The Organic Trade Association is hosting an online organic discussion and inviting everyone to participate in the #OrganicFestival.

If you have an outdoor view, you're getting the benefit of Mother Nature.

'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.

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

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Earth911 is hosting a week-long series of Google+ Hangouts to encourage everyone to make eco-friendly choices during the holiday season. You're invited!

A threatened species is on the brink of disappearing as pot farms on public land dish out poisoned baits for wildlife.

Rutherford Seydel's Oxygen Project creates a sustainable Earth while creating financial sustainability for all. All it will take is a massive group action.

Emoji can add emotion and intent to emails and texts, but can they ever become their own language?

A handy new tool can transform your pictures into colorful mosaics of emoji.

New books says, 'In the long run, we will neither need nor want professionals to work in the way that they did in the twentieth century and before.'

When people get together and share knowledge and resources, they can do wonders.

Ben & Jerry's has invited me to create my own custom flavor using fair trade ingredients next month- help me out with some tasty ideas.

Jimmy Fallon is joined by Ladysmith Black Mambazo as they sing an ode to Fair Trade and Ben & Jerry's.

The Vermont-based premium ice cream company is making the commitment to get 100% of all possible ingredients from Fair Trade sources by the end of 2013.

Help support fair trade products and get a shot at winning a year's worth of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Find out who won a year's worth of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and how contest promoted the benefits of fair trade.

The ice cream company names its newest flavor after Alec Baldwin's classic 'Saturday Night Live' character Pete Schweddy. Yes, they're really going there.

Today is Ben & Jerry’s annual free cone day, and you have permission to indulge in this socially responsible treat.

This recipe for traditional Peruvian Alfajores gets a non-traditional twist with the addition of quinoa. It's a great recipe to make with kids for Mother's Day.

Find out where can you get a free cone of sustainable Chunky Monkey, Phish food or your flavor of choice on April 8.

Made with almond milk, these new ice cream flavors from Ben & Jerry's pack some surprises.

This serene video from Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows a large herd of elk running across the landscape in Colorado.

Pickled hops are showing up in brewery restaurants alongside of the brews.

As sourcing ingredients directly from local farms gains in popularity, more chefs are building relationships with farmers to get the pick of their crops.

You're bound to find something that piques your interest in this list of distinguished nominees for the top food awards.

Restaurants, chefs, and food writers received the highest honors in food during this past weekend’s James Beard Award ceremonies.

As testaments to the advantages of virtual interviews continue to grow at the same time as concerns about the economy and the environment increase, what was onc

Watson will help doctors diagnose and treat cancer patients.

Director/explorer utilized new thumb-sized 1080p cameras to capture 3-D video from the deepest point on earth.

Modern electronic controls help make science-fiction visions like the Hiriko Fold possible. It's an Explorer-sized electric car pod that folds to fit into a thi

Like magic, sound waves have the ability to manipulate objects suspended in midair.

Physicists have gotten a first look at the way electrons spin in a tiny diamond wire, and it could mean big things for computer technology.

How exactly does turning a pillow into a big fluffy gadget help us disconnect from the world?

Natura, Benjamin Moore's eco paint line, hits Pottery Barn Kids with a fabulous collection of colors that won't induce headaches and other VOC-related maladies.

Popular magazine and testing facility finds that nontoxic paints have improved in recent years, performing just as well as conventional paints.

Colorado and Washington state have legalized marijuana, and others are considering measures. Test your cannabis knowledge.

In these financially uncertain times, more and more 9-to-5 workers are rounding out their paychecks with cash from entrepreneurial ventures.

Legal cannabis markets are bringing a powerful ally to the fight against marijuana prohibition: The business community.

A new coalition of Japanese tour operators is trying to seize on the country's waning interest in killing wild cetaceans.

Find out how this stand-up comedian, writer and entrepreneur found his dream job.

Not if you're an artist, therapist, love counselor or yoga instructor.

Step aboard Jerko, an off-the-grid houseboat/urban sustainability laboratory that's been moored in one of America's filthiest waterways: Brooklyn's Gowanus Cana

The EPA administrator fires back at a coal utility company during a Senate committee hearing.

Jackson will leave the agency early next year, she revealed in a statement Thursday, adding that 'the ship is sailing in the right direction.'

Ryan Nicodemus discusses how and why he and Joshua Fields Millburn left successful careers, ditched most of their stuff, and set up shop in a Montana cabin.

Entrepreneur Jonas Falk, 28, has grown a $20 million company, Organic Life, by serving great-tasting organic food at schools.

Pierre Calleja sees big things in microalgae – microscopic, single-cell plants with the potential to clean the air.

See why the science blog creator thinks there are too many scientists. (A funny thing for someone with a Ph.D. in molecular biology, don't you think?)