Depending on where you live, there are some items that simply aren't recyclable, including varieties of paper, glass and plastic. Check with your city service provider to know specifics, but here ...

Scientists have discovered the connection between car fumes and lung cancer. The new study uncovered how fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers, known as PM2.5, triggers lung cancer ...

Vertical Farms Edinburgh-based company Shockingly Fresh has opened a vertical farm in Offenham, Worcestershire, and has plans to open many more such vertical farms across the UK. Working with ...

Bioremediation is a fascinating area to explore if you are interested in ecology, ecosystems, and nature restoration. This is the process by which we use plants, bacteria, or fungi to clean up ...

Pollinators aren’t the only bugs that can help your garden. Learn what beneficial insects can do for your garden and how to coexist with them.

Palm oil is technically vegan. The product itself is plant-based and doesn't contain any animal products. In fact, it's even common in certified vegan foods like some vegetable oil spreads (aka ...

The cork is boiled, marked, and cut. Afterward, cork planks are separated by quality. The cork will also go through a drying phase and be further washed and then treated for the industry in which ...

Ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) starting this weekend in Glasgow, Scotland, I wanted to put together a list of climate actions I believe cities should be taking ...

Cactus leather can be used for handbags, shoes, furniture, and more. We look at its environmental impact and how it compares to cotton and leather.

The pyramid of energy conservation. Minnesota Power In 2006, electric utility Minnesota Power published the Pyramid of Energy Conservation, which recommended the order of what you should do when ...

A great example of this kind of labor of love is this modern straw bale homestead in Minto, Ontario, that operates off the grid. Home to couple Chris Vander Hout and Christine Hoy and their son ...

He continued: "Scientific life-cycle energy analyses have repeatedly found that the energy used in the operation and maintenance of buildings dwarf the so-called 'embodied' energy of the materials ...