From watering needs to ideal temperatures, here's what to know to help your indoor plants survive the cooler months.

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Thanks to the folks at Daily Candy for this awesome tip! With the holidays coming up, and that inevitable office party or family gathering, maybe it's time to freshen up your kitchen

Four people are dead, 120 injured and six missing in Hungary as torrents of red toxic sludge, the byproduct of bauxite refining for aluminum, burst from a containment pond and poured through six villages in three counties. A

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

Recycling aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making new one from bauxite ore, which compares very favorably with other types of recycling.

Made from virgin materials that require resource-intensive manufacturing processes, reusable water bottles aren't the perfect solution that you may think.

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

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

And a look at Amazon's office morale.

Smaller, faster, cheaper! Single board computer (SBC) innovations are jumpstarting a whole new wave of DIY devices.

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

Our photo of the day comes from a cloudforest in the Andes of Ecuador.

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.

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.

Constructed as an "apartment-house" hybrid, this prototypical 753-square-foot house makes the most of a small lot.

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

This home has been redesigned to feel much more spacious, and connected to its surroundings.

Think global, act local.

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

All food is donated and payment is optional.

Students will have to take home any waste that is not recyclable or compostable.

It's a small, wood, modest shack. What's not to love?

Thousands of kilos of vegetables will hopefully prevent starvation in burned-out regions.

The United Nations established the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples in 1994 – the day is observed every year on August 9.

Where did your paper coffee cup come from? Does it support a red-cockaded woodpecker? Or a gopher tortoise?

As we recognize African American History Month, it is important to highlight a lesser known part of this history - the legacy of forest ownership among the black community, and the leaders who are working to preserve it.

More than 300 million acres of forests across the U.S. and Canada are certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard. In addition, tens of millions more are positively influenced by the SFI Fiber Sourcing Standard.

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.

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Project Learning Tree (PLT) joined Scouts from more than 150 countries at the 24th World Scout Jamboree last month.

People committed to sustainability understand that there are many complexities to our global challenges. But one often overlooked fact is how valuable forests are in mitigating climate change.

The 2019 horseradish crop was battered by unusually harsh weather, and the effects are showing up in fast food joints.

It involves planting another surprising crop.

Researchers find that dogs can be trained to sniff out the bacteria that causes citrus greening, with 99+ percent accuracy

Markets have shrivelled, storage is full, and redistribution networks are lacking, putting farmers in an awful predicament.

It is a giant electric radiator that they forgot to turn on due to a software failure.

C'mon guys, look where you are going. This is an Apple product and you are clearly using it wrong.

Even when made using hydro-electricity, aluminum production had a big carbon footprint.

Fight Apple’s annual seduction dance by buying a perfectly restored iPhone from a company rallying against thoughtless consumerism and e-waste.

Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of the US Pacific Command says that the biggest long-term security threat in the Pacific region is climate change.

We're traveling with UNEP to cover World Environment Day and document how the host country of Mongolia is adapting to a changing climate.

If you care about water quality and ethical textile production, then this is a project worth supporting. Watch the trailer and be inspired to help.

A cautionary tale for picky eaters.

New research reveals that the plant's shimmering blue leaves allow it to survive in the dim rainforest floors of southeast Asia.

Pets bring so much joy and extend our lives. A new study looks at some of our pet maintenance choices.

Where does Fluffy go when you aren't looking, and just what does Snowball get up to when she leaves the yard? A new study looks at how housecats move around.

The cute-yet-cool Japanese cartoon promotes sustainable food at the Hello Kitty Go Green Organic Farm in Hong Kong.

Pets, they’re not just for cuddling anymore!

If your cat passes out from the sound of crinkling tin foil, she’s not alone.