With guests Kathy Freston and Michael Pollan, Oprah dedicated her full show yesterday to veganism and meat production. She and her staffers went vegan for a week, some of them have decided to continue the diet (or go "veganish") even

Images: Black & Decker Here in the southeast, my front lawn is already starting to perk up in response to intimations of spring. Those handsome green blades of fescue are yawning, stretching, and preparing to greet the season with exuberant,

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

The digital currency is in its death throes.

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.

The reports are in from last week's "Good Jobs, Green Jobs" conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., and attendees are saying it was a great success. More than 1,100 people attended the Blue Green Alliance conference. People networked, listened to speakers and

The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere

Governments aren't paying attention to scientific research, but maybe crime will get people's attention.

It's Blame the Victim time as the car company tells pedestrians to brighten up.

Love to accessorize, but want to stay green? Here are some ways you can do both.

The recycling industry is in a state of panic, hit by two forces beyond its control. The first problem is the economy (go figure). Demand for consumer products is down; retailers are focusing on price versus value. China (the

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

The biggest one is that no matter how clever the design, it is the land that matters, not the house, and that nothing has changed in 70 years.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

The monthly vegetarian gathering will also host policy makers to discuss various aspects of climate change.

These will make your task easier, more efficient, and altogether more pleasant.

A new study shows that there is some seriously low-hanging fruit here that would deliver more bang for the buck.

Perhaps yes, if our food system stays the way it is, but maybe that's what we should be challenging.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

Like many of our readers, we suspect this dude would be less than impressed with the recycled squirrel decanter we featured a while back. No matter, he’s too busy worrying about the lack of trees to be too concerned by human beings and their tacky

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.

Most people think there are around 100 – most people are way off.

London Fashion Week was disrupted by protesters who want the industry to declare a climate emergency.

Can a recirculating fan deliver the indoor air quality we should demand?

Sometimes it's better to drive. Whether that means you carpool, rent a car, or take public transportation the fact of the matter is that you'd blow more carbon emissions if you traveled by airplane. Not only do you

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than

More and more stores are getting rid of paper receipts and offering to send electronic versions by email.

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

Great coworking spaces aren't just about "sharing desks" -- just like other intentional communities where people share resources, they need a common vision and more.

A new study says students in high-achieving schools are an 'at-risk' group.

It's about so much more than getting daily exercise.

The schoolyard should be an exploratory classroom of sorts, not a holding pen for bored children.

Personal finance writer Michelle McGagh weighs in on how to save money effectively.

Voting with your wallet has its time and place, but sometimes it's best just to leave the wallet at home.

The next two months represent the highest rate of consumption during the year, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Deep from the innards of the TreeHugger test kitchen (ok, there's no TH test kitchen, just the hordes of us hungry bloggers trying to keep both budget and taste buds happy) emerges a new, quick, and decidedly healthy everyday

Artist Jessica Rath uses sculpture and photography to highlight the problem with new hybrid apples and endangered varieties.

The OCADU project won a Wood Works! award and will probably win a lot more to come.

Really, there is a lot to love about his work that applies to green building. Really.

So often we read books on ecology that detail the downfall of a species or habitat. Finally, here is a book that does the opposite, explaining instead the incredible comeback of one of the most important locales for marine

Dr. Peter Gleick uncovers the complex truth to the bottled water industry, and makes a strong case for being realistic about our addiction.

Author Peter Gleick joins TreeHugger for a live chat about the story behind bottled water and what it means for our culture and environment.

A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.

Finance blogger Cait Flanders describes the ups and downs of a year-long shopping ban and the unexpected lessons she learned along the way.