Give your kids another non-alcoholic cocktail option besides a Shirley Temple this holiday season.

It's colder up here and the harvest is earlier, but that's not the only reason Canadian Thanksgiving is different than American Thanksgiving.

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, online retailer Zappo's will cover cat and dog adoption fees at more than 100 participating shelters.

By foraging in your backyard, you can turn a crop of cheerful but maligned dandelions into a tasty, traditional French soup.

Get healthier by focusing on vegetable-based dishes Monday through Friday and eating meat only on the weekends.

Documentary on coal mining’s effect on Appalachian communities premieres in West Virginia this Saturday.

A young parkgoer returned a rock she took from Smoky Mountains National Park along with a drawing and a nice letter.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.

You can watch Leo DiCaprio's "Before the Flood" free online.

This week marks a somber time for NASA, with the anniversaries of three U.S. spaceflight disasters.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

While 'America Revealed' with Yul Kwon explores how typical systems work, we also explain new oil cleanup technology and Titanic history.

Greenpeace USA is seeking a senior strategist with experience managing organizers to mobilize grassroots members.

The Eagle Ridge Institute is searching for a green building specialist as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA YouthBuild USA program.

Oke USA is seeking a person passionate about Fair Trade to fill a Banana Logistics and Sales position.

SolarCity is hiring 100 new photovoltaic installers in Southern California and in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area.

Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania is searching for a Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

Attention eco-fashionistas in New York City, Canopy Verde is searching for handbag models as part of a grassroots advertising campaign.

The EPA is searching for a senior (age 55+) to fill an administrative assistant position at the Ann Arbor, Michigan office.

Chipotle, one of MNN's top 10 organic fast-food restaurants, is searching for a technical writing and design consultant at its Denver office.

GoodGuide, home of the world's largest healthy and green product database, is searching for a Rock Star User Interaction Engineer.

3 MNN Twitter fans will win a DVD of 'The End of the Line,' a documentary about overfishing that is narrated by Ted Danson.

Learn the trick to making mulled wine without burning off all the alcohol in this video for a drink that’s perfect for this weekend between the big holidays.

What happens when you heat up a Rum Cow? It becomes a soul-warming, winter cocktail.

Toast those you love with this pleasing Prosecco that won’t break your budget.

Make your sipping simple this holiday weekend with these easy-to-throw-together drinks.

This is a great week for planetary observers. Mercury is in its best position as a "morning star" for observers in the Northern Hemisphere while Jupiter is at i

This week in the hour before sunrise early morning stargazers will get a double treat: the planet Mercury and two special comets.

Think you know everything about that special day of scary movies and sugar highs? Test your Halloween smarts ... if you dare.

A study from the Civil Society Institute reveals that party lines divide many people's feelings about global warming, energy independence and green jobs. Here a

This weekend will feature several overlapping events meant to combat a growing plague of garbage around the world.

Soil is drying up all over the world, Google is dropping big bucks building a wind power transmission line, and a spider and centipede battle it out.

By shedding artificial fertilizers and pesticides, a Massachusetts golf club goes organic.

These chips delicious and include a bevy of healthy ingredients too!

With green hotels, vegan grub and the nation's oldest wildlife refuge, Oaktown stays true to its roots.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

In Maryland, local restaurants and retailers will be featuring state wines through June 12, 2011.

It's widely planted to slow the butterflies' decline, but a recent study suggests monarchs' misfortune goes well beyond milkweed loss.

Still don't have organic, fair trade sweets for the trick and treaters in your neighborhood? These discounts make eco-ethical candy more affordable.

One of our food blogger's choices for responsibly made treats for your trick-or-treaters this Halloween that won’t break your budget.

This informative chart from Green America rates the candy companies on their commitment to avoiding child labor.

Give a boost to your local economy while supporting clean water access around the world. All you have to do is eat out — and drink tap water — at a restaura

A multi-purpose facility and Arizona's first LEED certified restaurant are featured in this week's LEED roundup.

The ACE Building in Philadelphia, San Francisco's Bentley Reserve, and the first Pizza Fusion in Saudi Arabia are featured this week.

The USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan did a Q&A with The Washington Post about challenges for the organic food market.

As sourcing ingredients directly from local farms gains in popularity, more chefs are building relationships with farmers to get the pick of their crops.

Instagramming your restaurant could get you a slap on the wrist from the chef. Should it?

Take a sneak peak at Microsoft Hohm, a free online app that helps users rein in household energy use.