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The Real Cost of Clothing

Mattias Wallander | Posted 05.22.2013 | World
Mattias Wallander

Why did production in such a factory continue to go on even though conditions were known to be dangerous? As you can likely guess, the reasons were purely financial.

A Game of Inches

Christina Weiss Lurie | Posted 04.22.2013 | Green
Christina Weiss Lurie

It has been said that football is a game of inches and that field position often determines who wins and who loses. Is not the same true when it comes to protecting the planet?

The Hidden Costs Of Going Green

Bill Carter | Posted 01.19.2013 | Green
Bill Carter

Going green will drive the open-pit copper mining industry with a new demand for copper components. Going green is best for the planet, but doing so will mean digging enormous holes in the Earth, all of them bleeding toxic metals into watersheds in the name of clean technology.

Collective Wisdom

Alan Briskin | Posted 09.24.2012 | Green
Alan Briskin

Human well-being and nature's well-being are inextricably linked. Both the soul and the soil must be nurtured for life to have meaning, generativity, and significance. Yet too often we live with notions of scarcity, that there is not enough or that competing priorities necessitate painful sacrifices.

Mayor Bloomberg's Sustainability State of Mind

Steven Cohen | Posted 04.30.2012 | Green
Steven Cohen

Work, create, save, tax, invest and sustain. There is no free lunch and you get what you pay for. That is Mike Bloomberg's sustainability state of mind.

Earth Will Thank You: Simple Ways To 'Go Green' Everyday

Evan Allis | Posted 12.18.2011 | Fifty

A recent survey from the Pew Research Group reports that the number of Americans who believe the earth is warming dropped to 59 percent last year from...

The Golden Arches Go Green?

The Stir | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
The Stir

While McDonald's intentions may be admirable, it's going to take a lot more than a bunch of drought-tolerant plants to convince us that we are buying a product from a company that's really interested in sustainable food production.

This Christmas Go Green With A Rented Tree

nytimes.com | JENNIFER STEINHAUER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Mr. Martin's idea, enabled by a rotten economy that made his free time greater and his potential labor pool deeper, is now manifest in his new busines...

5 Essential Green Living Skills Our Grandparents Knew

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Our grandparent's generation didn't use the word green to describe their lifestyle, but many of the things they knew how to do are now considered to b...

France To Donate $1.5 Billion To Electric Car Tech

Yahoo! News | Simon Boehm | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

France launched the "battle of the electric car" Thursday as it unveiled plans to invest 1.5 billion euros on infrastructure for the two million elect...

Colbert: The Toilet Paper Battle Escalates To "World War 3-Ply" (VIDEO)

Posted 01.07.2013 | Green

Wednesday night on The Colbert Report, Colbert joked about rectal splinters and using the next softest thing - a spotted owl - if environmentalists wi...

The War Over Plush Toilet Paper

washingtonpost.com | David A. Fahrenthold | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Plush U.S. toilet paper is usually made by chopping down and grinding up trees that were decades or even a century old. They want Americans, like Euro...

Fall Veggies And Greens: Plant Your Own (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

September and October are great planting months for root veggies and leafy greens. Want to eat local? Give growing your own veggies a try this winter....

Green Commercials (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

We rounded up some cute, clever, and funny green-themed commercials for your viewing pleasure. Watch and tell us which commercial gets its message acr...

Climate Week NYC Is Here!

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

The 'Week' officially starts on Monday, but events start in earnest tomorrow. There's a full event listing on the Climate Week NY°C website, but here...

Eight Wacky Ways To Greener Living

EcoSalon | Mike Sowden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Think you've heard every creative and inventive way to go green? Here are some sensible suggestions - but if your tastes tend towards the wackier end ...

Go Green Expo Screening with Peter Fonda and Mariel Hemmingway - Jan 23

Josh Tickell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Josh Tickell

Fuel takes us through America's complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminates a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized, sustainable living is possible, and imperative.

Living The Teenage Life; Peer Pressure and Carnivores

Chloe Spencer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Chloe Spencer

Even though you buy your nicely plastic-wrapped meat at the grocery store, it doesn't mean that what's in that package didn't suffer to get there.

Greening Hollywood: Water Unifies For Running Dry

Paige Donner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Paige Donner

University of California, Irvine's Urban Water Research Center hosted an evening in September at the St. Regis Monarch Resort in Dana Point that broug...

Pevonia Products- A beauty lesson in Eco-friendly synergy

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Stefanie Michaels

I am a huge fan of companies taking the steps to create eco-friendly products for us, with a major consideration of our planet. Hence, why I am writin...

Green Travel: Top 7 U.S. Eco-Travel Destinations

The Green Guide | Paul McRandle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green

Green travel isn't only about the journey--it's about the destination too. Here are seven great picks, recently surveyed by National Geographic Travel...

Sharing: A Truly Radical (And Green) Idea

Starre Vartan | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Starre Vartan

One of the first lessons we teach kids is to share, so you'd think our grown-up society would be all about give and take.

Earth Day 2008: Everything You Need To Know

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Happy Earth Day! In honor of today's planetary celebration, The Huffington Post has pulled together everything you could possibly need or want to know...