See if your city is poised to bounce back from the next climate disaster
Communities across the United States face extreme weather, but some are prepared to thrive. Find out how your city ranks.
By Michael J. Coren, Naema Ahmed and Kevin Crowe
Everyone’s ignoring these investors’ warnings on climate risk. You shouldn’t.
Investors are betting extreme weather will rewrite the rules of real estate. Here’s what that means for your home.
By Michael J. Coren
Why you just might fall in love with moths
How “mothing” may be the best way to discover new species in your own backyard.
By Michael J. Coren, Alice Li, Stella Kalinina and Hailey Haymond
Trying to become vegan? This is the easiest way to do it.
Veganism doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Adopting a mostly plant-based diet but maintaining flexibility with friends and family can help make a climate impact.
By Hannah Good
Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners
Millions of Americans could face a slow and almost imperceptible repricing of their biggest asset.
By Michael J. Coren, Naema Ahmed and Kevin Crowe
Nearly every household in America has a car. Here’s how to break free.
Here are families defying the trend of one car for every adult. The secret, I found, is not just choosing how you want to live. It’s where you live.
By Michael J. Coren
This new diet could help save the planet and your health. Here’s how it works.
You can eat healthier and shrink your carbon footprint with these recipes and dietary guidelines, which don’t require you to ditch meat or sacrifice flavor.
By Nicolás Rivero
Why ‘chaos wheat’ may be the future of bread
It’s time to look beyond all-purpose flour.
By Michael J. Coren
The surprisingly powerful force that can help people after a natural disaster
Fires and floods can wreck your mental health. Community can rebuild it.
By Michael J. Coren
What to do with your old jacket rather than throwing it out
Repair services and programs that allow you to fix or trade in your old gear can extend the life span of your products and keep them out of landfills.
By Allyson Chiu and John Farrell
How to turn any bike into an electric vehicle
There are about 1 billion bikes in the world. I found an affordable way to make almost any of them electric.
By Michael J. Coren and Alice Li
How I fed my family for days with food that was bound for the trash
A new generation of apps are rescuing food from the landfills at a fraction of the retail price at restaurants and grocery stores.
By Michael J. Coren
How to make all your food waste disappear
Composting is not for everyone. But you haven’t tried solar digesters.
By Michael J. Coren
You can forage a delicious meal almost anywhere. Here’s how.
Foraging — the act of finding wild, edible food — is a lost art in modern society. Perhaps it’s time for a revival.
By Michael J. Coren
He makes giant trolls out of trash, hides them in woods for people to find
‘My ultimate goal is to have trolls surprising people in every state,’ said Thomas Dambo, whose latest project is in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
By Cathy Free
Fighting over how to load the dishwasher and save gas? We have the right answers.
Definitive answers to the most common household battles over sustainability.
By Michael J. Coren
There are better ways to protest climate change than spray painting Stonehenge
Just Stop Oil activists could take a page from the civil rights movement, experts say.
By Michael J. Coren
What ‘boommates’ are and why you might want to join them
Thousands of baby boomers are living with intergenerational housemates — a setup that could help ease the housing crunch and cut global warming emissions.
By Michael J. Coren
The one vegan food that tastes just like the real thing
Scientists finally made fake cheese taste good.
By Michael J. Coren
Never wait in the school car line again. Here’s how.
For the first time in decades, a small but critical mass of children are riding their bikes safely to school again.
By Michael J. Coren