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This is a guest post by Ryan King. Ryan is a biologist, independent journalist, and community “eco-preneur” in Costa Rica. Below, he provides a brief introduction to decentralized biodiesel and biochar production in...

Many, if not most of our current economic and political structures developed in an environment of expanding, readily available, comparatively inexpensive, and high-quality energy supplies...

One extraordinary 14-year-old New Hampshire boy is showing that kids have the power to change the world. Read more of this story »

I met several lovely chickens yesterday when I was in Oakland, and I am now quite smitten. They are truly engrossing creatures to observe; the animal’s social behavior is very complex, their vocalizations are both soothing...

As our country is mired in creative destruction, a massive grassroots effort is spreading throughout our nation that can help to positively reshape our economy...

Not to be confused with 350.org, the 3/50 project is all about making a conscious effort to keep the little guy afloat.

The Department of Energy’s innovative gingerbread house is fully weatherized, and includes solar panels and water recycling systems. If only it were also sugar-free, organic and locally made. Happy Kwanzaa to us all. This...

Christmas is right around the corner! Can you believe it? The holiday totally snuck up on me this year.

There is only one way to avoid the collapse of our species on the planet earth: we have to consume less. And I believe that the world renowned  Reverend Billy Talen and the Church of Life after Shopping can show us the path...

Walkscore rates a neighborhood’s walkability on a 1 to 100 scale based on a number of criteria such as proximity to restaurants and grocery stores...

See a battery, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck. Especially if you take the battery that you found and safely recycle it, keeping dangerous toxic poisons out of our seas and drinking water. I found...

Recently I have been reading very disturbing research about how Diet Coke can possibly cause cancer and kill you. The artificial sweetener that is used in most diet beverages, aspartame, once ingested, becomes a lethal poison...

Sigourney Weaver narrates “Acid Test“, an illuminating and terrifying NRDC documentary that explains how quickly our planet’s oceans are acidifying due to all of the carbon dioxide that we are pumping into...

Sigourney Weaver narrates this illuminating and terrifying NRDC documentary that explains how quickly our planet’s oceans are acidifying due to all of the carbon dioxide that we are pumping into our air...

Ocean acidification is the undersea equivalent of climate change, as the ocean absorbs 1/4 of the excess CO2 in our atmosphere. Over time, this is going to have disastrous effects on marine life. The documentary A Sea...