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 …

According to Harvard Business Publishing, a recent McKinsey & Co. survey of executives shows that “the environment is perceived as being less critical to the public than it was a year ago (49% of respondents …

The average British woman “hosts” 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study of 2,016 women by deodorant maker Bionsen. OMG! You put on some lipstick, wash your hair, moisturize your …

Now there can be a coherent rating system for sustainable landscape design, thanks to a consortium of experts. The Sustainable Sites Initiative has developed the United States’ first rating system for the design, construction, and …

The trash vortex in the Pacific ocean is bad enough without imagining all the endocrine disrupting chemicals from the plastics, such as bisphenol A (BPA) and phthlates! I don’t know why Nicholas Krostof’s …