Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota.

Medellin, Colombia: This city's name used to strike fear in peoples' hearts. In the 80s and early 90s, it was known as the drug capital of the world and the most violent city on the planet.

In this open source design project, Dos Uno shares cool, easy to make designs for chairs, tables and shelves using cheap readily available materials.

In the fight against one of the honey bee’s nemesis, the varroa mite, scientists have found an ally in a widely-distributed mushroom.

In defense of biomimicry and of scientific research with no foreseeable applications

Big fuzzy bumblebees do plants a favor, while smaller bee species steal pollen from plants with little in return

A relatively new test detected horse meat in European hamburger. We wonder: how do they test this? Could it happen in America? What happens to all the recalled food?

Would you go stinky for steak? By skipping 26 showers for every 4 oz hamburger you eat, you can offset the water used to produce it.

What nutrition labels do, and do not, tell us about what goes into our food

A deeper look at Toronto's Bloor Street bike lanes finds more shoppers spending more money.

Way more people get traumatic injuries in the shower than they do on bikes, but almost nobody takes the most basic safety precautions.

It's a little bit different from how you ride your bike, but not much.

Save time, money, and food by taking a structured approach.

It's painful but necessary if you want to maintain an organized home.

Buying a mattress free of harmful chemicals and gentle on the environment is no easy task. A mattress expert weighs in.

There is either a giant contradiction here in Ontario's Prince Edward County or I am missing something.

It's a mutually beneficial arrangement. Lush gets luxurious fair-trade cocoa butter, while farmers earn income in a low-risk way, not threatened by violence.

The Malawi Schools Permaculture Clubs, a recipient of the 2018 Lush Spring Prize, provides basic gardening kits and lesson packs to teachers in order to teach valuable agricultural skills.

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.

An increase in maximum sentences for wildlife crimes are being delivered by the Republic of Congo – here's how one gang's arrest and conviction went down.

A new study investigates our ancient cousins' hunting abilities.

Do you have a grad about to turn that tassel around, or leaving high school behind for the big wide world?

Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.

It has become a familiar pattern. A natural disaster occurs and we can't help but wonder how it may have been influenced by climate change. Here's a look at how the Colorado rains and flood were connected to global warming.

Andrew Michler figures it out in his own home in Colorado.

Ah love. Woody Allen has some nice thoughts on this tricky thing that perhaps gets more thought around Valentine's Day. The recent swan divorce shocked us to the core, so we decided to ponder the happy

With thousands of species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature -- and some 110,000

Insect hotels are architectural, recycled and perfectly formed. But you can't stay there: they are for the bugs.

In the face of a devastating epidemic, bats need our tender loving care more than ever. If one sneaks inside, here's how to remove it without toxicants or harm.

When a bird charity installs a wind turbine, they're going to do it right.

Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.

The holidays are a time of joy, happiness, families and... waste? Estimates show that almost 25% of waste produced in the US comes from the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years. But we can change that, starting now.

As alternatives to Big Oil and Big Coal emerge, it would be a mistake for executives to rely on loyalty or love from the public.

From reproductive rights to voter ID, there have been some battles in North Carolina of late. The environment has not escaped unharmed.

The Southern Poverty Law Center says “It is time to call out Agenda 21conspiracy theories and the people spreading them.”

A new study from Pew Research is totally depressing, showing how left and right are moving further apart.

Why can't we all just get along? New campaign humanizes cyclists.

Americans don't walk and stop and cafés or take vacations. That's why they get to drive $75,000 plug-in hybrids.

Sometimes it is hard to know what these companies are really telling us.

I've done it, you've done it, we've all done it. But why do we do it?

It already exists, is on the roads, and has its own flashy commerical

Governments and travel agencies are working to lure visitors away from hot spots, toward unknown gems.

'Fly less' is the obvious answer, but there are some effective interim solutions, too.

By all means, shop when you visit foreign countries, but do it thoughtfully.

The trick is to get comfortable asking one question.

It's a wonderful way to process and preserve the experience of foreign travel.

It could be a lot more than you think, especially if you take the long view...

Astral Nature has the perfect mattresses: all natural ingredients and locally made just outside Barcelona. However, at yök Casa + Cultura we also needed an eco base. Luckily, Astral made some changes to theirs. The result: green beds, such luxury!