Mammogram use is decreasing because repeatedly exposing women to even small amounts of radiation is known to cause breast cancer, as well as detect it. Studies show that this non-invasive alternative form of screening...
Innovative programs in prisons are healing inmates by connecting them with nature and are "greening" our correctional system one facility at a time...
You've heard it said a thousand times already: "Reduce your sugar intake." This powerful presentation just may be enough to help you make that change.
Shannon Hayes publishes a creative blog on radical homemaking — everything you always wanted to know about doing it yourself, doing it...
This Earth Day, we need to start envisioning a future based not on exploiting nature but on recognizing that nature has inherent rights.
The last couple of years I have been teaching art classes to war veterans. Most of my students are male, but last spring...
Eating vegan, or veganish, is about choosing to disengage from an industry that makes us sick, abuses animals, pollutes the planet, and squanders precious resources.
Ralph Nader questions Obama on the contrast in his praise for GE's CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt, and silence regarding the nomination of Elizabeth Warren.
A year of organic farm hoping. That was the aspiration of high school science teacher Brian Bender.
Revolutionary findings in neuroscience prove what contemplatives such as the Buddha taught over two thousand years ago...
Lara Pizzorno emphatically raises the red flag on conventional bone medicine.
Recycling papers and swapping out light bulbs isn't going to restore our planet.
A woman's most powerful and creative energy comes from her root.
When the call came in for a proposed project in Brockton, MA, from Simon and Paula Young, I was intrigued to consider the possibilities for...
A researcher modifies crops to feed the hungry and cut pesticide use.
I had no plans to become a gardener. It just happened, quite unexpectedly. And it completely changed the focus and quality of my daily life.
We would not be here long on this Earth if it weren't for the soil recycling efforts of the multi-celled organism we call mold.
Hi Lynn,We live in a small condo and there is only one place for the couch — on the same wall as the entrance. It feels uncomfortable. Any ideas? — Snail Mail
Dear EarthTalk: I saw a TV ad for toilet paper with no cardboard core to save paper...
Dear EarthTalk: Why did 34 million wild sockeye salmon return to the Fraser River in British Columbia this year?
Dear EarthTalk: I work at a fast food place and I am appalled by the amount of unpurchased food we throw away...
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