Music is only one of Chuck Leavell's passions. He is also a tree farmer and dedicated environmentalist. Learn more about his new series, In the Green Room.

Video: From Jeff Goldblum to Tricia Helfer to Arianna Huffington — see who is talking about the Mother Nature Network.

Learn what is green in the stimulus package.

Watch Part I of Chuck's exclusive interview and take the quiz below to win tickets to the 10,000 Lakes Festival.

Watch part 2 of Chuck's interview with Widespread Panic's John Bell.

Chuck talks trees, carbon audits and clean air with baseball legend Ryan Klesko on his tree farm.

These creative Halloween ideas don't require carving and can be used over and over again.

Swedish fire torches burn from the inside out, and the fire can last for two to five hours depending on the size and material of the wood.

These coasters are a cinch to customize for the animal-lovers in your life.

Geometric crystal ornaments bring on the color, and they're easy to make too.

Don't have a green thumb? These painted rocks will solve that problem.

Send love into the world with a little bit of creativity and paint.

This DIY bird feeder uses hollow citrus rinds to create a colorful cup for birds to feast on seeds.

These crafty garden markers will help you organize your plants and also make it look cute.

Enhance your neighborhood's flora with a little guerrilla gardening.

This offbeat but ancient gardening technique remains a novel way to show off your plants.

Ditch the plastic letters and kitschy tourist magnets for something more in touch with nature for your fridge.

Matt Pember shares an excerpt from his new book that shows you how to make a miniature greenhouse using old windows.

The tags show that you took the extra time to make your gift special.

The U.S. Energy Department wants you to save green by painting your roof white -- as long as it doesn't make your neighbors see red.

Banks won't touch them they are so financially risky. So why does Obama want U.S. taxpayers to fund nuclear plants when there is a 50% chance they will fail?

In the past, this season has brought bad news to nuclear power advocates. This year, everything is turning up roses.

The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the 20 communities that will receive $60 million in Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.

Learn how solar panels convert the sun’s rays into energy in this DOE video.

The federal government and private lenders team up on a new green home improvement program, but it comes with a few strings attached.

Solyndra's public and highly controversial bankruptcy filing is affecting other solar projects.

Breaking from many in her party, Alaska's Lisa Murkowski says 'there is a role' for the federal loan program that financed the now-bankrupt solar firm.

The Department of Energy steps into pumpkin-carving territory with several energy-themed stencils for jack-o'-lanterns. You can choose from CFL bulb, solar arra

The MIT physicist is already steeped in Beltway politics, but his enthusiasm for nuclear power and natural gas worries some environmental advocates.

Some of the nation's most recognized brands are joining the Department of Energy's Workplace Charging Challenge.

Luxury automaker Fisker has officially missed a $10 million payment to the Department of Energy. Is a bankruptcy filing next?

The third time's a charm for the resiliency-minded contender from New Jersey.

Ever wondered what different types of caterpillars look like before they transform into butterflies? Here are 10 instagram-worthy before-and-after photos

A hybrid that would be cold-hardy and suitable for outdoor planting may be available for home landscapes in a few years.

Suet is a high-calorie source of easily digestible food for birds, and making it couldn't be easier.

Moss may seem insignificant, but there are so many unique traits that make this plant important to the ecosystem.

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like the one giving people in Ghana and India reliable access to clean water.

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like the one that helps Kadin Hoven and his family escape the difficulties of chronic illness.

Building a fence involves more than measuring materials and digging. It's a lot of research and communication.

The rhyme "leaves of three, let it be" could describe a lot of plants, so you have to know what to look for to identify poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.

You can create a haven for birds and other creatures by with native plants — and one very handy tool.

Gardener Donna Stumphf wanted to grow a few vegetables for the needy and ended up with more than 1.5 tons.

Part of the issue is succulent habitat destruction, but the bigger problem is poaching by highly organized global smuggling rings.

A soil scientist shares fun facts you never knew about soils, like how billions of organisms live in them and how many thousands of types there are.

A documentary introduces world-renowned garden designer Ryan Gainey, who was a self-taught visionary who had a distinctive style — and complex relationships.

A new study has found that most plants are extremely sensitive to touch, and even a light touch can significantly stunt their growth.

Oil company provided tapes made by a drug trafficker in case against Ecuadorean peasants.

Vacationers are becoming wary of theme parks as the swine flu outbreak worsens.

Residents of a trailer park in Wyoming are fine with drinking bottled water, but the EPA says the park's owner should be doing more testing.

The hip Scandinavian superstore becomes the latest company affected by the broadening scandal.