Sustainability(Page 10)

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Solar cell for yellow hydrogen energy production
Environment

A beginner’s guide to the ‘hydrogen rainbow’

By Purbita Saha

4 reasons to let your lawn grow wild
Environment

4 reasons to let your lawn grow wild

By Angely Mercado

A blue recycling bin with a recycling symbol on it.
DIY

What do the numbers on plastic mean? And 3 other trashy questions, answered.

By Natalie Wallington

outdoors compositing pile with veggies
DIY

How to keep food, plastic, and fabric out of the landfill

By Jennifer Ball

Is ‘vegan’ leather really better for the planet?
Environment

Is ‘vegan’ leather really better for the planet?

By Angely Mercado

People are moving into risky flood zones—but they may not have a choice
Environment

People are moving into risky flood zones—but they may not have a choice

By Angely Mercado

Purple flowers growing in the soil in a cemetary
Environment

Composting a human body, explained

By Angely Mercado

Rows of recyclable plastic bottles
Environment

To shore up packaging recycling, Maine is making businesses foot the bill

By Sara Kiley Watson

What is ecocide, and why might it be criminalized worldwide?
Environment

What is ecocide, and why might it be criminalized worldwide?

By Angely Mercado

Data center.
Environment

Worried your Netflix binge is killing the planet? You can chill—for now.

By Sara Kiley Watson

A black Mercedes-Benz in a parking lot.
Technology

How I converted my Mercedes-Benz to run on veggie oil

By Mikey Sklar

Person shopping with basket.
Environment

Are carbon labels on products just greenwashing?

By Angely Mercado

Yard garden with flowers, shrubs, bushes and trees.
Environment

Floods from storms are destructive, but a humble rain garden can help

By Angely Mercado

Weather thermometer on wooden wall
Environment

What the ‘hottest day on record’ really means

By Sara Kiley Watson

Microbes found in cow stomachs could help solve our plastic problem
Environment

Microbes found in cow stomachs could help solve our plastic problem

By Angely Mercado

The argument for a permanent Olympic City
Environment

The argument for a permanent Olympic City

By Angely Mercado

What is ‘degrowth’ and how can it fight climate change?
Environment

What is ‘degrowth’ and how can it fight climate change?

By Sara Kiley Watson

Are ‘heat days’ the new snow days?
Environment

Are ‘heat days’ the new snow days?

By Angely Mercado

Willow trees could be a sustainable (and beautiful) way to treat wastewater
Health

Willow trees could be a sustainable (and beautiful) way to treat wastewater

By Angely Mercado

Our go-to weapon against heatwaves? A dirty backup power source.
Environment

Our go-to weapon against heatwaves? A dirty backup power source.

By Angely Mercado

What companies really mean when they say they’re ‘net-zero’
Environment

What companies really mean when they say they’re ‘net-zero’

By Sara Kiley Watson

patagonia provisions long root ale
Environment

What To Drink While You Wait For Perennial Grains To Revolutionize Agriculture

By Peter Hess

single-use plastic bags
Environment

Reusable grocery bags aren’t as environmentally friendly as you might think

By Kat Eschner

‘Forever chemicals’ could be lurking in your lipstick
Environment

‘Forever chemicals’ could be lurking in your lipstick

By Angely Mercado

Bidet in a bathroom with a black tile floor
Environment

Are bidets really better for the planet than toilet paper?

By Sara Kiley Watson

What you need to know about the heatwave and drought scorching the western US
Environment

What you need to know about the heatwave and drought scorching the western US

By Sara Kiley Watson

What makes a sunscreen ‘reef-safe’?
Environment

What makes a sunscreen ‘reef-safe’?

By Angely Mercado

One side of a reddish-brown brick building, with 15 windows arranged in a grid on the façade, each containing a separate window air conditioning unit.
DIY

How to prevent your window AC unit from falling out, and other cool tips

By Lauren Leffer

How high-end restaurants can turn their menus completely vegan
Environment

How high-end restaurants can turn their menus completely vegan

By Angely Mercado

Can zero-waste stores be affordable for everyone?
Environment

Can zero-waste stores be affordable for everyone?

By Angely Mercado

Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism
Health

Those ‘nature is healing’ memes stem from a problematic take on environmentalism

By Angely Mercado

Crumpled up paper waste
Environment

Modern paper use is wildly unsustainable. Here’s what you can do about it.

By Laurie David and Heather Reisman

Where does your paper come from? The good and the bad news.
Environment

Where does your paper come from? The good and the bad news.

By Shaena Montanari

Your lost shipment could be trashing a beach thousands of miles away
Environment

Your lost shipment could be trashing a beach thousands of miles away

By Shaena Montanari

The real story behind the Biden burger-ban rumor
Environment

The real story behind the Biden burger-ban rumor

By Sara Kiley Watson

A quarter of new invasive species were spotted by everyday citizen-scientists
Environment

A quarter of new invasive species were spotted by everyday citizen-scientists

By Shaena Montanari

Crushed single-use plastic water bottle in hand.
Environment

Adding enzymes to bioplastics can make them disappear

By Shaena Montanari

Super-white paint could cut air conditioning bills by 80 percent
Environment

Super-white paint could cut air conditioning bills by 80 percent

By Shaena Montanari

Bowling lane and bowling pin on sea green background
Environment

Meet the matchmaker pairing commercial waste with companies ready to reuse it

By Tom Vanderbilt

Colorful cleaning products on blank background.
Environment

Are your cleaning products really green? Here’s how to tell.

By Shaena Montanari

Host a sustainable affair with these environmentally-friendly tips
Environment

Host a sustainable affair with these environmentally-friendly tips

By Sara Kiley Watson

Construction workers install solar panles.
Environment

How Biden’s jobs plan will be put to work for the environment

By Emily Cerf

Two bamboo toothbrushes, one with tan bristles and one with blue bristles, on a white towel.
DIY

How to safely turn your old toothbrush into a household cleaning tool

By John Kennedy

Wine being poired into glasses overlooking natural landscape.
Environment

Is your wine really sustainable? Here’s how to tell.

By Shaena Montanari

Clean glass of filtered water
Health

Simple filters made from conifer trees could have a huge impact on the clean water crisis

By Shaena Montanari

Close up of a recycle garbage bin logo at Pershing Square in Los Angeles, CA
DIY

Weird things you didn’t know you could recycle

By Lexi Krupp

Stacks of logs against skyline.
Environment

Burning wood pellets won’t help us fight climate change

By Shaena Montanari

Woman applying lotion in mirror
Health

Are ‘clean’ cosmetics better for us than other beauty products?

By Sara Kiley Watson

Urban city square with park and planted trees.
Environment

Can planting more trees keep cities from heating up?

By Shaena Montanari

Plastic water bottles and aluminum soda cans in a bin
Environment

Will we ever be able to recycle all our plastic?

By Candice Wang

Woman searching through rack of vintage second-hand thrift clothing.
Environment

Thrift shopping is an environmental and ethical trap

By Sara Kiley Watson

Aurora sky over icy winter forest at night
Environment

A geomagnetic curveball 42,000 years ago changed our planet forever

By Sara Kiley Watson

Seville orange on wood
Environment

These oranges are for a lot more than juicing

By Carlos C. Olaechea/Saveur

Products to reduce the amount of garbage in your life
Gear

Products to reduce the amount of garbage in your life

By Billy Cadden

rocky outcropping in very blue tropical waters
Environment

Citizens of Mauritius are cleaning up a major oil spill themselves

By Hannah Seo

cows in a pasture
Health

Gene-edited cows could make meat more sustainable. But would people eat it?

By Dyllan Furness/Undark

A blue agave plant
Science

Five burning questions about tequila, answered

By Purbita Saha

Hiking gear
DIY

Save money and protect the environment by repurposing your old outdoor gear

By Alisha McDarris

Captain Jake Hiles and 708-pound tuna that is the pending new state Virginia record.
Environment

Anglers in Virginia reeled in a 700-pound tuna, then threw a dinner party

By Doug Howlett/Field & Stream

Fans at a giant concert
Environment

How musicians like Radiohead and Massive Attack are making their tours less stressful on the environment

By Eleanor Cummins

philadelphia eagles' football field
Environment

The Philadelphia Eagles are driving the NFL toward a greener future

By Eleanor Cummins

Boy Changes Temperature On Central Heating Thermostat Control Using Mobile Phone App
DIY

It’s not easy being green, but it doesn’t have to be expensive

By Dan Seitz

couple building an artificial christmas tree
Environment

Your Christmas tree’s environmental impact has nothing to do with whether it’s real or fake

By Bert Cregg/The Conversation

A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible.
Environment

A carbon-neutral burger? It’s not impossible.

By Ula Chrobak