Learn how to master the mashed potato with a few simple tweaks.

Confused by all the yam and sweet potato options? Learn what to expect in terms of flavor, textures, and best uses here.

The cauliflower parts that usually end up in the trash may be the tastiest part of all.

This may be the perfect way to serve sweet potatoes; it's easy, delicious, and beautiful to behold.

This recipe's secret ingredient leads to a rich and creamy plant-based pumpkin pie that also happens to be healthy and easy to make.

Need some last-minute inspiration? We've gather together our favorite vegetarian and vegan recipes from which to choose.

The top how-to food stories can be summed up in one word: COMFORT.

After decades of eating mostly a plant-based diet, these are the basic staples I've learned to keep on hand for a variety of meals.

While the federal government may be turning its back on the environment, these American cities are stepping up.

New research finds that a two-pronged approach is necessary to fight things like sea-level rise and ocean acidification.

It's part of a statewide effort to crack down on plastic waste.

Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

NASA finds that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has been drying out – here's why.

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?

The results of our annual survey are often surprising.

The city of New Orleans had given up on glass recycling. Enterprising students from Tulane University decided to step up to the challenge and bring back free glass recycling citywide in spring 2020.

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.

A Tesla won't get a camel through the eye of a needle.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

We are going to try and live the 2.5 Tonne Diet.

A lotta lentils.

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.

The origins of Joseph Pilates' regimented workout program began when he was sequestered in an internment camp in England during WWI.

It's time for a rethink about what's really important in a home.

Design for deconstruction out of low-carbon materials is the way of the future.

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

A Chinese study says concrete actually sucks up CO2. This is not news, it's chemistry.

Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.

Twice a year we look at yummy waffle slabs, a really efficient way to do more with less.

Making cement puts out a lot of CO2. Making concrete needs a lot of sand. Both are big problems.

Created by Zaha Hadid Architects, this innovative project demonstrates the possibilities of using KnitCrete technology for creating curved concrete shells efficiently.

Concrete Week at the Guardian produces some hard truths.

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.

But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more.

We do a little destructive testing and have a good breakfast.

There's plenty of "recognizing," "acknowledging," and "noting" going on in the final draft of the Rio+20 text. Lot's of UN-ese. And that's about it.

A new UN report says that a 1% tax levies on the world's 1,225 billionaires would more than make up for the shortfall in development aid from governments.

A new solar-power kit from BRIGHT Products is like the Swiss Army Knife of solar gadgets.

Just 30 minutes of play time can power a lamp for three hours.

Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

Can these 200 people save the world?

Many areas of the world have scarce access to electricity. This new solar lantern will provide light and charging power for cell phones.