Selfie culture poses a real threat to the great outdoors.

Ozone, is a substance that like CO2, seems not only to require international treaties, but it likes cleaning stuff. Apparently NASA discovered it works a treat as a disinfectant, killing bacteria and making stains soluble at low temperatures. The

Fashion designer and Planet Green contributor Cree McCree has found a source for pelts to use in her fashions that is arguably one of the most sustainable - nutria, a large invasive rodent. The animals are killed by hunters and

We still have to reduce our carbon emissions.

For a while I have been thinking of getting a Kindle. It saves trees and eliminates the impact of transportation and with Amazon's recycling scheme in place as well as the fairly long lifespan of the Kindle, the problem of e-waste seems less worrying

I've seen way too many friendships destroyed over this simple mistake.

While banana farmers watch their plantations get ravaged by a fungal disease, scientists think they may have found a solution.

Don't take those cheap yellow fruits for granted! They're at the center of a great agricultural turmoil.

It's ugly, but it sure can keep that car from cooking, and it is going to be seen from a long distance.

From ancient urine helping to track climate change to space-age toilets that monitor our health, pee may be coming to our rescue.

Washing and drying clothes can take a toll on your wallet and the planet – these easy tips make it better.

100,000 acres of Sumatran rainforest to be protected in Indonesia by a new type of zoning, which will generate sustainable revenue from non-timber forest products.

The fire department demands trees and on-street parking be removed so that they can have 20' clear speedways

A new study claims that energy efficiency is driving the Smart Home market, but in fact every bit of smart tech is a little vampire.

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is

Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining

The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern. Their numbers are declining, some species are on the brink of extinction and colony collapse disorder has spread in the U.S. Albert Einstein may (or may not) have said

Conservation efforts, especially in places as renowned as the Galapagos, have something of a reputation. It's developers vs. protesters, consumers vs. conservationists, people

Tortoise sauve! The randy 100-year-old Galapagos tortoise has sired over 800 babies.

Doing this was one of the best decisions I made when getting married. (So was marrying a great guy!)

Composting toilets have a lot of benefits. But can they really help save hippos?

When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.

Many sunscreens contain chemicals that are devastating to sensitive coral and other marine life.

Between 2002 and 2015, these 'streamer lines' helped reduce seabird by-catch in Alaskan fisheries by 78%.

Everything you need to know about building a proper blanket fort.

If all Americans adopted this (almost) waterless method of cooking pasta, we'd save billions of gallons of water.

Waste water and waste heat recovery together at last, perhaps the most interesting new thing at Greenbuild.

Torrey Trust, owner of Surf eCo, wanted to do more to protect the oceans and the environment so she opened up her own surf school that teaches kids young and old about the environment while helping them catch a few waves. Located in Encinitas, CA,

Fighting for her life after narrowly escaping a horrible house fire, doctors used sustainable fish skin grafts on the Rottweiler's burns to help save her life.

Forty years ago, activists blocked plans to dam the Buffalo River, eventually getting Congress and President Nixon to designate the river as America's first National River. Now, a factory hog farm is putting one of Arkansas' most beautiful spots at risk.

Two new pieces in NRDC's Switchboard blog remind us that the debate over corn ethanol subsidies is alive and well; and illustrate, through two new reports, the benefits of ditching Federal support altogether. The first, from the

When Brighton council advertised for volunteer shepherds they never imagined that they would get hundreds of applicants. It's not the greatest job description: no pay, lots of walking on quite steep, uneven slopes, duty

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.

British scientists do the math and find that we come up short for cobalt, lithium and copper.

The Open Sesame documentary examines the importance of open source seeds.

In an interview with Democracy Now!, Michael Pollan says taking back control of cooking may be the single most important step to help make our food system more sustainable.

The dog days of summer are right around the corner and homeowners are looking for ways to

I can't stop thinking about Natasha Pettigrew. She was 30 years old, a Green Party candidate for Senator in Maryland, and killed this month in the early morning hours by being struck from behind by a woman in an SUV. The driver did not stop, dragged

It was designed to stay cool without air conditioning, and the green roof was part of the strategy.

U.S. hospitals waste thousands of tons of medical supplies every day. DOC2DOCK collects and redistributes these supplies to match the specific needs of hospitals in the developing world.

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Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost

Dogs have been trained to sniff out a devastating avocado tree disease before it becomes fatal – and they are really, really good at it.

In a new video, Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot explain that we must use nature to fix our broken climate.

These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.

With fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the wild, the 'panda of the sea' is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Now a crazy plan might just save them.

I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are

From Wangaari Maathai's Billion Tree campaign to lush permaculture landscapes in Jordan, we've seen how individuals and communities can reverse desertification and bring life back to arid soils. Now a new dramatized documentary