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Asparagus, Mango and Shitake Mushroom Rice Paper Rolls
These deliciously light and tangy rice paper rolls are perfect for spring, whether you're entertaining or...
The Top Ten Most Energy-Efficient Laptops
Each year Americans spend over $2 billion in energy costs just powering their computers, which create...
Garden Wildlife
Gardens are wild, high-traffic places. Most company is welcome, and even critical to plant health, but...
TopTen USA's Most Energy Efficient Large TVs
  On average, TVs consume about 4% of a household’s electricity use. This doesn’t sound like much,...
TopTen USA's Most Energy Efficient Medium TVs
  On average, TVs consume about 4% of a household’s electricity use. This doesn’t sound like much,...
TopTen USA's Most Energy Efficient Small TVs
On average, TVs consume about 4% of a household’s electricity use. This doesn’t sound like much, until...
The Pick of Packaging
As consumers demand better packaging, manufacturers are devising more innovative ways to conserve...
A Computer's Life in Images
Take Out Toxics: Buying Guide
Thousands of harmful chemicals lurk in our houses, schools and workplaces. In fact, more than 80,000...
The Gulf-Friendly Product Guide: Alternatives to Petroleum-Based Goods
The Gulf disaster has brought into cruel relief our reliance on petroleum-based products and made it all...
Knotweed Nightmare: Using Sweat, a Shovel and Two Goats to Reclaim a Backyard
Some invasive species—like kudzu and Asian carp—are deservedly infamous, but just because you haven't...
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Today's green jobs are rising in reconceived industrial parks, including the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard (...
Eagle Street Rooftop Farm Up Close
Want Better Mileage From Your Hummer? Strap a Couple Horses to It
Urban Beekeeping
Urban beekeepers like Megan Paska and are enjoying the fruits of their effort under the new rights they...
Fashion Week: The Green Shows, Feb 14-17, NYC
Ten designers showed their fall/winter collections at The Green Shows, held February 14 through 17, during...
The Herbfarm
The Herbfarm restaurant, twenty miles north of Seattle in Woodinville, Washington, showcases the unique...
Cracking Down on Idling in New York City
Unlike shorter cities with landscaping and space between buildings, New York City is a smog trap. Here,...
Houseplants: Beautiful, Clean Air Factories
While plants can't cure major indoor pollution problems on their own, they are an ideal antidote to the...
NYC's Bike Lanes
Lately, the New York City's narrow streets have been more tolerable to cyclists, if not to drivers: the...
What's Trash? TerraCycle Tries to Toss the Idea of Waste
TerraCycle began as a retailer of worm-castings—in other words, poop from food scraps munched by worms....
If a Forest Canopy Dies, Does It Matter?
“If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” It’s a classic...
Food on the Go: Foraging in New York's Central Park
Parks, backyards, riversides, fields—food is wherever you find it. We followed “Wildman” Steve Brill,...
How Much Water Does Your Food Consume?
Whether from irrigation, processing or animal feed, our meals drink up a lot of water before they reach...