Umbra Fisk of GristTV offers her top tips for composting. From huge outdoor containers, to small countertop boxes, this video will no doubt inspire you, as much as it did us, to get in touch with your greener side. Just...

Biotech whiz Pat Brown makes the global-warming case against animal farming.   Patrick O. Brown, a Stanford University biochemist, has changed science twice by giving stuff away. In the early 1990s Brown invented the DNA microarray, a tool that measures...

India's Environment Minister suggests the world adopt vegetarianism if it is to tackle the greenhouse emission problem, writes Matt Wade in Delhi. AS THE international community struggles to come up with a climate change deal, India's Environment Minister, Jairam...

IN most ways, the Barthelmes Manufacturing Company is a typical sheet metal fabricator. Five days a week, machines here stamp out thousands of computer cases, electrical patch panels and other items for companies like United Technologies. Yet a growing part...

At the Net Impact conference last week, a waiter stopped by before lunch to ask if anyone at our table wanted a vegetarian meal instead of chicken. Just one or two people did. This, as it happens, is typical. When...

Community colleges have long held second-class-citizen status in the world of higher education. But they've suddenly become top tier when it comes to one important thing: training for new green-economy jobs. In recent months, administrators at two-year schools across the...

I gave a talk in South Texas recently on the environmental virtues of a vegetarian diet. As you might imagine, the reception was chilly. In fact, the only applause came during the Q&A period when a member of the audience...

Climate change campaigner Al Gore believes turning vegetarian could aid the battle against global warming. Substituting more fruit and vegetables in an everyday diet was the responsible thing to do, he said. In the clip below, Gore is asked about...

These vehicles top their classes in fuel economy while offering strong performance, too. #1 Family car: Toyota Prius Mileage: 48 Hwy, 51 CityAnnual fuel cost: $774Price: $21,000 - $27,670 You might not think so, given all the press it...

People should go vegetarian for at least two days a week in order to save the planet, according to a new report. Sir Paul McCartney, Lord Stern and the UN have suggested people may to stop eating meat completely in...

ABOARD THE ALGUITA, 1,000 miles northeast of Hawaii -- In this remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies...

When Alice Waters talks about improving school lunch, she doesn't just mean making the chicken nuggets more nutritious. She wants to see a table set, maybe with flowers. She wants children to have enough time to have conversations as they...

Just because a car has low fuel efficiency doesn't mean it's the worst polluter on the road. The Chevrolet Suburban and Dodge Challenger are some of the biggest gas-gulpers available, but they don't cause quite the environmental harm other cars...

Livestock causes far more climate damage than first thought, says a new report. Climate change emissions from meat production are far higher than currently estimated, according to a controversial new study that will fuel the debate on whether people should...

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." -- Honore de Balzac My great-great-grandfather would probably detest what I stand for and want to accomplish. His goal was to turn more and more people into meat addicts; mine is to...

Biotechnology companies are keeping university scientists from fully researching the effectiveness and environmental impact of the industry's genetically modified crops, according to an unusual complaint issued by a group of those scientists."No truly independent research can be legally conducted on...

They Can Sow, But They Can't Reap In Diet For A New America I stated that we are witnessing a dramatic decline in human sperm quantity and quality. If this is true, it is obviously of foremost importance. While it...