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Tad Ptyra at Active House Symposium/ Lloyd Alter

Is anyone doing enough about indoor air pollution?

We spend 90 percent of our time indoors. We should worry more about what we are breathing there.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Green Architecture September 17, 2019

Sit-stand desks get mixed reviews

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 17, 2019

20 foods you can make from scratch to avoid plastic

Easy Vegetarian Recipes

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 17, 2019

Photo: Bumblebee seeks nectar on native milkweed

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 17, 2019

Invasive fish may get their own dystopian nightmare

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 16, 2019

Don't toss apple cores and banana peels on the ground

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 16, 2019

Children's bodies contain alarming levels of plastic chemicals

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 16, 2019

How to cook rice to remove the most arsenic

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 16, 2019

Are plant-based meats ethical if they're funded by industrial livestock producers?

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 16, 2019

Why you don't need fabric softener

Cleaning & Organizing

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 16, 2019

Photo: Hints of autumn descend on Maine

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 16, 2019

4 billion bits of microplastics in the waters of Tampa Bay

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 13, 2019

We got lots of great ideas from the space program; insulation isn't one of them

Sustainable Product Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 13, 2019

Patagonia will close stores for Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20

Corporate Responsibility

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 13, 2019

Trump voters need LED bulbs

Interior Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 13, 2019

Biodegradable plastic is bad for the environment, British MPs say

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 13, 2019

Is outdoor play a child's want or right?

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 13, 2019

Photo: Sunrise Point lives up to its name

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 13, 2019

RetroFirst: A new campaign from British architectural magazine to promote retrofit and renovation

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 12, 2019

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Don't toss apple cores and banana peels on the ground

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20 foods you can make from scratch to avoid plastic

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Why you don't need fabric softener

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5 steps toward going 'zero waste’ in the bathroom

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Bulk Barn has embraced the Zero Waste movement

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How to banish plastic straws from your life forever

Zero Waste

Zero Waste blogger Lauren Singer lets us look into her drawers and cabinets

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6 curiosities about the rare Friday the 13th harvest moon

KFC storefront

KFC sold out of Beyond Fried Chicken on trial day

snowy owl

12 signs that a hard winter is coming

DomeGaia AirCrete home

DIY dome homes built from AirCrete are an affordable & ecofriendly option

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