Sustainability
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How to Find Sustainable Seafood
Fish offers a host of health benefits, but pollution, overfishing, and human-rights abuses have muddied the waters. Learn how to make more sustainable choices.
5 Reasons to Opt for a CSA This Summer
Buying a share of a local farm’s harvest offers more than fresh, seasonal produce. It supports your community.
Are Plant-Based Meats Truly More Sustainable?
The answer, it seems, is complex.
4 Endangered Foods
The climate crisis is threatening the foods we love. Here’s what we can do about it.
CLIMATE CHAMPION: Arctic Ice Project
This transformative climate project — focused on protecting ice caps — offers surprising hope for the future.
CLIMATE CHAMPION: Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network
This transformative climate project — focused on protecting ecosystems in the Santa Cruz region — offers surprising hope for the future.
CLIMATE CHAMPION: SCAPE Studio
This transformative climate project — that uses “oyster- tecture” to combat shoreline erosion — offers surprising hope for the future.
CLIMATE CHAMPION: Kiss the Ground
This transformative climate project — focused on regenerative agriculture — offers surprising hope for the future.
Do the Chemicals in Single-Serve Coffee Pods Disrupt Hormones?
A recent study looked at estrogenic chemicals in pod- brewed coffee. Here’s what it found out.
CLIMATE CHAMPION: Reef Life Foundation
This transformative climate project — which uses IntelliReefs to help rebuild coral reefs — offers surprising hope for the future.
Can Bicycles Help Create a Better World?
We often think of cycling in terms of personal health, but it has many social, economic, and environmental impacts.
CLIMATE CHAMPION: One Tree Planted
This transformative climate project — focused on reforestation strategy — offers surprising hope for the future.
12 Tips to Create an Eco-Friendly Kitchen
Try these tips to cut back on food and plastic waste in your kitchen.
How Jane Goodall Sustains Hope
Although the future may seem bleak, Jane Goodall seeks to inspire us all with faith, resiliency, and awe.
CLIMATE CHAMPIONS: GRID Alternatives
This transformative climate project — focused on increasing access to solar energy — offers surprising hope for the future.
7 Climate Champions
Protecting ice caps and restoring the ocean floor are just a couple of the transformative climate projects that are bringing some hope for the future.
Nurturing Growth
When it comes to the planet and its health, the earlier we start educating ourselves and taking action, the better.
How to Garden With Native Plants
Combating the climate crisis can begin in our own front yard — using native plants, shrubs, and trees. Here’s how.
Behind the Scenes With Jason Mraz (Video)
Go behind the scenes at our cover shoot with musician Jason Mraz as he talks about nurturing connections between the earth, food, and good health on his organic farm.
Seeds of Hope: Jason Mraz
Singer/songwriter Jason Mraz is also a passionate philanthropist, activist, and organic farmer who’s inspired to change the world for the better.
The Power of Community Gardens
Community gardens offer a wide array of benefits: beautifying the landscape, fighting food insecurity, helping people come together, and more.