Sustainability

A staff worker washing and preparing harvested crickets for roasting at Valala Farms in Antananarivo, Madagascar on Nov. 19, 2019.

They're Healthy. They're Sustainable. So Why Don't Humans Eat More Bugs?

If human beings could learn to add insects to their dinner plate, it would ...

If human beings could learn to add insects to their dinner plate, it would help save the planet

In this underwater photo taken October 23, 2020 a school of fish swim over corals in Alhambra Rock, a popular diving area in the Gulf of Thailand, off Rayong province.

Underwater Noise Pollution Is Disrupting Ocean Life—But We Can Fix It

A new report finds noise pollution can be just as harmful to the ocean envi...

A new report finds noise pollution can be just as harmful to the ocean environment as other kinds of pollution, but the damage can be reversed

A customer tucks into a meat-free banquet at Green Common café in Shanghai on Jan. 13

How China Could Change the World by Taking Meat Off the Menu

China is on the cusp of a plant-based protein revolution

Chef Ángel León holding seagrass at his Michelin three-star seafood restaurant, Aponiente, in El Puerto de Santa María, Spain

Seeding the Ocean: Inside a Michelin-Starred Chef's Revolutionary Quest to Harvest Rice From the Sea

Chef Ángel León wants to change the way we feed the world

The coal-fired power stations of Boxberg (R) and Schwarze Pumpe (L) are pictured on October 17, 2020 in Torga, Germany.

The World Is Headed for 3 Degrees of Warming This Century, U.N. Report Warns—But a Green Pandemic Recovery Could Offer Hope

Dense U.N. reports may not make onto anyone’s must read list for the holida...

Dense U.N. reports may not make onto anyone’s must read list for the holidays, so think of the United Nations Environment Program’s 2020 Emissions Gap survey as a warning letter from Santa, on behalf of...

A solar farm under construction in Punta Gorda, Florida, on April 22, 2016 where enough energy will be produced to power 21,000 homes as part of the Babcock Ranch development.

This Florida Town Wants to Be the Most Sustainable in America

'Babcock Ranch will exemplify what it means to be a town of the future'

Classic little black ladies dress hanging on the hanger

What Happened When I Realized My Cheap Clothes Were a Global Problem

'What I can't rationalize is being a part of a business that produces tens ...

'What I can't rationalize is being a part of a business that produces tens of thousands of dresses a month in China that are hurting the world we live in'