Most Huggable: A Vegan Passover, Exotic EcoCities, Little House On The Freeway + More
Is it possible to keep Kosher and still keep a vegan diet?
Treeless Squirrel: "Plant Trees Please"
Like many of our readers, we suspect this dude would be less than impressed with the recycled squirrel decanter we featured a while back. No matter, he’s too busy worrying about the lack of trees to be too concerned by human beings and their tacky
Seattle Kids Are Exploring Trees Inside And Out
Trees are the longest living and largest living organisms on earth. One acre of forest absorbs six tones of carbon dioxide and puts out four tones of oxygen. Trees are good noise barriers, making a city and neighborhood quieter. This is just the tip of
Kids "Think Trees"
Recently we pointed out the benefits of planting a tree with a child, and it seems like the folks at Doubletree Hotels are taking us up on the concept in a big way But it's great to see that they've actually been teaming up with the National Arbor
To Plant A Seed
The simple act of planting a tree can mean many things to many people: It can be considered a symbol of new birth and life, a natural form of art, possibly another chore around the house, and even to some just part of another landscaping job that helps
Melancholy Arbor Days To Come
In the US, Arbor Day is April 27, 2007. When this writer was a child, our grade school class planted trees on Arbor Day, told that when we grew up that "our" trees might well still be there, beholden to our childhood actions. We even had an
Wild blueberry growers face tough times on the East Coast
Competition, oversupply, and unpredictable weather has caused the price of wild berries in Maine to hit a 30-year low.
GO Homes are predesigned, prefabricated, Passivhaus and possibly perfect
GO Logic have always designed beautiful homes. This was the next Go Logical step.
"The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit" (book review)
It's as if Chris Knight left for a weekend camping trip, but didn't come home for a quarter-century.
Good luck finding Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters; The governor has banned signs and directions.
It's another national monument established by Obama and threatened by Trump.
The invasive species that nobody is talking about
Non-native species like zebra mussels make national news, but the dangerous plant variable milfoil is rarely discussed outside of lake communities.
EcoCor brings Swedish building tech to the USA to produce passivhaus prefabs
It's a mix of good design, a tough standard and sophisticated engineering.
Maine student rejects scholarship from bottled water company
Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.
Towns in Maine declare food sovereignty with local ordinances
In an effort to support local food production and defend customers' rights to buy and eat whatever local farm products they want, 16 towns in Maine have created their own local food ordinances.
Cousins River Residence by GO Logic is smaller and simpler
Who says you can't have both beauty and efficiency?
Buildings can be boxy but beautiful if you have a good eye
And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.
The Archipod rolls back to America as the Podzooks
The iconic English office pod can be used for all kinds of things.
Drones join search and rescue operations in Maine
The flying robots will start helping officials to locate lost hikers.
Maine legislators move to speed up GMO labeling law
Some legislators in Maine want the state's food to be labeled sooner.
Maine conference brings together the "most experienced passive house minds on the planet"
It's the first conference of the North American Passive House Network and it sounds like it was a lot of fun.
How to build unheated greenhouses for winter harvests & year-round gardening (Video)
American organic farmer Eliot Coleman explains how his innovative winter gardening methods work, allowing growers to harvest veggies year-round.
BrightBuilt Home introduces line of healthy, net-zero modular designs
A mix of modern and traditional design elements that are appropriate for the Northeast make these very interesting houses.
Tween Boys Help Save a 500-million-year-old Species
These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.
Residents Band Together to Protect Maine’s Woods from Development
Picture having a massive, beautiful expanse of woods near your home. You go there to hike, fish, hunt -- just to enjoy nature. Now picture a highway running through it.
First Commercial Tidal Power Project in US Launches in Maine
Though only powering 75-100 homes at launch, the TidGen Cobscook Bay project, in Eastport, Maine, is slated to expand to ten times its initial size.
Buy Your Own (Official) Hobbit Hole
A small family business is selling replicas/interpretations of the homes made famous by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Here is a Pretty Good Idea for a New Building Standard: The Pretty Good House.
Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.
How Reclaimed Hand Tools Can Revive the Local Economy (Video)
One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.
Can Fishing Communities Regulate Themselves?
Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.
The Poetic Insights of a Seaweed Harvester (Video)
Eating seaweed is healthy, but how is it harvested? For one Maine seaweed harvester, the job is a meditation on life.
Ramblers Way Creates Sustainable Luxury Casual Wear for Fall 2011
Organic wool comfort wear company Ramblers Way founded by Tom and Kate Chappell, of Tom's of Maine fame has come a long way since their first collection, comprised of natural blonde wool jersey knits
Internet Killing Print Media: Up-Cycling Paper Mills Could Make Digital Communications Greener
Paper Age reports that "total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6.4% in August compared to August 2010." Burrowing in, Fortress Specialty Cellulose echos the
Maine Legislates 30% Reduction in Oil Use by 2030
Maine's taking a stand against oil usage and oil dependency--frankly the bigger issue than where we get our oil from, tar sands and other unconventional oil sources aside. As NRDC Switchboard reports, the state has passed a law
"Pay-As-You-Throw" Trash Metering Cuts Landfill Waste by 50% in a Month
Some places have looked at paying people to recycle, but others think it makes more sense to charge people for their waste instead. When the UK talked about implementing a "pay-as-you-throw" scheme for trash, our readers were
DIY Wedding Extreme: Couple Grows Everything for their Wedding Feast
Once upon a time I put together a guide on how to green your wedding, and I even blogged about my own DIY-flavored eco-wedding. But my darling wife and I have been upstaged by Julia Davis and Andy
Iceland marks lost glacier with a plaque
The ancient Ok glacier, a fraction of its former size and unable to move, was declared dead in 2014.
How to grocery shop when you can't bring your own containers
Learning which plastics are most harmful to health is one thing you can do.
Plastic waste is a problem, but wasting what the plastic is wrapping is many times worse
Judith Thornton questions the conventional wisdom about plastic packaging. She has a controversial point.
Canada moves forward with its single-use plastics ban
A scientific assessment has confirmed enormous amounts of waste and definite harm to wildlife.
Honolulu cracks down on single-use plastics
Hawaii's most populated island is implementing tough new rules for packaging.
Thicker bags don't solve the plastics problem
"Bags for life," as they're called, do not get reused nearly as much as retailers would like to believe.
Vancouver says no more foam food containers
A ban will take place in the new year, followed by crackdowns on straws and grocery bags.
Is your tea steeped in plastic?
A new study shows that all-plastic tea bags release billions of particles into hot water.
4 billion bits of microplastics in the waters of Tampa Bay
And researchers estimate there's another 3 trillion pieces in surface sediments.
Biodegradable plastic is bad for the environment, British MPs say
It's time we stopped greenwashing plastic alternatives and realized they do more harm than good.
India to implement major single-use plastic ban on Oct 2
This year, Gandhi's birthday will be marked by a national crackdown on six specific plastic items.
Why we all need to stop 'wishcycling'
Some things were never meant to go in the blue bin.
Here's a handy guide to plastics recycling
Made by NPR, it explains what's recyclable, what becomes trash, and why.
Toymaker Hasbro says it will phase out plastic packaging
Starting in 2020, the company will redesign packaging to be more environmentally-friendly.