Humanity's destruction of nature has made an estimated two in five plant species worldwide at risk of extinction, according to an assessment published Wednesday by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the United Kingdom.
One of nature’s epic events is underway: Monarch butterflies’ fall migration. Departing from all across the United States and Canada, the butterflies travel up to 2,500 miles to cluster at the same locations…
For most of us herbalism is a lifestyle, not a hat we wear from 9-5 but how we chose to live our lives, close to nature, knowing the season of the plants, knowing our regional plant allies, and respecting the elements.
If we lived in underground buildings (and cities), would it be better for the environment overall?
In more than 20 years of living in Southern California, I have never been in a potential fire evacuation zone—until now.
If we focus on the best possible outcomes, journalist Judith D. Schwartz argues together we can restore ecosystems.
Getting your child to be eco-conscious may sound complicated, but it is quite simple.
Environmental disruptions don’t just cause zoonotic diseases to emerge in Africa or Asia. The same thing is happening in the USA.
Community gardens at public libraries used to be a hidden history that dates back to the victory gardens of World War I and II. Today, community and teaching gardens are out in the open, and flourishing in green spaces maintained by libraries around the nation.
Encounters with life and death as a deep ecology artist-in-residence at United Plant Savers.
Some things we’re glad to see grow: trees, children, our bank account balance, goodwill. But other things, not so much.
The tiny mammals are essential to human comfort; without them, we wouldn’t have things like avocados, chocolate, and tequila.
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.
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