How To Live Sustainably As A Renter
Small changes go a long way in creating a healthier planet for years to come. Whether you rent an apartment or an entire house, there are several ways you can lead a more sustainable lifestyle.
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When You Can’t Read Anymore About Climate, Take Action
Find out what’s happening anywhere in the world, including in your own neighborhood, and join in. You’ll feel better. You’ll be effective. Together, we’ll use our energy to create change to make people in power move at the rate we need to get the job done.
6 Tips For Removing Poison Ivy Plants
This is the time of year when just about everything grows. That includes poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and other undesirable plants. Poison ivy is particularly annoying and difficult to remove from your property.
Greenway Conservancy Celebrates No Mow May
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy pilots first time initiative to support pollinators, reduce lawn inputs, and grow healthier lawns with No Mow May.
How To Make Energy Improvements On Your Green Home
People are concerned about our impacts on the environment as pollution is getting worse, climate change is accelerating, and some ecosystems have disappeared. Even small energy improvement efforts by individuals add up.
Terrifying’: UK License Plate 'Splatometer' Survey Finds 60% Plunge in Flying Insect Population
A survey analyzing bug splat on U.K. motorists' license plates found that the nation's flying insect population has declined by nearly 60% over the past 17 years, indicating a "terrifying" loss of biodiversity.
Earth Talk: What Are The Most Recent Projections About Sea Level Rise Around The World?
As temperatures rise around the world, frozen glaciers in the poles are melting at unprecedented rates, inundating the world’s oceans with more water. The result has been some sea level rise but watch out as more is still to come.
How To Free The Soil By Depaving
Pavement causes all sorts of problems including the fact that water can’t soak through it and instead runs across it, collecting pollutants and biological contaminants that make their way into waterways, plants, animals, and ourselves.
How (And Why) To Welcome Insects Into Your Yard
Most gardeners know how beneficial insects can be for their plots. If you’re a gardener looking for a new challenge this year, consider revamping all or part of your yard to support beneficial insects.
Kids Are Really Worried About The Climate Crisis
They are worried about rising sea levels, extreme weather events, the spread of disease, air pollution and the extinction crisis—all issues directly impacted by the climate crisis.
What If Legal Personhood Included Plants, Rivers, And The Planet?
The idea behind the rights of nature approach extrapolates on the Western legal system’s insistence that a corporation is considered a person. If that’s legally true, then why not grant legal personhood to a watershed or a forest?
Earth Talk: What Exactly Is Gravity Energy Storage?
Switzerland-based Energy Vault is one of the companies developing prototype gravity energy storage solutions that could someday replace batteries as a way to hold onto energy and dole it out as needed.
Soil Is Sacred
When I began gardening at age 16, no one introduced me to soil as a living, breathing being, guiding me to be more awake, aware, curious, and respectful of soil’s life. Since that time — over the 45 years in the garden — this awareness has grown.
Earth Talk: Can Microorganisms Eat Our Plastic?
In 2016 Japanese scientists at the Kyoto Institute of Tokyo took samples outside of a recycling facility in Osaka and made a revolutionary discovery: microorganisms capable of breaking down PET plastic.
Most Bottled Water Contaminated With Plastics
Plastic has become an incredibly harmful convenience, now threatening environmental and human health alike, and in more ways than one. There's the issue of bulk plastics in our landfills, where it will remain indefinitely since most plastic does not biodegrade.
What Are Microplastics? And What Can Be Done About Them?
Microplastics pose a monumental risk to the ecosystems and wildlife that form the foundation of our ability to live on this planet. There are very real risks to not addressing the concern.
How To Go Green On A Budget
While you might think you need a lot of money to swap out less eco-friendly products for ones that are better for the environment, there are things you can do right now that make a difference. Here’s five inexpensive ways to go green today.
Tropical Forests Can Recover Surprisingly Quickly On Deforested Lands
Research shows that tropical forests recover surprisingly quickly. They regrow on abandoned lands and recover features such as soil health and ecosystem functions, in as little as 10 to 20 years.
Loving Hummingbirds To Death: Thousands Die Annually From Commercial Nectar
Most people are unaware of the dangers lurking in their backyard. A few quick steps can insure a healthy more natural way to help hummingbirds survive while giving you a wonderful opportunity to watch these aerial magicians up close.
Herbalism Survival In Refugee Families
From the plants on their plates that nourish them, to the teas in their cups, humans have relied on plant medicine as the key to a healthy life. For some families, wellness tools are easily passed down through the generations. For others, modern challenges have made it almost impossible.
Archangel Ancient Tree Archive
David Milarch leads Archangel Ancient Tree Archive towards his vision of replanting Earth with the genetics of the world’s remaining ancient forests. 98% of old growth forests in the United States are gone, with only 2% of our “life savings” left.
Earth Talk: Dishwasher Vs Hand Washing. Which Is More Eco-Friendly?
Hands-down, the dishwasher is the way to go, not only from the standpoint of water waste and energy use but also to preserve your own sanity. Who needs to be scrubbing, rinsing and drying dishes all day when an efficient machine can do the work?
Green Jobs Listings
Looking for a job working for an environmental group or contributing to the clean energy economy? These and other green jobs not only allow you to earn a living but also to contribute to the health and well-being of the planet and its inhabitants.
PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Widespread And Threaten Human Health – Here’s A Strategy For Protecting The Public
PFAS are often called “forever chemicals” because they don’t fully degrade. They move easily through air and water, can quickly travel long distances and accumulate in sediment, soil and plants. They have also been found in dust and food, including eggs, meat, milk, fish, fruits and vegetables.
8 Easy Tips For Zero-Waste Living
If you want to make a change towards living more sustainably but aren’t sure where to start, check out these small steps you can take to start you on your zero-waste journey. Change takes time, but before you know it, you’ll be living a zero-waste lifestyle that has a huge ripple effect.
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November 10, 2025
This complex and busy day is divided into two nearly equal halves. The emotionally sensitive morning hours are infused with lyrical creativity. Empathy for the misfortune of others is also keenly felt. Helping can feel...
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