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Early photographers recognized the monumental importance of creatures such as Africa’s large animals but could do little about it other than photograph those that sat still in a zoo. Once film was fast enough, telephoto lenses precise enough, and col

The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.

Is it healthy? Is it 
organic? Is it fairly traded? How far has it travelled? At times, making informed choices can feel like a full-time job. Here is a pocket guide to buying food from the new book Stuffed

In an entertainment subculture famous for violence and resource exploitation, one video game offers lessons for urban sustainability.

As Tel Aviv celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, it witnessed the outcome of a planning decision made in the 1990s that had two seemingly contradictory goals: to preserve the architectural form and human-scale streetscape of the historic central

The next issue of The Green Parent has just arrived on our doorstep and it is positively bouncing with the joys of spring! Our April/May issue will go out to subscribers over the next few days and then hit the newsstands at the weekend.

57.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered and recycled in 2008, but can we reach 60 percent by 2012?

In Haiti, International Women's Day is a reminder of what women have done and are still doing to keep hope alive.

The Obama administration has embarked on a high-stakes gamble: devoting billions of dollars to an expansion of nuclear power in the hope of winning Republican votes for a climate bill. But in its eagerness to drum up bipartisan support for one of the hard

Amy Cannon, green chemist and non-profit director, answers our 10 questions, discussing low-energy solar cells, training scientists to weed out toxicity, and what makes benign chemistry such a good business proposition.

 If you honk for hummers—winged, not wheeled—Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air, a recent addition to PBS’s Nature series, doesn’t disappoint. For 60 minutes hummingbirds hold center stage, flitting around the screen like shiny-feathered ballerinas.

Balancing Act Stay well all winter long with recipes that draw on Thai healing traditions BY Su-Mei YuPHOTOGRAPHY Pornchai Mittongtare

It won't come naturally to most pampered westerners, but running in a barefoot-style can help reduce injuries and make trainers less resource-intensive...

Dan Chiras questions the idea that disposable items are worth the tremendous waste they create.

When the owners of the Empire State Building in 2007 decided to move forward with a new capital improvement plan, they were looking for standard improvements to get the building to Class A commercial status. At the time they were looking at traditio