Trim, Flush, Relax
Cleaner trimming with the Lehr eco-trimmer; smarter flushing with Perfect Flush; and the sleek and modern furniture designs of Machine 87.
From Clunkers to Couture
The hottest handbags designed from discarded car parts.
Saying No to GMO’s
The Non-GMO Project gives shoppers a new option: purchasing verified organic and natural products that don’t contain genetically engineered ingredients…
The Eco-Schoolhouse That Could
The 1,024 SF “eco-schoolhouse” classroom at Grant Elementary was designed for platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program…
Under Water
No wonder we should be worried: 1.4 billion people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water, while 2.6 billion lack access to sanitation…
How Green Is That Umbrella?
Welcome April showers with these recycled and otherwise eco-friendly rain-repelling umbrella options….
The Green Building Battles
Eco-friendly building is on the rise, and forest certification labels are engaged in ugly legal battles to gain coveted qualification.
Arsenic and Old Studies
Arsenic remains a component of chicken feed, and is fed to 70% of U.S. broiler chickens. But the toxic residues left behind in chicken waste may be the biggest public health concern…
The Drill’s About to Drop
The rock formation known as the Marcellus Shale in New York and other states is set to be drilled for oil shale, a process that would result in millions of gallons of toxic wastewater as well as widespread habitat damage.
Bird Brains
An excerpt from Jonathan Balcombe’s Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, shows that bird brains are more developed than we thought.