This is the story of North America a century ago, and of Asia today. But there was a surprise ending in America, and I believe there could be one in Asia.
Research explains the positive impact and health benefits of children spending more time in nature.
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.
Involving kids in green living doesn’t need to include hard conversations about human impact on the environment. Simply teach them to love nature.
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.
Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea.
What many people don't realize is that bats serve an important purpose, both to humans and the environment.
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.”
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.
A biodiversity experiment in Australia showed animal species can help reduce flammable leaf litter by 24 percent.
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 coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
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.
Young Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color at the center of environmental justice movements are often overlooked.
An alarming 75 percent of new or emerging diseases start in animals.
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.
Butterflies and bees, ants and beetles, cockroaches and flies — whether loved or feared, insects help humans.
Agricultural policies and world goals to end hunger focus on increased production but don’t yet adequately protect wild pollinator habitat.
If you want to improve the quality of air in your home, try some of these tips.
Across much of the United States, a warming climate has advanced the arrival of spring. This year is no exception.
Freecycle plans to add a lending and borrowing tool to encourage people to share with friends and neighbors.
Replacing grass with even a few plants native to your region can save insects and the ecosystems that depend on them.
Around the world, communities are using “Rights of Nature” laws to defend waterways, species and more from human threats.
A creative approach to saving deer from being culled opened my eyes to feeling empathy for life around us.
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.
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