Most wild coffee species are at risk for extinction.

Every year, people go crazy buying coffee and tossing the cups, in hopes of winning a prize. It's a ludicrously antiquated model.

This curious concoction has been engineered to have all of coffee's fabulous flavor, minus the bitterness.

That's what they are doing in Berkeley, and it will spread.

This could be the key to getting people to carry reusable mugs each day.

No more than six cups, new research says.

Travellers can take a reusable cup and drop it off at a 'cup check-in point' before boarding a flight.

A curious Norwegian initiative is connecting people in coffee shops who want to chat.

Years ago, we used to fight to keep out these corporate invaders. Now we fight to save them?

There is more money in it for the Convenience Industrial Complex.

But you'd better return it within 5 days or else you'll get fined.

Reusable mugs aren't everything.

But some thoughts on why they should...

Single-use cups don't need more sorting. They need to be eliminated.

The Canadian coffee giant has redesigned Roll Up the Rim to encourage reusable cups.

Businesses are saying no to shoppers who want to use their own cups and containers.

If you’re to take composting to the next level, here’s a list of some less-common items that can also get tossed in your composting bin or tumbler.

Teamwork pushes bold initiatives through.

You may have learned that natural foods decompose in nature; Glacier National Park reminds us why it's a bad idea.

Until it can be composted in my own backyard, I'm not getting excited.

Josh Fox says President Obama's support for natural gas shocked him, but Brad Plumer shows how the issue of gas exports and production has much to do with maintaining trade relationships.

If you're wondering why Congress has yet to tackle this global crisis despite overwhelming scientific consensus and ballooning costs of inaction, Think Progress maps which members of Congress deny the realities of global warming.

After an unprecedented delay, the Senate finally voted 59 - 40 to confirm Gina McCarthy as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

We've long known that sea level rise caused by global warming would threaten communities along the coasts, but a new study puts a startling figure on the potential damage. Meanwhile, the Hurricane Sandy Task Force releases a report.

Lets give a high five to these scientists who show that shaking hands is a filthy idea.

Two are doing well, but the rest aren't doing nearly enough, according to Stand.earth.

Stay cozy in the knowledge that you're diverting plastic waste and reducing demand for new material.

His analysis is both informative and humorous – a perfect way to spur people to action.

The leather boots come in several styles for both men and women.

It's a trial program in Denver, but is likely the way of the future.

It's just one of several beautiful and practical designs from Sumsaara.

'Merching for a cause' perpetuates many of the problems it claims to help.

We need a new approach to making and buying clothes because the current system is unsustainable.

Better yet, Citizenne Style's tips don't require you to make any new online purchases.

NACTO lays out a vision for how autonomous vehicles, and technology more broadly, can work in service of safe, sustainable, equitable, vibrant cities.

The Cultural Landscape Foundation introduces a prize that rivals architecture's Pritzker or Stirling.

It's not just about how we build and how we get around; it's also what we eat and wear and buy.

Henning Larsen's design for Fælledby is "a model for sustainable living."

Apparently, policy is more important than place.

Urbanists are rethinking what's important about our cities in view of the pandemic.

What can we do to save our streets? Decentralize everything.

One designer thinks that it can take the place of concrete in buildings, inside and out.

Harvesting a large crisp head of lettuce from the garden is a wonderful thing, but for faster yields and longer harvests, a cut and come again lettuce bed can put salad on your plate all season long.

Sales of bar soap had been sadly slipping, but now shoppers are wising up to its many benefits.

The United States lags behind more than 40 nations in banning or restricting chemicals for safety reasons.

Shark liver oil is a common moisturizing agent in many beauty products. Stay away!

It comes in dry tab form. Just bite and brush!

Consumer Reports explains why the curing source for processed meats doesn't matter. It's all bad for you.

The products we use to enhance beauty have an ugly track record.

A new study has found the worms excrete plastic and its toxic additives with no residue in their bodies.