Sustainability (Page 9)

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A cracked-open coconut on a light pink background with the white outline of a palm leaf underneath.

The planet needs its peat moss. Use these gardening alternatives instead.

By Ellen Airhart

Train on tracks at small station.

A guide to riding public transit more, anywhere in the country

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Vietnamese man wading in water after flooding.

The world is on course to experience 560 major disasters each year

By Sara Kiley Watson

Car owners: here’s when experts say you should switch to an EV

Car owners: here’s when experts say you should switch to an EV

Overconsumption is killing the planet. What can we do?

Overconsumption is killing the planet. What can we do?

Tips for buying and caring for long-lasting fabrics

Tips for buying and caring for long-lasting fabrics

Groceries on a countertop

Which expiration dates actually matter?

By Carla Delgado

produce in recyclable bags

How to go zero-waste at the grocery store

By Alisha McDarris

Wind turbines against a cloudy sky.

3 steps for making your rental’s energy bills greener

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Man installing rooftop solar panel.

Ever heard of a microgrid? Here’s why you should start one.

City bike leaning up against lightpost.

A new climate report finally highlights the importance of our decisions

By Sara Kiley Watson

A trash bin is overflowing with blue and green plastic bottles

Earthworms can break down bioplastic, for better or for worse

Takeout boxes on green backdrop

How to make your takeout order less wasteful

By Carla Delgado

Why is it so expensive to eat sustainably?

By Philip Kiefer

a wind farm at dusk

Climate action is a ‘now or never’ situation, IPCC warns

By Sara Kiley Watson

Oil containers with fruits and vegetables in kitchen.

Which veggie oil is most sustainable? It’s complicated.

By Carla Delgado

Seaweed growing underwater

Why seaweed is a natural fit for replacing certain plastics

By Sara Kiley Watson

Airbus just flew its biggest plane yet using sustainable aviation fuel

Airbus just flew its biggest plane yet using sustainable aviation fuel

An East Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed

An East Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed

By Sara Kiley Watson

An hypothetical illustration of society running on garbage.

Is trash a form of renewable energy?

By Sara Kiley Watson

Child using well in Bhor, Maharashtra, India

Groundwater is an incredible resource. It’s time to treat it like one.

By Sara Kiley Watson

Rows of solar panels in the Chilean desert.

Dust-repellent solar panels could save billions of gallons of water

By Anuradha Varanasi

Ice formations and ocean in Antarctica.

Record-breaking heat is bombarding the North and South poles

By Sara Kiley Watson

Flooded neighborhood in Bangladesh due to climate change and maladaptation

Why some climate change adaptations just make things worse

By Sara Kiley Watson

Light-filled room with lots of pots of houseplants

Houseplants purify air, but not as much as you’d think

By Carla Delgado

Smoke rising from Temelin Nuclear Power Plant in Czech Republic against the setting sun

The war in Ukraine puts new urgency behind Europe’s nuclear energy transition

Solar panels on field.

Rusty metal could be the battery the energy grid needs

By Anuradha Varanasi

Hydrogen fuel could change the way aircraft work, and look

Hydrogen fuel could change the way aircraft work, and look

By Casey Crownhart

Oil rig at sunset

What the bans on Russian fossil fuels actually mean

By Sara Kiley Watson

Pile of plastic bottles and waste.

It is time to make plastic-recycling labels less confusing

By Carla Delgado

Dried roses and other preserved flowers

How to preserve flowers in 4 easy ways

By Sophie Bushwick

Amazon rainforest trees and river in Brazil

The Amazon is on the brink of a climate change tipping point

By Sara Kiley Watson

Clothing rack of colorful tops.

Does renting your clothes reduce fashion waste?

By Carla Delgado

An Apple MacBook's lithium-ion battery.

We need safer ways to recycle electric car and cellphone batteries

By Anuradha Varanasi

Street with trash, drink bottle, paper.

Most roadside litter comes from just down the street

By Carla Delgado

A park with tree canopy and benches in the fall.

Urban green spaces can’t beat climate change on their own

By Sara Kiley Watson

Stack of books and e-reader in a library.

You may need to read dozens of books each year to offset that new e-reader

By Carla Delgado

Cemetary with large stone chapel and headstones.

COVID-19 is overcrowding cemeteries and causing heavy metal pollution

By Anuradha Varanasi

an airplane and the sun

All your burning questions about sustainable aviation fuel, answered

By Casey Crownhart

Marble countertop samples.

Marble is luxurious—but is it sustainable?

By Carla Delgado

Person with black gloves pouring rock salt over a sidewalk despite environmental pollution

There’s a better way to use rock salt on snow

By Purbita Saha

person on the floor sorting laundry

Sorting your laundry correctly will make your clothes last longer

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Foundation of house destroyed by Hurricane Katrina

Brad Pitt’s affordable housing project in New Orleans failed Hurricane Katrina survivors

By Judith Keller / The Conversation

Person throwing COVID-19 disposable mask in trash can.

This new recycling system could keep COVID PPE out of landfills

By Sara Kiley Watson

A federal judge has blocked Biden’s controversial oil and gas leases

A federal judge has blocked Biden’s controversial oil and gas leases

By Sara Kiley Watson

Red and white heart balloons released into blue sky which can become hazardous.

Do something sweet for Earth—ditch balloons this Valentine’s Day

By Maggie Galloway

Brown kombucha SCOBYs sit on plate in front of jars full of fermented tea

Turns out kombucha SCOBYs could make good water filters

By Maggie Galloway

Black couple at a campfire in front of a silver Airstream RV trailer

Electric self-towing Airstreams are coming—and car geeks are stoked

By Kevin Williams / The Drive

An electric mountain bike on a hillside at sunset.

The gear you need to turn a regular bike into an e-bike

By William Elcock

Multicolored masks for COVID-19 hanging from clothesline.

What to do with your old cloth masks

By Sara Kiley Watson

How to enjoy a more sustainable cup of coffee

How to enjoy a more sustainable cup of coffee

By Sara Kiley Watson

Silhouette of hands during sunset.

Energy from nuclear fusion just got a little bit more feasible

By Angely Mercado

Gabtoli, Bangladesh after a storm.

Climate change disasters cost the world over $100 billion this year

By Angely Mercado

Colorado just saw its most destructive wildfire ever—in the middle of winter

Colorado just saw its most destructive wildfire ever—in the middle of winter

By Sara Kiley Watson

Man looking at phone on mountain top

4 sustainable New Year’s resolutions to set in 2022

By Sara Kiley Watson

Forest in morning fog

Fires can help forests hold onto carbon—if they’re set the right way

By Angely Mercado

Red toy truck carries a small recycled Christmas tree

What’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of your Christmas tree?

By Charlie Wood

Hand holding a piece of coal.

Even coal miners want Build Back Better to pass

By Sara Kiley Watson

Antarctica's icy Thwaites glacier in 2017

The ‘doomsday’ glacier is on the brink of collapse

By Sara Kiley Watson

long receipt rolled into self

How to escape the wasteful excess of CVS receipts

By Purbita Saha

Tornado destruction in Chattanooga, Tennesee

‘Tornado alley’ looks far different than it did a century ago

By Angely Mercado

Gift wrapping presents in natural rustic theme brown kraft paper with string and ornaments on a dark blue rustic wooden table

The most eco-friendly wrapping paper is none at all

By Stan Horaczek

Man looking at phone and credit card.

How banks are using technology to fight climate change

By Angely Mercado

Tropical forests rebound on farm land blessedly fast

Tropical forests rebound on farm land blessedly fast

By Margo Milanowski