Ever heard: “Dark chocolate is healthier, but raw cacao is healthiest?” Well, it’s true!

Oso*Fresh debuts their fresh food storage containers to help households nation-wide obtain a greener lifestyle.

In the early 1990s, Nike began looking to reduce their environmental impact. To this end, they decided to establish a program devoted to recycling athletic shoes that were old, called the Reuse-A-Shoe program.

The United States has come a long way in its recycling programs. Twenty years ago, a recycling bin might have been a hard-to-find item on a scavenger hunt, but today our country recycles about 28 percent of its waste, including 42 percent of paper, 40 percent of plastic bottles, 55 percent of aluminum cans, and 57 percent of steel. The U.S.

If you are looking for interesting green gifts and you happen to come across Giveagreenbag.com, do yourself a favor and look around. You’ll be pleasantly surprised at the unique selection of gift bags

The State of California last week said it may list 30 harmful chemicals that cause cancer and reproductive harm. The proposal stems from a ruling in a lawsuit over the state’s duty to list such chemicals. The ruling was issued in favor of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), United Steelworkers and Sierra Club.

A fascinating new opinion documentary was released this past Friday that examines the ins and outs of the modern food industry with an emphasis on what it really takes to get food from the farm to the market.

A coalition of scientists working on future climate models has found compelling evidence that a rapid shift in the global climate could have a devastating affect on global agriculture production a lot sooner than most had anticipated.

In a study recently released by Purdue University, the Chestnut Tree takes a front and center position in the fight against climate change. Researchers have found that a new hybrid of the American chestnut tree would not only give the species of tree a great kick start in reproduction, but will also sequester more carbon dioxide than other species of tree in the same time period.

Jobs that seek to improve the environment have grown 9.1 percent over the last decade, while all other job sectors have only increased by 3.7 percent. This is an encouraging statistic as the United States attempts to wean itself off of fossil fuels, however only a sliver of those jobs are actually in the clean energy production sector.