The poetic and ephemeral fifth basic taste, umami, is the talk of the town; you can find it in these all-natural ingredients.

Prevent drain blockages and environmental damage by taking care with what you put down the sink.

For the Sunday, December 8 issue, a centerspread ad has been designed as a piece of planet-friendly wrapping paper.

Consumer demand for meat, soy, palm oil, and more has resulted in 60% of primate species facing extinction.

The Amazon rainforest doesn't need prayers, it needs protectors.

Meet the primate species that are among the most endangered on the planet, and the most in need of conservation measures.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

It's time for swift and immediate action to protect marine life from further devastation.

Residents of the driest inhabited continent, Australia, have evidently been cottoning onto the fact that water means life and we need to be more thoughtful in our use of this rather precious resource. Since the year 2000, Australians have managed to

With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab Emirates has now turned it attention to building the

A new water treatment system could save billions of gallons of water each year by recovering almost all of the waste water at bottling plants and water treatment facilities.

Google's St. Ghislain, Belgium data center is its most efficient thanks in part to letting the server areas run at temperatures up to 95 degrees.

The new technology would allow precise control over the transparency of windows and how much light is let in.

This ancient method is simple and cheap.

Almost half of the land on Earth is now farmland.

Until now, no species has had such a profound effect on shaping the Earth's biosphere as the humble broiler chicken.

Serious threats are endangering lightning bugs across the globe; and they are all thanks to humans.

"Naked wine," "raw wine," "biodynamic wine" have reached a feverish peak among trend-setting oenophiles. But what do all these labels mean, and are they actually better for the environment?

To end new zoonotic diseases like coronavirus (COVID-19), humans need to start staying in their lanes.

Caveat emptor.

These flat-packed rest-and-recovery units could take the load off hospitals in a hurry.

This is probably one of the most beautiful and awesome ads I have ever come across, thanks to Frame and Form. Watch the Xylophone of the Forest, and before you shrug it off because trees might have been killed for the making of this clip, hear me

It seems like everybody who knows the Cradle-to-Cradle principles thinks they're brilliant, yet adoption of the methodology and design philosophy seems slow. What is holding it back? William McDonough answers.

Nobody cared much about this a few years ago. They do now.

Think outside of the houseplant box with these unique ways to bring some green indoors.

From sleep aids to pain relievers, here's how to grow your own natural remedies.

Perfect for beginners, brown thumbs, or people on the go, these easy indoor plants don't mind low light, low humidity, or irregular watering.

From love potion plants and heart-shaped leaves to love goddess blooms, these plants are like a valentine from Mother Nature.

Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the

Personal care is a big subject, but we'll focus on caring for our general appearance: Cleansing and cosmetics, hair care, skin care, makeup, hair removal and, of course, that time of the month most women deal

There is an alumina crisis right now. Making it is dirty and polluting, and it's back in the USA.

Remember how aluminum cans are "100 percent recyclable into pure aluminum"? They lied.

So much intelligence and so much technology, to what end.

It's impossible for a human to know all of the hundreds of thousands of species of flowers on our planet, so Microsoft has developed flower learning software.

The computing facility will help researchers with NASA missions while reducing its environmental impact.

The tech giant just agreed to purchase all of the energy from GE's Tullahennel wind farm.

This is the second deployment of the tech company's underwater data center project.

Our photo of the day comes from Calgary, Canada.

Aiming to spark conversations about marine conservation, these beautiful works reimagine the oceans in their pristine state.

Add heritage preservation, passive house design and a butterfly roof and it pushes a lot of buttons around here.

Plenty of clever spatial overlaps and multifunctional pieces of transformer furniture in this renovation of a 376-square-foot apartment in Melbourne.

This tiny house has a distinctive peaked roof and a warm, modern interior.

An existing 1960s studio apartment in Melbourne has been transformed into a more efficient one-bedroom apartment.

After a few big players entered the ring, the environment was spared some 1.5 billion plastic shopping bags in under 100 days.

This apartment's built-in 'function wall' maximizes a small space by incorporating sleeping, sitting and storage.

There is more to the tiny house movement than just living with less. It can also be a story about resilience, sustainability and adaptablility.

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2019, with National Teacher Day on May 7. Every year, Project Learning Tree (PLT) recognizes the educators who have made the most significant contributions to PLT with the Leadership in Education award.

Great things are happening for the environment at schools across the U.S. Thirty-five schools, 14 school districts, and four postsecondary institutions have been honored as U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) for 2019.

The CDC's latest recall is yet another reminder of how broken the food production system is.

Here's why soil is one of our most valuable natural resources and what you can do to support it.