The Surprising Scoop On Sea Salt
Salt is an essential element of life. But contrary to popular belief, all salt is not created equal.
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10 Reasons to Transition to a Plant-Based Diet
The time is now to make some small changes that can make a big impact on our planet. And it starts with swapping that hamburger for a veggie burger.
Honeybees Can’t Smell The Flowers
Researchers have concluded that humanity’s daily hustle and bustle may be making it harder for bees to find nectar-rich flowers.
Mind Your Own Beeswax
Colony Collapse Disorder is making it harder to find quality beeswax—a sacred substance and popular alternative to petroleum-laced, GMO candles.
Poisoning The Well
How the Feds let industry pollute the nation’s underground water supply.
Cementing A Healthy Future
Do you believe in people power? Here’s one activist’s account of her community’s battle with a Titan.
Study Links Insecticide Use To Invertebrate Die-Offs
The world’s most widely used insecticide is not only devastating honeybee colonies. A groundbreaking study reveals extreme pesticide pollution is also killing dragonflies, snails, and other water-based species in mass amounts.
How Addiction To Plastic Poisons Our Planet
Plastic breaks down into toxic fish food in the ocean, then we eat the fish. It turns out this ugly circle of life is way worse than it sounds.
How To Grow A Burger
Thanks to advances in cell cultivation, researchers are closer than ever to growing real, edible meat in labs. And those Franken-burgers (and Franken-nuggets) might just help save the planet.
10 Environmental Victories Of 2012
The holidays are a great time to look back on the progress we’ve made in the last year and prepare for what’s ahead. With that in mind, here’s a look at ten big environmental victories of 2012.