Eco-Sense, described as North America's first code-approved, seismically engineered load-bearing insulated cob residence, is one of the first projects to gain s

Unity College students settle into TerraHaus, the sustainability-focused Maine institution's new residence hall that's built to stringent, super-efficient Passi

Michael Pollan breaks down his address into different components.

Michael Pollan predicts local economies will become revitalized and discusses how this will benefit people around the world.

A nonbinding resolution calls for meatless options to be offered.

At Goucher College, Pollan advises students to be thoughtful with their food choices.

Better World Books will send a free organic, fair trade Divine chocolate bar to shoppers who pick up three used books.

If organic foods can’t contain genetically modified ingredients, you’d think organic food companies wouldn’t have a problem with labeling foods that conta

Stephen Colbert cuts through the “locavore flim flam” to find out what is at the heart of Michael Pollan’s latest book.

You can watch the live stream of the conference and follow my live tweets from the event.

Video: Join Danielle V as she plans an eco-friendly and socially conscious Super Bowl party.

Celebrate the summer kick-off with a picnic that's easy on the planet.

Party with The Green Girls -- and 200 green-thinking Angelenos -- at the Ecco Lounge in Hollywood this Saturday.

This holiday season, green your home (and maybe your guests) with these five tips to boost your eco-hospitality.

Upcycled seatbelts make for a fashionable clubbing accessory. But will your snazzy smart phone fit into the thing?

Try a bubbly drink with an organic twist.

With a major summertime 'drinking holiday' just around the bend, make sure that you have a few libation-related odds and ends on hand for when your thirsty part

If you’re stocking up for your Memorial Day Weekend parties, you might want to serve some skinny cocktails that use real ingredients to your guests.

Washington has had plenty of chances to do something about the pine beetle problem, but has chosen to do nothing.

Open to biking, kayaking and cross-country skiing, this 15,000-mile-trail isn't your run-of-the-mill recreational trail.

Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders, 82, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in a year.

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are looking for the funniest candid photos of animals just being themselves.

The natural surroundings at these picturesque concert venues sometimes steal the show.

The Danish capital's urban 'parkipelago' will eventually include a sauna, cafe and mussel farm.

Austin's Lions Municipal Golf Course is one of 10 at-risk sites featured in a new report from The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

Now 50% complete, the Great American Rail-Trail spans an epic 4,000 epic miles.

Obama and Jintao announce sweeping clean energy 'cooperation plan' that could significantly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

One man says a century of rhetoric on oil shale shows that it's an idea that will never come to fruition.

Chesapeake Energy's Aubrey McClendon responds to a NYT report that suggests the natural gas industry is part of a Ponzi scheme.

It may be a largely symbolic victory for environmentalists, but many critics of hydraulic fracturing hope it will set an example for other states to follow.

Some of the proceeds from Lubanzi wines, which are imported South Africa, goes to help the vineyard workers and their families.

Is telling neighbors in an apartment building that they won't sleep because of an all-night party a courtesy or fair warning?

Brazen raccoon bandits may be trying to trying to send Toronto a message. They have been showing up in all sorts of places.

They are making the choice between paying for tuition or food.

Community fridges are like Little Free Pantries, but with electricity. They are one more solution to hunger and food waste.

A new study suggests people who deliver bad news are never seen as innocent.

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.

Chemists at Colorado State University think they've found a polymer that's similar to plastic and can be easily manufactured and recycled.

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

Why are regular citizens doing the work that should be done by the companies that make the disposables?

Endurance athlete Ben Lecomte attempted to swim across the Pacific Ocean to bring attention to the state of our oceans.

A new technique promises to turn plastic waste into clean, high-grade fuel.

There's microplastic all around us, and we're consuming it at astounding rates, according to several studies.

A community rallied to find a coyote trapped in plastic in the middle of a snowstorm.

Republicans are licking their chops about questioning the EPA administrator, but recent history shows that may be exactly what she wants.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are just two of the great speakers scheduled for this year’s green jobs conference.

The universe's strongest source of energy may be the solution to one of Earth's oldest conflicts.

From sustainability as a means of innovation to envisioning a prosperous, peaceful future free of oil, coal and nuclear energy, these five books are taking care

As Greenpeace attacks Apple for the coal clouds firing its data centers, green grids from Iceland to Quebec are attracting some surprising new customers. All ki

A new system created by a French energy firm heats about 6 million square feet of office space, creating no emissions in the process.