Environmental carpe diem

log cabin in Finland

Finland is offering free trips to people in need of happiness lessons

For three days this summer, a local host could show you why their country consistently ranks among the happiest in the world.

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko in Travel March 22, 2019

Boomer couple escapes harsh winters with minimalist van conversion (Video)

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 22, 2019

Where we're going on the Schiller Water Bike, we don't need roads

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 22, 2019

On World Water Day – forests are the answer

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

By Sustainable Forestry Initiative March 22, 2019

Hilton's used soap will be recycled into new bars

Corporate Responsibility

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 22, 2019

Is silicone a safe alternative to single-use plastics?

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko March 22, 2019

Meet Neo, the floor-scrubbing robot

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 22, 2019

8 tools for successful bread-making

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko March 22, 2019

In defense of eco-hypocrisy, again

By Sami Grover March 22, 2019

Photo: Sandhill crane has the moves

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 22, 2019

The inventors of insulin sold their patent for a buck. Why is it so expensive?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 21, 2019

Dead bodies are emerging from Mount Everest's melting glaciers

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 21, 2019

Eye-popping 'maximalist' tiny house suggests that 'more is more'

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok March 21, 2019

The world water crisis by the numbers

Environmental Policy

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 21, 2019

Forests are easy to love: how to show it for the International Day of Forests

Corporate Responsibility

Sustainable Forestry Initiative

By Sustainable Forestry Initiative March 21, 2019

Can less meal-planning save more money?

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko March 21, 2019

Secondhand clothing market is growing faster than apparel retail

Sustainable Fashion

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko March 21, 2019

Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 21, 2019

Seedsheet makes it 'ridiculously easy' to grow your own food

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko March 21, 2019

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log cabin in Finland

Finland is offering free trips to people in need of happiness lessons

Alternative Homes

Boomer couple escapes harsh winters with minimalist van conversion (Video)

Sitting test

Does the sitting-rising test really predict how long you'll live?

Beekeeping dog

Beekeeping dog in 'astronaut' suit detects infected hives by smell

Mark Menjivar

Eye-popping 'maximalist' tiny house suggests that 'more is more'

daily news

cooked mushrooms

Eating mushrooms may dramatically cut risk of cognitive decline

clover lawn

How to plant a clover lawn

street in India

India follows China's lead, bans plastic waste imports

old cameras at a thrift store

Thrift stores are tired of getting people's useless junk

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