It has been especially during the harvest food times that I’ve looked out my window at my good, round, tumbler-type composter with guilt. It feels terrible to throw all the tips of carrots and corn …

Global warming’s link to volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis, etc. – The Royal Society of Scientists. Eco-Fail.

Eco-Fail: My housemate has a Teflon-coated fry pan and spatula. She unpacked them before her twelve-year-old daughter came over, and cooked their dinner using them.
Eco-Win: Stainless steel, glass, iron, or porcelain coated …

Overflowing landfills in Beijing, China will try to stem public outrage at the odor by installing huge “deodorant guns” to blast the area with (toxic and synthetic, certainly) fragrances. The landfills are growing at …

I am soon to go to Hanoi and was reading about the city in preparation. Why is rice wine so popular in Hanoi you might ask? And why do mostly men drink it? Because the …

My friend has a girlfriend that he desperately wants to impress. One day when she was over at his house she asked where the recycling was so she could toss out her soda can; he …

I am currently in the process of furnishing a new apartment and get to buy my own kitchen utensils for the first time after years of trying (with little success) to get my parents to …

Off to buy a good saute pan, I was in Home Goods today, and while browsing around I was astonished and completely dismayed to see that 95 percent of the cookware had Teflon coating! What …

Nearly 40% of the food supply in the United States goes to waste, according to a new study by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) in Bethesda, Maryland. Eco-Fail!

Study links ADHD to smoking, lead. Exposure to both tobacco smoke before birth and lead during childhood increases a child’s risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder more than eight-fold, according to new research from …