Each year the United States consumes 30 billion plastic and 10 billion paper grocery bags, requiring 14 million trees and 10 barrels of oil!

Devils one and two, Cap & Giveaway and Offsetting, make the system unfair and ineffective. But the last devil, which I call Distraction, makes it downright dangerous.

CRUDE is the story of the $287 billion-dollar lawsuit brought against Texaco — now owned by Chevron — on behalf of 30,000 rainforest dwellers.

A Sustainable Christmas Card From A Distinctive Style

Instead of giving your mom another bottle of perfume this year, give her an attractive card telling her about the unique present given to a charitable cause in her honor.

Select an alternative gift from life-sustaining, worldwide projects to honor family and friends

With the holiday season rapidly approaching, greens can feel decidedly mixed. In some ways, all the gift giving, holiday travel, parties and decorations can seem like the worst examples of our consumer culture. More of us are prone to maxing out our credit cards—and over-indulging on holiday desserts while we’re at it. Yet while we spend more, we aren’t necessarily happier.

Annually, households and businesses throw out 251 million tons of trash.

The ancient tradition of the Mola textile is so inspiring: a cultural practice passed on by the grandmothers to the young girls in the Kuna community.

People looking for humanely raised local meat, or just a better-tasting burger, are joining up to buy directly from the ranch. Not to mention it can cut the cost by 80% compared to store-bought meat.