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A stringent waste-management program all but prohibits garbage from being produced by the residents of a small town in the mountains of Japan. Is a wider implementation feasible?

Prosperity and consumerism have gone hand-in-hand in America for more than a century. Will achieving the goal of a sustainable future require a radical re-think of this acquisitive approach?

That manicured, green lawn can be anything but "green" when it comes to its impact on your carbon footprint. Learn what steps to take to make your lawn as easy on the environment as it is on the eyes.

Dry cleaners have a reputation as less-than-green businesses, with a plethora of chemicals used in the cleaning process and typically high energy use. Enter Nature's Best Cleaners, a leader in the movement toward more eco-friendly practices.

Due to the size of college communities, grassroots sustainability movements on college campuses across the U.S. are becoming increasingly important. An interesting case study: The SEED house, a growing experiment in sustainable living at Oberlin College.

With foreclosure rates and fuel prices soaring, the time for more affordable green housing has come. Just how to bring the traditionally higher costs of sustainable building down, however, can be a tricky matter. But there are solutions on the horizon.

The up-front investment required and negligible economic payoff has traditionally made upgrading to water-conserving fixtures a low priority for landlords. A new program provides just the incentive that some property owners need to make the move to more eco-friendly devices.

Fast-growing, resilient, and incredibly adaptable, bamboo offers consumers and green builders alike a silver-bullet solution to many challenges of sustainability.

With the health dangers of chemicals that leech from plastics making headlines in recent years, a new technology that produces resins free of endrogenic activity has interesting promise.

While some believe that biofuels are increasing food prices, a study from Texas A&M says oil prices are the driving force.