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Flying insects carry microplastics in their bodies

If a bug starts its life in water, there's a good chance it is eating microplastic pieces.

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko in Plastic September 19, 2018

No sweat in this shop: Garment factory is renovated to Passivhaus standard

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2018

Why I no longer have backyard chickens

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 19, 2018

Humans are hardwired for laziness

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 19, 2018

Scientists just uncovered ancient signs of child labor

Natural Sciences

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss September 19, 2018

Ontario's Doug Ford's proposed natural gas expansion is like putting 42,560 cars on the road

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2018

ChargePoint pledges 2.5 million EV charging spots by 2025

By Sami Grover September 19, 2018

Photo: Ready to rumble

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 19, 2018

These 80-year-olds have the brains of 30-year-olds

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss September 18, 2018

When this wolf howls, Mother Nature claps (video)

Endangered Species

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 18, 2018

Has Vision Zero lost its way?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 18, 2018

The Intrepide is a charmingly modern tiny house in the French Alps

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok September 18, 2018

9 more ways to break the restaurant habit

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 18, 2018

12 things to know about the September equinox

Natural Sciences

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 18, 2018

Netherlands to ban natural gas by 2050

Environmental Policy

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 18, 2018

Poorer people eat meat to boost their social status

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko September 18, 2018

North American houses turn to mush in a flood. What can we do about it?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 18, 2018

What techies get wrong about environmentalists

Environmental Policy

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss September 18, 2018

High yield farming may be better for biodiversity

Sustainable Agriculture

Christine Lepisto

By Christine Lepisto September 18, 2018

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Why I no longer have backyard chickens

Equinox

12 things to know about the September equinox

Flooded houses in Conway, South Carolina, September 17

North American houses turn to mush in a flood. What can we do about it?

Vincent Bouhours - Tiny house Baluchon

The Intrepide is a charmingly modern tiny house in the French Alps

USDA NRCS Montana shares this information: Harvesting winter wheat using a stripper header. The stripper header strips the grain from the head and leaves the straw standing which catches snow, provides ground cover, and helps with soil health. Northwest o

High yield farming may be better for biodiversity

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'Swedish death cleaning' is the new decluttering trend

Minimalism chair

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

Life At Home in the 21st Century

Our house design problem isn't too many rooms, it's too much stuff

Fumio Sasaki

Minimalists in Japan take simple living to new extremes

Clare Colins

60-year-old woman becomes full-time photographer & van dweller (Video)

Narwhal amongst belugas

Wayward narwhal adopted by a pod of belugas (video)

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20 habits of frugal people

Hurricane food

Why do people buy weird food before a hurricane?

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