Sustainability made stylish

cotton farmer with sign

Why buying Fairtrade cotton matters

It's great that you're buying Fairtrade coffee and chocolate, but now it's time to apply that standard to your wardrobe.

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko in Sustainable Fashion April 23, 2018

What to say if someone challenges your free-range parenting

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko April 23, 2018

Mystery holes in sea ice are stumping NASA scientists

Natural Sciences

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer April 23, 2018

3 things that brought this woman back from Alzheimer’s

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer April 23, 2018

Magical eco-resin jewelry encapsulates Ireland's wildflowers & fungi

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok April 23, 2018

Micro-apartment in historic townhouse is an 'attic transformer'

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok April 23, 2018

Photo: It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a hawk moth!

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer April 23, 2018

The Skyrider 2.0 just might be the greenest way to fly

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 23, 2018

Why you should plant flowers alongside vegetables

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko April 23, 2018

Electrify America to install ultra-fast chargers at 100+ Walmart stores

By Sami Grover April 23, 2018

The problems with Amsterdam's plastic-free grocery aisle

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko April 21, 2018

This is what a year's worth of plastic looks like

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko April 20, 2018

On this Earth Day, take personal responsibility to end plastic pollution

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 20, 2018

Vibrant van conversion raises awareness about endangered bees (Video)

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok April 20, 2018

Dolphins pre-plan their grocery shopping

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss April 20, 2018

Why working forests are the answer: five benefits of well-managed forests to appreciate this Earth Day

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

By Sustainable Forestry Initiative April 20, 2018

7 reasons to ditch packaged greens

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer April 20, 2018

Church in the Netherlands converted into transformer library: books by day, party room by night

Interior Design

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 20, 2018

This could be the last drone video flyover of Apple Park

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter April 20, 2018

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alzheimer's

3 things that brought this woman back from Alzheimer’s

Ekoplaza plastic-free aisle

The problems with Amsterdam's plastic-free grocery aisle

Standing Seats

The Skyrider 2.0 just might be the greenest way to fly

decorated tiffins

11 easy ways to reduce your plastic waste today

packaged salads

7 reasons to ditch packaged greens

daily news

tiffin with food

Brussels has an ingenious solution to wasteful takeout containers

Tomatoes

Study explains why the modern tomato tastes like cardboard

healthy foods

5 foods to eat daily, according to a Harvard nutritionist

Wildlife

Kansas wildlife cameras capture strangest creatures of all

seed balls for bees

Save the bees with seed bombs

how to make seed bombs photo

How to make seed bombs (and not get in trouble doing it)

DIY seed bombs

Save the butterflies with DIY milkweed seed bombs

London flowers

London is looking to plant 9 million wildflowers

luggage bag

'Swedish death cleaning' is the new decluttering trend

Minimalism chair

Minimalism may be trendy, but it certainly isn’t new

cat bridge

Concept of “Ma” is at the heart of Japanese minimalism

Fumio Sasaki

Minimalists in Japan take simple living to new extremes