humans keep destroying the environment

rotisserie chickens

People eat so much chicken that it's changing the geological record

Section through groundfridge

Get back to your roots with the Groundfridge prefab root cellar

daily news

neti pot

Death by neti pot: The lesson in one woman's tragic experience

greenhouse in the snow

Former mailman builds geothermal greenhouse in the midwest; gets local citrus all year for $1 a day

10th-century Anglo Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug

10th-century Anglo Saxon potion kills MRSA superbug

Nugget exterior

Ford Transit camper van has everything you need, including a toilet

creamy pasta bake

6 strategies for reducing meat in your diet

veggie burger

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