Decadence through simplicity

Living Big In A Tiny House

Accessible tiny home helps elderly woman age in place gracefully (Video)

This lovely little home was built for a woman who wants to be closer to her loved ones, without losing her autonomy.

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok in Tiny Houses February 22, 2019

Your ‘raw’ almonds probably aren’t raw

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer February 22, 2019

Plastic is toxic at every stage of its life cycle

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko February 22, 2019

We're building the wrong kind of playgrounds

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko February 22, 2019

Oil companies have a new strategy

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss February 22, 2019

An alternative scale for gauging what you should declutter

Cleaning & Organizing

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko February 22, 2019

This amazing fact will make you want to exercise more

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer February 22, 2019

Photo: The Matterhorn is the mountain of mountains

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer February 22, 2019

Obama Presidential Center faces legal challenge from park preservationists

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter February 21, 2019

One mom dishes on the challenge of feeding everyone different things

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko February 21, 2019

Could wool fibers replace glass fibers in FRP?

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter February 21, 2019

The mystery of zebra stripes just got solved

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss February 21, 2019

World's largest bee, lost since 1981, rediscovered in the wild

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer February 21, 2019

British teen hatches duckling from supermarket egg

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko February 21, 2019

Get ready for pushback in the war on plastic

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter February 21, 2019

15 practices of a waste-conscious home cook

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko February 21, 2019

Coal company pledges to ... mine less coal

Corporate Responsibility

By Sami Grover February 21, 2019

Trump may use climate change funds to build his wall

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss February 21, 2019

Farm Burger introduces invasive species sandwich

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer February 21, 2019

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Red-footed Tortoise

Family cleans house, finds pet tortoise missing since 1982

Living Big In A Tiny House

Accessible tiny home helps elderly woman age in place gracefully (Video)

Exploring Alternatives

What it's like to live in an off-grid yurt for 2 years (Video)

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The best trick for cutting down on sugar

nature sounds

50 hours of nature sounds to bring you joy and awe

daily news

zero waste chef frozen jars

How to freeze food in glass jars

Day-old water

Is day-old water safe to drink?

finland universal basic income experiment

Everyone is ignoring the most interesting result from Finland's basic income experiment

messy hair

I finally found a perfect shampoo alternative

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