This short video of moving vegetables explains why so much food is grown yet so many people remain food insecure.

Stephen Colbert cuts through the “locavore flim flam” to find out what is at the heart of Michael Pollan’s latest book.

Pollan's best-selling book 'In Defense of Food' answered the question, 'What should I eat?' Now the book is a documentary, airing on PBS Dec. 30.

Video: Join Danielle V as she plans an eco-friendly and socially conscious Super Bowl party.

A videographer captures eerie footage of Colorado's High Park Fire, one of several blazes now raging in the dry, windy, beetle-infested U.S. West.

Birds may go quiet, bats may fly around and pets may become uneasy, but it's difficult to predict exactly how non-human animals will react.

Check out the amazing transformation one man goes through after hiking from Georgia to Maine.

Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders, 82, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in a year.

The technologically advanced Stoosbahn ascends and descends over 2,000 feet in about four minutes.

The story of how a day spent on a frozen Maine lake skating turned into a mildly viral video.

I hiked to see flowing lava in Hawai‘i. Now I can't shut up about it.

The Finns love to forage, treating the outdoors in Finland like a wild supermarket. Here's how to start this habit where you live.

It's not the first time Nanook, a self-appointed canine trail guide, has saved people in need.

The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge opens to the public Sept. 15 amid controversy and concerns.

Markku Lahdesmaki's photo series 'Avanto' illuminates the Finnish hobby of ice swimming.

The air at 85% of national parks is unhealthy at times, report finds, building on a study that said concentration of smog-forming ozone rivals that of cities.

Obama and Jintao announce sweeping clean energy 'cooperation plan' that could significantly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Paterson vetoes anti-fracking bill, but at the same time extends a more narrowly written moratorium on fracking.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame supports the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce's anti-fracking position. Cooperstown is located in central New York, in the hea

Chesapeake Energy's Aubrey McClendon responds to a NYT report that suggests the natural gas industry is part of a Ponzi scheme.

The Youngstown quakes were triggered by wastewater injection, scientists have discovered.

Prize-winning design proposal revives defunct post offices by transforming them into food-sharing centers.

Is a bill that treats homelessness as a medical condition flawed? Or is it just what the doctor ordered?

Some of the proceeds from Lubanzi wines, which are imported South Africa, goes to help the vineyard workers and their families.

The 'Icelandic Model' may be the country's best export.

We've given far too much of our lives to Facebook to give up on the relationship now.

Rich Horner went diving in Manta Point, off the coast of Bali, and found a world of plastics waiting for him.

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.

Chemists at Colorado State University think they've found a polymer that's similar to plastic and can be easily manufactured and recycled.

The South American nation joins 50 other countries taking steps to reduce plastic waste and pollution.

Drinking straws are one item that's days are numbered as Ikea vows to eliminate throwaway plastic products from its product range and in-store eateries.

Plastic can be super-useful in specific scenarios, but often it's just wasteful. Here's when you don't need it.

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

Dr. Sarah-Jeanne Royer at the University of Hawai'i discovered that plastic bags are contributing to global warming by giving off methane.

A study found that microplastics can be kept inside water-dwelling creatures, like mosquitoes, as they age.

The Dutch do it again with a new cycling path in the northeastern city of Zwolle that's made from old plastic bottles and packaging.

Why are regular citizens doing the work that should be done by the companies that make the disposables?

In a small sample, scientists have discovered microplastics in human poop, with every sample containing some. The most common were polypropylene and PET.

A new technique promises to turn plastic waste into clean, high-grade fuel.

Even remote places like the French Pyrenees can contain urban levels of microplastics.

There's microplastic all around us, and we're consuming it at astounding rates, according to several studies.

Many countries, states and municipalities are getting serious about reducing the use of plastic bags, utensils and containers.

The Deepwater Horizon is set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The EPA, the Coast Guard and Dept. of Homeland Securit

The universe's strongest source of energy may be the solution to one of Earth's oldest conflicts.

Critics of renewable energy are obsessed with the costs and practicalities of cleantech right this instant. Visitors to Silicon Valley in the 1970s didn't see t

Two inventors have built a table-sized, automated factory that can quickly manufacture pocket-sized solar panels that last longer and are cheaper than current p

If you're thinking about replacing utilities with solar panels, you'll need to research and take some considerations into account first.

A special coating could dramatically improve the percentage of energy that can be harvested from solar cells by splitting photons in two.

Your heart may break as you watch anthropomorphic cooling towers and smokestacks tumble to the ground.

GoSun Stove offers a new approach to solar-powered cooking with a heated tube used to prepare food.