If you think gardening is a boring hobby, you’re growing the wrong plants. You could emulate Daniel Emlyn-Jones, 49, a British gardener who is raising one of the world’s most venomous plants in his Oxford home. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The gympie-gympie is native to Australia, New Guinea and Malaysia, where it grows in rainforest areas. It’s part […]
What do you want in a dairy-free ice cream? Well, everything you get in a dairy ice cream, right? NadaMoo! is a vegan, dairy-free ice cream made out of coconut milk. They also have mochi-style frozen snack bites with an ice cream center, also dairy-free. And best of all, they’re sustainable. For the holidays, you can pick up some special […]
A strange thing has happened in the Topeka Zoo. Zuri, a full grown lioness, has grown a mane. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos A female lioness growing a mane is an extremely rare, though not unique, phenomenon. In 2011, zookeepers at the National Zoological Gardens of South Africa noticed that Emma, a captive lioness, had developed a mane. Her […]
Which is better: solar or electric cars? You buy either one these days, so let’s take a look at the best choices on either side of the sustainable cars divide. Here are some top picks for solar cars and electric cars, and which one will be the right choice for you. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos How do solar […]
Instead of eating slaughtered turkeys, this year people have a chance to cuddle the living, breathing birds. Farm animal sanctuary The Gentle Barn is hosting special events at its California, Missouri and Tennessee facilities where you can pet turkeys, feed them treats, eat pie and play games. A donation of fifty bucks gives you entrée into this world of turkeys […]
On yet another unusually warm subarctic day last August, members of the Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation in the Northwest Territories of Canada held a fire-feeding ceremony, drummed, raised their eagle-emblazoned flag, and prepared a celebratory feast for themselves and a group of scientists 30 miles south of where they live in Fort Simpson. By the close of festivities, Laurier University’s […]
When you’re buying a house it’s hard to ignore highly visible elements like paint and appliances, but easy to overlook factors that could affect your own safety. That’s why we have home inspections to check the plumbing and wiring before we buy. But there’s one thing even many inspectors usually overlook – disaster resilience. With climate change making disasters of […]
Making simple switches in your laundry routine can have a significant effect on your environmental impact. With these strategies, you can clean — and dry — your laundry in a sustainable way. Try these three natural laundry practices for clean clothes and a clear (eco) conscience. This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase an item through one of these […]
In the wake of bans on U.S. exports of contaminated recyclables, many U.S. recycling programs cut back or eliminated entire categories of recyclable materials that they accept. The reasons are often economic; it’s simply not as profitable to recycle the material as before, because China paid for boatloads of materials. U.S. recycling firms had started re-calibrating their business to recycle […]
Merck and Co. pharmaceutical company has a new personalized cancer vaccine from Moderna in human trials. If it’s successful, the world could soon have the first ever cancer vaccine. Continue reading below Our Featured Videos The new vaccine is designed to fight melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Instead of preventing a person from getting a disease, the mRNA-4157/V940 […]