It’s hard to resist a decadent treat, but even harder for those with food allergies and dietary restrictions. They deserve to experience the happiness that comes from delving into a homemade goodie, and Erin McKenna …

A bright colored manicure can liven up any outfit, but many of us have no idea how many harmful chemicals lurk in that pretty polish. Thankfully New York City’s Priti Organic Spa has come up …

Many of us want to lead better lives, in which we consume less and give back more. Whether that means buying products that are eco-friendly, or made from recycled goods, or switching to a more …

Every year, Sierra Magazine comes out with a much anticipated list of the year’s greenest colleges – a list that is becoming quite competitive, indeed. I’ve been on the lookout for it this …

Time magazine has an interesting list of the top 10 green stories for 2008. I liked re-reading them this morning. I can’t retrace quite how I got there, but you know how it is when …

As civil war raged on in the Congo, there was nothing protecting the unique, thriving Congolese forests – except for one man. Corneille Ewango, a botanist, had lived on the Okapi Reserve for …

Adam Grosser is a genius. With all of the people (1.6 billion, in fact) that do not have access to electricity, disease is a HUGE problem – first of all, because they cannot refrigerate …

You’ve probably heard of “colony collapse disorder” as it relates to abruptly disappearing honeybees. Many agricultural crops depend on the honey bee to pollinate the crops, so it doesn’t take too much imagination to see …

New York City now has a constant reminder of global warming looming in huge red letters over their heads: the DeAM Carbon Counter. The counter, which is plastered above people’s heads on 33rd …

Imagine a world where everything is run on renewable energy: I’m taking wind power, solar power, wave energy, ocean thermal-energy. Now, imagine this world floating out in the ocean. Really, this world …