We take plants for granted because they are all around us, but more than 20 percent of the world's known plant species are threatened with extinction. It’s time to urge our elected representatives to protect plants with a stronger Endangered Species Act.
Confusion among terms like bioplastics, bio-based and biodegradable plastics makes it hard to discern — and make — the environmentally responsible choice.
Dear EarthTalk: I was appalled to find out on a recent backpacking trip to Yosemite National Park that I could get three bars of service on my cell phone. What about getting away from it all?
Have you ever wondered how you can make your backyard look and feel like a tropical paradise? With a few simple techniques in layout, color, and plant choices, you’ll be enjoying your personal tropical paradise in no time.
Freshly cut grass is a quintessential smell of summer. While the smell might conjure memories of lemonade stands and kids playing outside, it also serves another purpose.
Interest is surging in tiny homes – livable dwelling units that typically measure under 400 square feet.
Imagine, for a moment, a world without national parks. Yellowstone National Park is just a combo of cattle ranchers and gated communities for rich people who like the empty views.
Back in 2014, I read an article about the Buy Nothing Project, a collection of independent Facebook groups across the country where members can give and receive freely in their own neighborhoods.
Here are a few helpful hints to get you and your family started on a green journey.
The use of electric bicycles, or e-bikes, is an innovative step towards efficiently cutting the need for burning fossil fuels by allowing anyone to use a bike for transportation regardless of health, stamina or hilly terrain.
We need to value nature’s biodiversity, clean water, and seeds. For this, nature is the best teacher.
The sheer scale of the individual and societal shifts needed to avoid the worst of climate change might seem immobilizing. But real progress remains within reach…
The perfect soil mixture can do more than grow food.
More than $100 billion has been appropriated to recover from hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma; it would make economic sense to spend some of these funds on rebuilding reefs.
Dear EarthTalk: Why are so many gray whales washing up dead on west coast beaches this spring?
When it comes to conservation, it’s tempting to think that science is the only guide to good policy.
An Indigenous-led organization in New Mexico is using fungus in an attempt to remove chemicals from soil.
National Grid is engaged in a regulatory process to replace gas and electric meters in RI, MA, and NY with next generation two-way wireless meters.
As environmentalists, we often refer to our work as “saving the planet.” This is unhelpful for a couple of reasons.
Dear EarthTalk: I’ve heard about “Zero Waste” grocery stores in Europe where everything is sold in bulk and customers bring and fill up their own reusable containers and bags. When will we get some of these here on this “side of the pond”?
The day I joined my community garden marked not just the beginning of my healing, but also the start of my family’s suburban homesteading journey.
In the United States, we consume more than 15 billion pounds of tissue each year—more than 50 pounds per person. It’s taking a major toll on forests like the Canadian boreal.
Enslavement and sharecropping cannot erase thousands of years of Black people’s sacred relationship with the land.
Earthworms may seem harmless, but they have the power to transform some of America’s forests—and not in a good way.
Myron Ebell of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute, the man who led the drive to pull America out of the Paris climate accords, said the other day that the Green New Deal was a “back-to-the-dark-ages manifesto.”
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