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This holiday season, green your home (and maybe your guests) with these five tips to boost your eco-hospitality.

We've got lots of choices for eco-friendly wine, beer and spirits this holiday season.

Too hot to entertain inside? Head out to the back deck and don't forget these 12 eco-friendly outdoor eating' and drinkin' wares.

Dig into MNN's recipe archives for eco-friendly and healthy food and drinks to enjoy while critiquing gowns and arguing about who should win this year's Academy

Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.

With a major summertime 'drinking holiday' just around the bend, make sure that you have a few libation-related odds and ends on hand for when your thirsty part

Single? Welcome love into your life, and celebrate — don't shun — the holiday.

Forget the gold paper plates and the disposable red carpet for your Oscar party. Bring out the china, the crystal and the good food.

If you’re stocking up for your Memorial Day Weekend parties, you might want to serve some skinny cocktails that use real ingredients to your guests.

You may feel overwhelmed with planning lots of food and buying decorations. We have simple tips to help minimize your waste at the end of the big game.

Bark beetles that are ravaging Arizona's forests can be deterred by their own 'music,' according to new research.

Grizzlies becoming unbearable, oil kills Gulf coral, GOP sparks power struggle, and more.

In his last scheduled trip to the nation's capital as governor, Dave Freudenthal has some frank discussions with policy makers — and this MNN blogger.

Fire lookout towers found in numerous national forests have been converted into campsites-in-the-sky.

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.

There are several different ways to start a campfire, depending on wind and what resources you have on hand.

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.

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards are looking for the funniest candid photos of animals just being themselves.

From a man wearing a minotaur mask to a collection of taxidermy, these fascinating images were the 2018 Sony World Photography winners.

A supplement derived from a tropical fern can offer extra defense against sun damage to the skin.

If you're looking for ideas on where to travel this summer, this list compiled through a Yelp algorithm is a good starting point.

If you're looking for a way to de-stress and relax, bath in the forest — or more specifically, take a walk through the woods.

Here's our list of royal gardens to consider adding to your Best-of-Britain tourist itinerary.

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.

With these first-aid tips and proper planning, you and your dog should be ready for anything.

Forget the clunky outdoor furniture. A sling of fabric and some straps are all you need to enjoy the outdoors in a hammock.

BirdCast shows the volume and direction of birds in the U.S.

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

Austin's Lions Municipal Golf Course is one of 10 at-risk sites featured in a new report from The Cultural Landscape Foundation.

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.

Whether you're planning to camp or just go for a simple hike, here are 10 things you need before you hit the trail.

Environmental Working Group's newest sunscreen guide rates the safest sunscreens and calls out bad practices (like too-high SPFs.)

Actor urges lawmakers to close environmental loopholes and increase oversight of industry.

One man says a century of rhetoric on oil shale shows that it's an idea that will never come to fruition.

The NRDC unveils a new online tool for Americans who face pollution from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'

Much like his role as the Hulk in the new 'Avengers' movie, actor Mark Ruffalo says his battle against fracking is about 'fighting for the common good.'

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

The success of two elementary school volunteer projects earned a shelter a donation from the Petco Foundation.

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

Aaron Tucker was hoping a job interview would change his life, but he wound up saving a life instead.

As the season of giving approaches, support your local food bank's commitment to give less junk food and donate only nutritious food.

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

Is telling neighbors in an apartment building that they won't sleep because of an all-night party a courtesy or fair warning?

Scientists are developing robots to serve as companions to the elderly.

In 2015, Albuquerque launched an innovative program aimed at helping the area's homeless. Instead of ticketing panhandlers, city officials offered them jobs.

The Salvation Army's nonprofit grocery store, DMG Foods, has opened in Baltimore with help from the Maryland Food Bank.