Dominique Conseil, President of Aveda

When Conseil joined Aveda, it was with a purpose in mind to improve the brand’s organic content, to source ingredients that benefit indigenous growers.

Rewiring Recycling Habits

Basel Action Network (BAN), an advocacy organization working to prevent the globalization of toxic trade, is ramping up its campaign to ensure North American “e-Stewards’ meet new, rigorous recycling standards…

Holiday Home Picks

LED holiday lights, the Sno Wovel and water heater blankets.

Winter Essentials

Classic Christmas toys, winter whites, organic vino, sustainable cards, stylish snowboarding gloves and vegan ballet slippers. In the book aisle: Activist Mike Roselle’s Tree Spiker, Ed Begley’s new eco-guide, Earth Heroes profiles ocean champs and super-cute bear cubs.

Mussel Beach

A synthetic mussel that sits on the shore and records the temperature is not the most glamorous use of robotic technology, but it’s one that has given its creator, a very real picture of the consequences of global warming.

Raising the Dead

Recycled Art Meets Mexican Tradition

How Green Is That Candle?

Examining Candles, from Soy to Beeswax

Strange Sanctuary

Industrial Sites Turned to Thriving Wildlife Sanctuaries

Here Come the Green Lobbyists

Renewable Energy Lobbyists Get Busy on Capitol Hill

Not Your Grandma’s Compost

In-vessel Composting Offers Great Green Promise