The American Heart Association wants parents to keep the added sugar in children's diets to less than 25 grams a day. Here's why and how to do it.

General Mills scraps new legal terms that served to waive the rights of Facebook fans and coupon users to sue the company.

Flash Drives for Freedom aims to take old USB sticks and smuggle them into North Korea loaded with Western media.

Eclipse glasses distributed to the homeless, plus where to donate your old eclipse glasses if you don't plan on reusing them.

Plucking litter from canals while sightseeing is one of the more singular ways to spend a couple hours in the Dutch city.

Spread across nearly 70 action-packed acres, Tulsa's newest public green space champions sustainability, accessibility and inclusion.

The new certificate is offered by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.

​Nearly 10 percent of rocky surfaces on the island paradise of Madeira are covered in 'plasticrust.'

The oil bubble bursts as Brazil and Hawaii say "yes we cane" to ethanol. Also: saving elephants by buying ivory, saving trees by using paper, and saving endange

Supermodel once again named Global Earth Hour Ambassador in preparation for the lights-out moment on March 31.

University of Cincinnati students score big in the 2015 perFORM Building Design Competition.

Despite inherent flaws, House in the Tree is a fanciful fir-based escape.

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The mountain gorilla population is rebounding in the Virunga Volcanoes Region, according to census results announced by the African Wildlife Foundation.

Need a gift in a hurry? Here are some fun and festive ideas sure to please anyone on your holiday gift list.

These gifts that food lovers will appreciate can be bought at local stores or ordered online up to the very last minute before Christmas.

Give the real estate-fixated college graduate in your life a well-designed, practical gift that will be put to good use in their first post-grad abode.

We've rounded up the best last-minute gifts: presents you can send your loved ones digitally that will arrive in email immediately.

With college grad gifting season upon us, here's a handful of useful, unique and starter apartment-friendly household items.

Combine food shopping and gift shopping this year by taking advantage of a well-stocked grocery store.

Microplastics were found in 90 percent of rainwater samples taken from Rocky Mountains.

When is rhetoric over-the-top when you're talking about climate change?

Feel free to leave your heart in San Francisco, but don't forget to drop those old boxer shorts and blouses in one of the city's new textile recycling bins.

Singer-songwriter, in collaboration with G-Star Raw, will create jeans made from plastic-based 'bionic yarn'.

They're stylish, they're strong, and they support design-based recovery in disaster-stricken areas. What more could you ask for in a pair of specs?

From tablets in high school to electronic whiteboards and rotating walls in college, we look at how technology is remaking the classroom.

Are all the alternative packages green or are some of them greenwashed?

Del Monte says their individually wrapped bananas are environmentally friendly. Others think Del Monte is bananas.

Watch as 15-year-old Ann Makosinski explains how she figured out the voltage and circuitry necessary to facilitate her design.

Take the pledge to go plastic-free on Feb. 21, which has been dubbed Plastic-Free Day.

By focusing only on the utilities industry, Kerry may be able to get Republican support, but will it cost him votes in his own party?

Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was one of the few mentions of energy policy during the latest Alaska U.S. Senate Debate.

The Freezycup popsicle mold makes it easy to make your own frozen treats without using a bit of plastic. It's a great product, if a bit pricey.

Coca-Cola teams up with Tokyo-based design studio Nendo to release a collection of gorgeous recycled glass tableware dubbed, most fittingly, Bottleware.

Another huge honor for the mushroom insulation wizards at Ecovative Design: Scoring the top prize in the 2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge.

The scavenge-happy folks at Fireclay Tile launch a Kickstarter campaign to help transform old CRT TVs and computer monitors into stunning glass tiles.

Tidal Vision makes sustainable salmon leather goods and crab shell clothing.

Tired of replacing stuff every few years? This website solves that problem.

Buy well by buying once: You'll save money, time and our planet's dwindling resources.

The supermarket giant also committed to lowering the amount of waste it produces.

Millions of black 'shade balls' float on the surface of reservoirs, slowing evaporation.

A swarm of grasshoppers in Las Vegas is so big it shows up on weather radar.

Attention Earth Day shoppers: The most highly anticipated, wildly expensive energy-saving light bulb out there, the L Prize-winning winning 60-watt equivalent L

In "The Passage," a family recounts past adventures and explores the meaning of kinship on a grand Alaskan journey.

Romeo the Sehuencas water frog desperately needed a girlfriend and a team of researchers found her along with several others.

These small horses were thought to be the only truly wild horse species left on the planet and have a fascinating history.

It may sound like a good idea for the environment, but refilling a plastic water bottle may not be a good idea.

The last bulwark to fall in Greenland's battle against rising temperatures is the northeast corner of the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Titled 'Bigger Than Life,' a new short video explores Alaskan ice caves with a GoPro-toting drone.