Yoga studios around the country are scrambling to add daytime classes for kids to meet the demands of home-school families.

In a new study, participants who paid attention to their physical and mental feelings showed small but meaningful reductions in anxiety, depression and pain.

On a journey to learn how to ski, keeping one mantra in mind helped this writer merge a beginner's mind with mastery.

Despite living in saltwater, manatees like to drink fresh water.

Cape Wind won decisive approval triggering a potential green energy gold rush. But the opposition -- which mainly just doesn't want to look at wind turbines --

Dean Corren's vision of a greener world includes using New York City's East River to produce electricity. As technology director at Verdant Power, he's trying t

This parrot likes to move it while listening to 'I Like to Move It.'

A young boy said 'Wow!' after hearing Mozart at Boston Symphony Hall, and it sparked a viral push to find out who had produced this adorable reaction.

Authorities are still searching for possible victims after a natural gas explosion outside a popular restaurant sparked.

The school plans to fund a study on the effects of fracking by allowing the controversial extraction process to take place on 8,000 acres in Cumberland Forest.

Although the risk is small, tsunamis are possible on the East Coast of the United States from a variety of sources.

Some have compared the Typhoon Haiyan's devastation to the mayhem caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, which recently received SFI chain-of-custody certification, has launched a new sustainability campaign.

Forest certification program announces its new Conservation and Community Partnerships Grant program.

The American Forest & Paper Association announced today an ambitious set of sustainability goals for its member organizations to aim for by 2020.

A winner is announced for Timber in the City, a design competition that challenged entrants to design a wood-centric mixed-use complex for Red Hook, Brooklyn.

At 15 square meters with an equal amount of outdoor living space, Jonas Wagell's flat-packed Mini House 2.0 is a lovely prefab retreat that can be assembled in

Thar she grows! The first three model homes at Grow Community, a net-zero energy development centered around gardening and low-impact modes of transportation, a

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

Philippe Starck unveils a line of energy-efficient prefab homes with European wood builder Riko.

Airbnb celebrates its presence in L.A. with a city-wide 'hospitality experience' revolving around prefab studios with celebrity-designed interiors.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

There's more to winter gourds than butternut squash. Here are just a few winter squashes and gourds you might want to consider for your dinner table.

Looking back at the first Thanksgiving offers a way forward for us, says Michael Berman.

Hard-working 'apple detectives' in Washington and Idaho rediscovered 5 types of apples thought to be extinct.

HIV might never have become a global pandemic if it wasn't for the ecology of what is now known as Kinshasa, and what was then a 1920s colonial hub.

New research suggests it will take millions of years for extinct species to return to Earth.

Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet's oceans, confirms a new computer modeling study.

The Air Quality Egg was named one of Kickstarter's best projects of 2012.

Climate change may be stripping nutrients from the most basic of foods, and that's making its way up the chain to us.

Don't throw out old pantyhose! You can recycle them in many different ways.

Could we be witnessing Korean pop's plunge into the cultural criticism arena?

Anas Cheema, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of Victoria, decided to dedicate his summer.

Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.

Rainforest Action Network decides enough is enough with Obama's broken promises on mountaintop mining and stages dramatic protest in front of the EPA.

Unity College students settle into TerraHaus, the sustainability-focused Maine institution's new residence hall that's built to stringent, super-efficient Passi

On Hamburg's waterfront, world-class sustainable architecture has emerged not from lofty green goals but from practical questions like this one: How do you buil

Bloomberg administration wants to see a 20 percent reduction amount of salt in prepared or packaged foods.

As the Senate votes to give the FDA more power, read what those in the know are saying about it.

From the morality of bonobos to the importance of baking, each of these books explores a unique aspect of our humanity.

Video: Join Danielle V as she plans an eco-friendly and socially conscious Super Bowl party.

While the days of excess seem to be over, a party in New York last week showed that it’s always in vogue (and on budget) to be green.

Your Daily Thread — self-described as "L.A.'s hub for all things green, sustainable & local" — has been live for quite a while now, but finally threw its of

Party with The Green Girls -- and 200 green-thinking Angelenos -- at the Ecco Lounge in Hollywood this Saturday.

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.

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

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.

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