It's not just that college isn't for everyone, but even academically inclined kids should have the option to learn a trade.

In their last year of high school, Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao went looking for a solution to their town's plastic waste problem, and found one close to home.

Start a jean drive for a chance to win a scholarship and money for your school.

The newly elected senator is having a tough time getting on committees after taking 'dead aim' at the cap-and-trade bill during the campaign season.

The latest Republican to seek the presidency has a clear environmental record.

Plan on roughing it as part of the Great American Backyard Campout later this month? Don't leave behind your flask, flashlight.

The scavenge-happy folks at Fireclay Tile launch a Kickstarter campaign to help transform old CRT TVs and computer monitors into stunning glass tiles.

Since nothing quite says 'U.S.A.' like summertime grilling and imbibing, consider these entertaining must-haves from the Martha Stewart American Made Market.

Leonardo DiCaprio backs Beyond Meat, saying the development of plant-based meats will help advance action on climate change.

Mosquitoes are annoying, relentless and can pose a health risk for your family. Here are some effective ways to kill them and keep them away, the natural way.

As marketers use Earth Day to hock anything and everything, including a 'Real Housewives' episode, bloggers weigh in on the ridiculousness of it all.

The Scottish wildcat, an adorable yet fierce native cat species, may disappear within the next few years.

Become an expert in knowing what birds are saying by studying these common species.

The North American International Auto Show is re-energized, and here are some of the high-voltage highlights.

Am I the only one who finds the interior design of cars just as compelling as the exterior?

After landing rovers and its spacecraft on the surface of asteroid Ryugu, JAXA is returning with a sample.

If you can't beat them, eat them — that's what Jamaica and Florida are doing with lionfish, and there’s been a big drop in sightings of this invasive species.

Nancy Striniste, a landscape designer and educator, has written a book, "Nature Play at Home," and launched a movement around creating natural play spaces.

Trade embargoes have kept Cuba's cars stuck in the '60s, complete with pitch-black diesel and nasty hydrocarbons.

All you need to avoid lower back pain is a steady exercise program and a bit of education.

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposal that would require makers of soaps to show that their products really work.

FDA bans 19 ingredients including triclosan and triclocarban found in antibacterial soap and suggests washing with plain soap and water.

Panera Bread recently announced it will use only 'clean' bacon. But what does that mean for the rest of the bacon we eat? Don't panic, here's the deal.

Unit from Germany is the answer for off-grid campsites, providing access to 'Glee' reruns, night lighting and microwaves that brown.

Solyndra's public and highly controversial bankruptcy filing is affecting other solar projects.

Solyndra's 2011 bankruptcy cast a shadow over the U.S. solar power sector, but ongoing growth in the past year may indicate it was only a partial eclipse.

Suet is a high-calorie source of easily digestible food for birds, and making it couldn't be easier.

You can create a haven for birds and other creatures by with native plants — and one very handy tool.

One of the cleanest places in your home may actually be one of the dirtiest, according to a study that suggests one in five showerheads spews out bacteria.

A fleeting ban on the ubiquitous landfill-clogger is overturned by a Manhattan judge.

Onward Bag is landfill-skirting design at its most ingenious.

Japanese scientists have found a special bacteria, Ideonella sakainesis, that likes to eat polyethylene terephthalate, better known as PET.

A large portion of the clothing you donate ends up in the landfill. Here's why — and what you can do about it.

Some business groups oppose plastic straw bans because they see it as excessive regulation, but other groups have more practical issues with the bans.

Ever since Michael Cardenaz saved a hummingbird, the little bird keeps coming back to visit him.

The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker is showing up in some interesting places in the South as it makes a comeback.

The only endemic duck remaining on the Hawaiian islands is back from the brink of genetic extinction.

BIrds and bats don't seem to rely on their gut bacteria for the same things we do.

An abandoned home in New Orleans is transformed into a interactive art installation where passersby are invited to pick up a piece of chalk and share what they'

To say 2011 has been a wild weather year would be a huge understatement. From tornadoes to floods to wildfires, weather records were set across the United State

How a pen-pal relationship between altered two lives, inspired a book and continues to help others around the world.

Packed full of unhealthy nitrates, processed meats like hot dogs and bacon harbor health risks you should know about.

Vanessa explains how to cut back on the waste of commuting.

Just because it's a new school year doesn't mean that you have to buy all new products.

Bacon shortages could be a think of fiction. A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse

Bioluminescent art blends science and creativity to create images that can only be seen in the dark.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

Scientists can now add code to bacterial DNA, and the bacteria pass it on to the next generation.

The Spanish tipple is no longer just for tapas. This fortified, food-friendly wine is having a revival among cocktail enthusiasts.

Bacteria can help solar panels convert sunlight to energy, even on overcast days.