These will make your task easier, more efficient, and altogether more pleasant.

Yes, it's actually possible!

I don't buy many plastic bottles, but the ones that I do will take some creative workarounds to avoid.

I tasked myself with buying no plastic bottles for the year; here's how it's going so far.

Load up the Krug and the caviar and go for a spin.

The 'mega cruises' are harming the environment, the island's aesthetic appeal, and local quality of life.

A new study shows that there is some seriously low-hanging fruit here that would deliver more bang for the buck.

Perhaps yes, if our food system stays the way it is, but maybe that's what we should be challenging.

Waitrose wants to see how serious shoppers are about bringing their own containers.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

A scientific assessment has confirmed enormous amounts of waste and definite harm to wildlife.

Judith Thornton questions the conventional wisdom about plastic packaging. She has a controversial point.

Maine's taking a stand against oil usage and oil dependency--frankly the bigger issue than where we get our oil from, tar sands and other unconventional oil sources aside. As NRDC Switchboard reports, the state has passed a law

Organic wool comfort wear company Ramblers Way founded by Tom and Kate Chappell, of Tom's of Maine fame has come a long way since their first collection, comprised of natural blonde wool jersey knits

Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.

Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.

Though only powering 75-100 homes at launch, the TidGen Cobscook Bay project, in Eastport, Maine, is slated to expand to ten times its initial size.

Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it.

These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.

A mix of modern and traditional design elements that are appropriate for the Northeast make these very interesting houses.

American organic farmer Eliot Coleman explains how his innovative winter gardening methods work, allowing growers to harvest veggies year-round.

The flying robots will start helping officials to locate lost hikers.

Why are architects eschewing overhangs? Because they can.

Who says you can't have both beauty and efficiency?

In an effort to support local food production and defend customers' rights to buy and eat whatever local farm products they want, 16 towns in Maine have created their own local food ordinances.

Non-native species like zebra mussels make national news, but the dangerous plant variable milfoil is rarely discussed outside of lake communities.

GO Logic have always designed beautiful homes. This was the next Go Logical step.

Competition, oversupply, and unpredictable weather has caused the price of wild berries in Maine to hit a 30-year low.

Recently we pointed out the benefits of planting a tree with a child, and it seems like the folks at Doubletree Hotels are taking us up on the concept in a big way But it's great to see that they've actually been teaming up with the National Arbor

Trees are the longest living and largest living organisms on earth. One acre of forest absorbs six tones of carbon dioxide and puts out four tones of oxygen. Trees are good noise barriers, making a city and neighborhood quieter. This is just the tip of

Like many of our readers, we suspect this dude would be less than impressed with the recycled squirrel decanter we featured a while back. No matter, he’s too busy worrying about the lack of trees to be too concerned by human beings and their tacky

Is it possible to keep Kosher and still keep a vegan diet?

The Triumph Elm is being set up on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in honor of Arbor Day this Friday (and you thought the fun ended with Earth Day!). The tree is part of a project by the Morton Arboretum to enlighten

Instead of buying some new "green" products for Earth Day, start a legacy for your community by planting trees for Arbor Day.

From oldest to tallest to most sacred and more, we present a brief who's-who of arboreal heros.

For Arbor Day, learn how to show damaged trees the love they deserve.

There are approximately 2 million reasons to love trees ... but we'll start with these.

These skyscraping superstars are the stalwart examples of their species.

Even when accounting for other factors, the right amount of sleep has been shown to have a big impact on heart attack risk.

New research finds that normal sleep may be protective against early death for people with certain health risks.

The Japanese pursuit of shinrin-yoku uses trees and nature to heal oneself – here's how you can do it even in a park.

Cigarette filters are a scam and are a leading source of plastic pollution worldwide, say experts.

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.

When doctors team up with food banks, it improves health and staves off chronic hunger.

Environment minister called waste importers 'traitors' who don't care about the country's long-term sustainability.

The Myanmar snub-nosed monkey may survive because of work by communities, NGOs and the Myanmar and Chinese governments.

What better way to celebrate National Penguin Awareness Day than by caving to the cute factor with videos of bitty penguins?

Most people think there are around 100 – most people are way off.

From crayfish to parakeets, these species are at risk of disappearing from the planet.

37 species under national protection have been observed in the Ziwuling area, thanks to massive reforestation efforts.