Articles on Recycling

A Green Makeover for Your Cosmetics

Every year, Americans spend more on beauty products than they do on education. Just shy of $100 billion is spent annually on skin care ($24 billion), makeup ($18 billion), hair ($38...

Growing Down?

Boskke Sky Planters are turning gardening on its head. These low-maintenance, air-purifying plants hang down from the ceiling and are self-watering, provided you refill them once or...

5 Qs for Jessica Biel: Is She a Green Nerd?

Jessica Biel’s good deeds seem largely about saving animals, not the planet. She’s well-known for her support of PETA and other pet and wildlife organizations. And her first...

Go Green, Get Rich?

When best-selling personal finance author David Bach moved into his New York City condo last year, his main motivation was to live close to his young son’s favorite park. Within...

It's Easy to Get Greener: Q&A with Ed Begley, Jr.

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, actor-activist Ed Begley, Jr., has done a lot of unconventional things to spread the word on how to live a greener life. When he pedaled his bike...

Get Active

Don’t have two dimes to rub together during this brutal economy? Recessions certainly suck, but they can bring out the dark green in Americans. Not the electric-sports-car-buying,...

The Lease They Can Do

If you’re a renter, you probably feel like your options for greening up your living space are limited to cheap, temporary, DIY changes like switching light bulbs, recycling, or...

Moving On Up

As Spencer Brown stood atop a pile of discarded cardboard boxes in a stinking Southern California landfill in the spring of 2006, a deep feeling of regret sank in. Brown, an inventor...

Whatcha Gonna Do with All That Junk...?

Two strapping young activists are redefining what it means to recycle, recently setting sail on a 2,100-mile journey from LA to Hawaii atop a massive pile of trash. Their aptly named...

Roadkill

Amidst the growing number of niches in today’s ever-evolving eco-scene are those committed greenies who are swearing off [insert enviro-vice here] for an entire calendar year:...