Guest Idea: How to Choose a Laundry Detergent That’s Better for the Planet
A single load of synthetic laundry can shed hundreds of thousands of plastic microfibers into...
Energy and Water Need to Be Researched Together: Contact Your Representatives
From 1980 through 2024, the United States averaged 9 weather and climate disasters per year,...
Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: The Ocean Conservancy’s Dr. Erin Murphy Documents the Lethality of Ocean Plastics
Each year, over 11 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean, which...
PaintCare Reveals How Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Can Grow
Open the cabinet under almost any kitchen sink, then check the garage shelf and the...
Sustainability In Your Ear: IFT’s Brendan Niemira on Why Food Science Is Climate Science
About a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the food system, but the...
18.2 Million Mattresses Disposed a Year, and Most of Them Get Buried
Pull the sheets back from the numbers and the American mattress starts to look less...
Guest Idea: Wildfire-Resistant Plant Selection
Picture two houses in the aftermath of a California wildfire. What’s left of one is...
Earth911 Inspiration: Love of Nature Transcends
This week’s quote is from Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the U.S., philanthropist, and...