Nature-Deficit Disorder: What Kids Lose By Not Experiencing The Outdoors Enough
Research explains the positive impact and health benefits of children spending more time in nature.
Green Living
How To Manage Plant Pests And Diseases In Your Victory Garden
Home gardening is having a boom year across the U.S. Whether they’re growing their own food in response to pandemic shortages or just looking for a diversion, numerous aspiring gardeners have constructed their first raised beds, and seeds are flying off suppliers’ shelves.
How To Get Your Kids Excited About Protecting The Environment
Involving kids in green living doesn’t need to include hard conversations about human impact on the environment. Simply teach them to love nature.
Covid-19 Healing: From Isolation To Alignment
As a species, we crave contact with each other — babies give up and die if they are not held — and it takes much training and practice to reach the adeptness of monks or serious meditators who can placate the howling winds of their restless minds.
Can The Forests Of The World’s Oceans Contribute To Alleviating The Climate Crisis?
Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea.
Why Bats Are Ecological Superheroes
What many people don't realize is that bats serve an important purpose, both to humans and the environment.
City Compost Programs Turn Garbage Into ‘Black Gold’ That Boosts Food Security And Social Justice
Almost overnight, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed many Americans’ relationships with food. To relieve some of the stress associated with shopping safely for groceries and ensure food security, many people are once again planting “victory gardens.”
To Reduce The Risk Of Future Pandemics, We Need To Move From Domination To Partnership With Nature
In the long run, the best way we can help health-care professionals fight crises like COVID-19 is by changing the way we live and the choices we make.
Wildfires Can Reduce Biodiversity—Can Biodiversity Be Used To Reduce Wildfires?
A biodiversity experiment in Australia showed animal species can help reduce flammable leaf litter by 24 percent.
Everyday Products Are Full Of Harmful Chemicals. Can Green Chemistry Lead The Way To Safer Alternatives?
When you buy a pair of blue jeans, you probably don’t think about the harm they might cause to people or the environment. But synthetic dyes and other chemicals used to manufacture jeans and other clothing can make workers sick and pollute waterways, particularly in manufacturing regions in Asia, where heavy metals like cadmium, chromium and lead have been found in water and sediment outside of textile industrial parks.
The Impulse To Garden In Hard Times Has Deep Roots
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
COVID-19 And The Botanical Industry
As COVID-19 has made starkly clear, we are all interconnected. And as communities around the world rush to flatten the curve, we see more starkly perhaps than ever before the ways our individual behavior impacts the whole.
Environmental Activists Of Color
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked.
Factory Farms Create The Perfect Conditions To Spread Viral Infections Like COVID-19
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals.
Apocalypse Now: Stop The Madness
If we’re going to avoid the greatest pandemic of all looming on the horizon—runaway global warming and catastrophic climate change—we need to take control of our destiny.
How To Save Insects? Give Them Space.
Butterflies and bees, ants and beetles, cockroaches and flies — whether loved or feared, insects help humans.
Ditch The Lawn, Save The Wild Bees
Agricultural policies and world goals to end hunger focus on increased production but don’t yet adequately protect wild pollinator habitat.
Healthy Home Indoor Air Quality In A Changing Climate
If you want to improve the quality of air in your home, try some of these tips.
Spring Is Arriving Earlier Across The US, And That’s Not Always Good News
Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception.
More Than 9 Million People Are Freecycling Instead Of Buying New
Freecycle plans to add a lending and borrowing tool to encourage people to share with friends and neighbors.
How To Turn Your Yard Into An Ecological Oasis
Replacing grass with even a few plants native to your region can save insects and the ecosystems that depend on them.
Can We Protect Nature By Giving It Legal Rights?
Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
Howling With My Mom Put Me On A Path To Living With Compassion
A creative approach to saving deer from being culled opened my eyes to feeling empathy for life around us.
Are We Still Recycling Our Trash In America?
The U.S. plastics recycling industry is healthy and their message is clear: We need all the recycled containers you can send us, and more.
How Communities Worldwide Are Going Zero Waste
Communities worldwide are committing to wasting less and reusing more. If you are too, read on to learn and be inspired by examples of communities coming together to create innovative strategies for getting to zero waste.
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December 24, 2025
The skies are busy today. A post midnight square between Venus and Neptune touches hearts and stimulates imaginations. Spiritual awareness may also be sparked. Dreams can be notable. As noon nears Venus enters gritty...
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