The amount of single-use plastic waste we generate is ridiculous. Filling up landfills with crap that won't decompose for ...

As landfills overflow, oceans choke on plastic, and climate change accelerates, more people are waking up to the urgent need for sustainable living. Among the most impactful lifestyle changes gaining ...

My freshman year of college, I shifted my self-care routines to heavily incorporate baking soda. The nontoxic powder became much more to me than a rising agent in baked goods. I used it as toothpaste, ...

In recent years, the zero waste movement has gained significant momentum as people continue to further their reflections about the environmental implications behind their everyday actions. This ...

Zero Waste Week, Sept. 4-8, serves as a time to bring awareness to pollution and waste that goes into the environment as well as provide resources for people to do their part in being more sustainable ...

Zero-waste living isn’t about being perfect – it’s about small, practical steps that add up to big change. Across Auckland, ...

Rajan and fellow Port Washington residents David Jakim, Hildur Palsdottir and Annemarie Ansel created ReWild Long Island, ...

Meet Nolla, a prototype cabin which operates completely off-the-grid and which can be installed on any terrain with no need ...

Scientist and author Anita Vandyke shares her tips for living a zero waste life. After working for seven years in the corporate world as an aerospace engineer, Anita Vandyke said she needed to shed ...

Lauren Singer's blog is called Trash is for Tossers. All of her trash from the last two years fits in one sixteen ounce mason jar. She takes us through what it's like to live a zero-waste lifestyle.

This article is part of 'An Optimist's Guide to the End of the World,' a collection of stories aimed at disproving the idea that humanity is doomed. The idea of a "zero waste" lifestyle is a growing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Johanna Eriksson, Swedish teaching professor and the University of Michigan Scandinavian Program ...