We've all heard that if you find a job you love you'll never work a day in your life. The same can be said of environmental activism -- if you find the role that's right for you, you may find yourself experiencing things and learning more than you'd ever imagined.

The maple is just one of the many trees making a shift northward, indicative of longer growing seasons and warmer temperatures.

Are your gym socks getting greener? Then it might be time to toss them in the wash. Or maybe -- just maybe -- they're greener because they are part of the burgeoning environmentally-conscious athletic gear industry.

WHAT ON EARTH? The Not-So-Great Lakes By Neil Wagner Neil Wagner writes: The Great Lakes — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and, Superior (...