Schools are competing to generate the best recycling rates and the lowest levels of waste.

6 home-schooled siblings demonstrate the power of motivation. (And their four younger sisters and brother aren't too far behind.)

'American Idol' meets Coke REV; Leonardo DiCaprio likes UNREAL candy; and TV tune-ins.

New study finds link between long hours at manual labor jobs and Type 2 diabetes.

Sure, the tax is bringing in money, but will it really make any difference in people's health?

The boy who eats lunch alone in the school office everyday because no one will sit with him now has more than 1.2 million likes on his Facebook birthday page.

Calgary will be getting yet another show-stopping skyscraper, this one a LEED Platinum-exceeding mixed-use development designed by Bjarke Ingels Group.

Every year, the number of green college programs — and the number of students enrolled in them — rises, as careers in environmental policy, sustainability,

Video: Sabrina Bryan and Robbie Amell give you their eco-tips.

Video: Get your green tips from Amanda Seyfried and Olesya Rulin.

Two new studies decipher who prefers which kind of car, revealing unexpected attitudes that challenge many assumptions.

As millennials turn away from driving and car ownership, will college students finally stop keeping cars on campus?

Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant.

With guidance from the World Wildlife Fund, Swedish retailer IKEA uses bath towels and duvet covers to spread a message of conservation.

Why can't cable news and science get along? Easy -- scientists are from Mars and the media are from Venus.

There's an exciting new trend among higher education institutions: going green, and then going greener. Many have far exceeded LEED requirements for environment

Find out how this small Maine liberal arts school achieved its goal of being 100% carbon-neutral ahead of a 2015 deadline.

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?

After amassing a collection of cookbooks and other book on her Kindle, our food blogger tries out the Book Collections app to organize them.

Chanie Kirschner wonders whether all that paper and gas saved are worth going to college online.

Virginia school system celebrates the students who are heading for careers instead of going to college.

One Doodle 4 Google contest winner will earn $30K in college scholarships plus $50K for their school.

West Elm is about to get a whole lot more crafty with the launch of a new initiative that involves a significant financial commitment to handcrafted products.

The disintegration of a giant Antarctic ice shelf that had been stable for millennia was caused by a chain reaction of lakes draining on top of the ice.

Researchers who have analyzed satellite images of the icy region suggest that the glaciers' acceleration may be cause for concern.

In just a year, Karen Jenner has collected 2.4 tons of trash on beaches in Nova Scotia.

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With their disproportionately large share of socially conscious citizens, college campuses are a perfect fit for farmers markets. A number of schools have gotte

Gift will help support farmers market and healthy bodega programs; Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks at the launch event.

Video: Ed Begley Jr. and Jeff Goldblum suggest ways to save money & help the planet.

Video: Get green tips from Arianna Huffington and Nancy O'Dell.

Video: From Jeff Goldblum to Tricia Helfer to Arianna Huffington — see who is talking about the Mother Nature Network.

Video: Niecy Nash and Peter Fonda share what? Their smart eco-tips.

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Video: Greg Grunberg & Wendy Davis offer their eco-tips.

Sixteen teams from colleges across the country spent three years building hybrids, plug-in hybrids and even hydrogen cars. This week in Washington, they met in

The College's partnership with Decorah, Iowa is featured in this DOE video.

Millions of bottle deposits go unclaimed in the exceptionally tidy Danish capital each year.

North Carolina State University's new pizza box composting project raises the bar for college recycling programs.

Rescue workers swooped in and saved nearly 100 baby birds when tree in Oakland split and started to topple.

Silicon Valley may be the celebrated hub of innovation, but it's getting a run for the money these days on hundreds of college campuses across the country.

​One of the best skills you can give your college student is practice with money management, preferably while they still live under your roof.

The best strategy to minimize student loan debt is to search for affordable colleges. Yes, it’s complicated, but here’s what to know.

Rice University students come up with ingenious and inexpensive health care tool for communities without power.

A scientist successfully used his mind to control the hand of a researcher playing a video game in another building.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.

A teacher in a rural community in Virginia is running 100 miles in 24 hours to send her students to college.

During the government shutdown, TSA workers need a little help, and local airports and travelers are stepping up to help

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Challenging times require lateral thinking: By collaborating the sector can help customers and each other through the pandemic, says Steve White