It's one thing to drive to the mall, but one fifth of Canadian shoppers are driving to another country. That's crazy.

Celebrated outside of the United States, the holiday used to have a real meaning.

We don't have a holiday Friday and Thanksgiving was weeks ago here. What's this all about?

Is shopping so important that people have to die or get pepper sprayed?

A surprise gathering organized over the Internet gathers to meditate in a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

Whether you opt for 'Buy Nothing Day' or 'Small Business Saturday,' the journey toward sustainability begins with a single step.

A look at the intersection of three ways to deal with this weekend about shopping.

A good followup to Buy Nothing Day.

We have always been conflicted about this.

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.

This year, it has a stronger environmental theme.

Despite Natura's seemingly excellent and forward-thinking business model, their list of ingredients is surprisingly awful and toxic, which calls into question the B Corp certification standards.

Bravo to this Brazilian guy for showing how it's done.

Owner of Timberland, Vans, and Dickies says it needs assurance that materials used in its products "don't contribute to environmental harm."

Last year the ARC wildlife crossing competition got a lot of pixels; it was won by Michael Van Valkenburgh & Associates and there is talk of building it, although it was more of an ideas competition. But they are

While some cities are tearing down thousands of vacant homes, Occupy Our Homes movement offers a compassionate alternative.

Forget everything you've heard about how to clean mushrooms.

Here's everything you need to know about roasting the iconic winter squash.

There are a lot of ways to bake a potato, but this method results in the perfect mix of fluffy middle and crispy skin.

This may be the perfect way to serve sweet potatoes; it's easy, delicious, and beautiful to behold.

House full of guests? These recipes will make your mornings go much smoother.

A hopeful report by Greenpeace envisions a future where supermarkets have gotten rid of superfluous waste.

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.

The results of our annual survey are often surprising.

Even a full day later, a one-hour shift in the clock is hard to adjust to.

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.

We can't keep building useless things like this.

Put down that burger and get out your bike. Things are getting serious.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.

They save concrete and look great after all these years.

It's a celebration of a technology that covers longer spans with less concrete and looks good, too. Here are some I have feasted on.

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.

Twice a year we look at yummy waffle slabs, a really efficient way to do more with less.

We do a little destructive testing and have a good breakfast.

A new UN report says that a 1% tax levies on the world's 1,225 billionaires would more than make up for the shortfall in development aid from governments.

Just 30 minutes of play time can power a lamp for three hours.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

How would you reduce one pound of waste per week from your lifestyle?

Do people have the right to say no to corporations that come into their communities and create environmental and health risks? In Israel, the public is proving that they do.

“Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions.

Whether they are growing to be thousands of years old, making life-long friendships or confounding us with their resilience, trees provide to us invaluable material resources.

Average consumers of all incomes have the ability to meaningfully invest in organizations doing good work

Here are some tips that’ll help parents and children connect with nature and honor the environment.

World Water Day may be one day out of the year, but taking the time to reflect can help us make long-lasting impacts that we can carry forward.

World Oceans Day celebrates awareness and brings to attention the resources available to all of us in the battle against plastic pollution.

The most wonderful time of the year is often the most wasteful

The carbon footprint of air freight is ten times that of truck freight; perhaps it's time for "slow shopping."

When the heck did electric commercial flight become a realistic prospect?!

On the heels of their success pushing sales of electric cars, Norway want to spur the move to electric airplanes

Because “the pursuit of speed is a moral imperative.”