350.org Day of Action, White House on Energy Reform, Nature At Its Creepiest

Foraging for Food in Unlikely Places

Jaymi goes wild food foraging with Iso Rabins of ForageSF - check out what they find in California Bay Area hills.

The White House (Finally) Begins Major Push for Clean Energy Reform

The White House hosted an energy forum where top level cabinet members revealed strategies for pushing clean energy reform. Here's the plan.

'Green Cities California' Helps Small Towns Adopt Environmental Regs Just Like the Big Boys

Green Cities California aims to change all of that by providing everything a small (or large) town needs to get environmental regulations passed.

Hit or Myth? A Dozen Dirty "Truths" With One Tiny Problem: They're False

From global warming deniers to historical hoaxes, it pays for those in the green movement to be skeptical, too. Check out some ideas to be wary about.

Ecuador Moves Forward with Plan to Not Drill the Amazon in Exchange of Funds

Ecuador plans to not drill the Amazon for oil if governmental, private and individual donations to a fund can cover at least half of the royalties the country would get if it exported that petrol. In other words, it's moving forward with holding the rainforest at ransom.

World's Longest Cave Keeps Growing Even Longer (PICS)

Researchers were recently surprised to find that the world's longest cave formation--the Fort Stanton Cave in New Mexico--is growing even longer.

Very Promising! Zinc-Air Battery Could Hold 300% More Energy Than Lithium-Ion

ReVolt Technology, a company based in Staefa, Switzerland, claims that its Zinc-air battery can "store three times the energy of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much."

Post-International Day of Climate Action De-Briefing: What Did We Accomplish & Where Do We Go From Here?

In case you missed it, Saturday was the International Day of Climate Action, with events held in countless locations across 181 countries. But what did holding up signs in the rain in the middle of Times Square accomplish? We explore next steps.

11 Common Sense Low Energy Cooking Tips

Here's a few common sense tips to get your started on the road to low energy cooking.

It's Almost Halloween!! So, What's Your Halloween Footprint?

Halloween is a $6 billion per year industry with a wasteful use it and toss it mentality. But that doesn't have to be the case. Make Halloween a sustainable celebration. Not sure how? Test your knowledge in our quiz.

Nature Can Be Creepy! The Strange, The Odd, and The Gross (Slideshow)

Check out some of the weirdest, grossest, and most shiver-inducing things our planet has to offer - just in time for All Hallow's Eve.

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