People who stay up late and sleep in late have a greater risk of early death, U.K. researchers find.

'Broken heart syndrome' is typically linked to stress or grief, but it may be caused by happy events or even cancer.

If you're sleeping in on the weekends, you might be setting yourself up for a host of chronic health issues.

Taking fish antibiotics instead of human drugs is a creative solution when money is tight, but it could lead to dangerous consequences.

Blue light doesn't help you sleep, and you're exposed to a lot of it.

From paper straws to bison burgers, Ted's Montana Grill proves red meat can be green.

James Madison University is opening a new, green dining hall, just in time for the fall semester.

Cathy Erway’s personal tale of not eating out in New York City is inspiring and optimistic.

More and more independent restaurants are going hyper local by growing their own.

Eight of Esquire's top 20 new restaurants of 2010 emphasize local and sustainable foods.

7 compostable dinnerware options so you can entertain responsibly.

This shrine to Italian food must be experienced, but try to get there early. (And if they have the spinach ravioli in a lemon butter sauce, be sure to order it.

The fast-food chain is becoming increasingly sustainable with vegetarian fare and natural, cage-free meat options.

In Maryland, local restaurants and retailers will be featuring state wines through June 12, 2011.

Our food blogger shares her thoughts after visiting the sustainable chain restaurant for the first time.

Organic, fair trade, locally sourced … these chocolates fit the sustainable requirements our food blogger expects — and they're absolutely delicious, too.

Our food blogger visits the locally inspired restaurant that has been nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Chef in NYC.

Our food blogger and her family find plenty of sustainable choices to munch on high above the New York City streets.

Fresh and delicious, the ice cream from this popular Old City, Philadelphia store is worth the wait.

McDonald's adopts the Marine Stewardship Council’s blue ecolabel for its Filet-O-Fish. Will high demand for the sandwich create an overfishing problem?

Actress, currently starring in the eco-thriller 'The East,' describes freeganism and her experiences on an eco-village studying permaculture.

This book with blessings from many cultures and religions will make practicing gratitude for food, family and friends a renewed experience.

Formed by two wood-clad shipping containers, Skit 2014 is the ideal living arrangement for eremitic types who don't mind ladders and composting toilets.

WikiPearl is an edible shell that wraps around food and complements the flavor. It’s meant to take the place of throwaway packaging, but it poses a challenge.

Please the crowd at the pool, the park or in your backyard with our healthy, farmers market-focused recipes.

Before you use CFLs in your home, be sure you understand what to do should a bulb break.

Morieka Johnson helps you choose what to get at the grocery and the sushi bar. Plus: 10 fish to avoid.

While "Million Dollar Baby" earned critical acclaim and a Best Actress Oscar for Hilary Swank, it also took a toll on her health.

U.S. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Republican attacks against her agency.

More than half of the country’s rivers and streams are suffering from nutrient pollution and habitat degradation; mercury and bacteria a problem as well.

Scientists are still trying to determine what happened to the levels of mercury in Utah's Great Salt Lake, which have dipped by almost 90 percent.

Each year the Environmental Working Group ranks supermarket produce by its pesticide load, the worst are known as the Dirty Dozen.

The chemicals, which come from valley farms as well as illegal marijuana gardens, are a contributing factor towards sharp declines in frog populations.

Environmental groups celebrate the bee strategy announcement — but only briefly before turning their focus to specifics and timing.

Europe's moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides is being challenged by Bayer CropScience. Bee advocates, however, are fighting back.

Environmental Working Group’s latest Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce assists consumers in reducing the pesticides they consume in their diets.

The pesticides, called neonicotinoids, are "highly likely" to be triggering bee deaths, say researchers.

There are many reasons to protect children from an overload of chemicals. Here's how you can do it and why you should.

A lot of people thought white and yellow dandelions were different plants.

Even if you take the energy and water it takes to build a dishwasher into account, it still beats washing by hand.

In exclusive and exceptionally irrigated Rancho Santa Fe, residents now face water rationing.

More than half of the world's largest aquifers are being depleted, according to satellite system data.

The bottled water people have run them out of town, but it's a historic public service.

Humans have spent countless centuries perfecting the science (and art!) of collecting, storing and transporting water. Here's how ancient India did it.

Bel Air: Champagne wishes and $90,000 water bill dreams.

Getting past the ick factor isn't the only obstacle for a beer made from treated wastewater to be sold on the market.

It might seem counterintuitive, but Anheuser-Busch and The Nature Conservancy are working together to protect a Colorado watershed by cutting down trees.

The well was uncovered in the basement of an old London building that was also used as a 'Harry Potter' set.

A carnivorous plant, desert beetle and cactus are behind a revolutionary new material that can collect water out of thin air.

State legislators in Colorado are working to make it legal for residents to harvest rainwater for irrigation.