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11 Ways to Dye Easter Eggs Naturally

Skip the kit and instead try coloring your Easter eggs with coffee, onions, blueberries, and more items from the cupboard and fridge.

12 Natural Allergy Remedies that Provide Relief

Tired of allergy meds that make you, well, tired? Try these natural allergy remedies to cut back on seasonal sniffles.

The Big Idea: Clone Ancient Trees to Save Planet Earth

David Milarch is a pioneering spirit who believes that cloning huge ancient trees—such as the remaining Giant Sequoias in California— is the key to saving the planet. He…

Gift (Wrap) Green This Holiday

There’s nothing quite like tearing into a beautifully wrapped present, but let’s admit the downside: gift wrapping generates over 4 million tons of waste annually. This holiday…

Visual Feast: Beautiful Photos of Rotten Food

Changing a Bad Lunch Habit, One Bite at a Time

Not-so-fun-fact: 40 billion plastic forks, knives and spoons are thrown in the garbage each year. And I’m pretty sure about one million of those come directly from me…

Sea Otters: Adorable Partners in the Fight Against Global Warming

A new study published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment shows that sea…

13+ Steps to a Zero-Waste Kitchen

Reduce, reuse, recycle: These expert tips will help you find new ways to cut waste in the kitchen.

Rebuilding After the Tornado

When an uncommonly vicious tornado stamped its way through Greensburg, Kansas, efficient and green living became a way of life for the rebuilders.

7 Extraordinary Uses for Olive Oil

Take your bottle of olive oil out of the kitchen and find out other surprising uses for it around the house.