H&M Unveils Sustainable and Affordable Wedding Dress Line

H&M has pulled inspiration from three centuries of haute couture to offer brides the chance to be as beautifully dressed as they are socially-conscious.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 March 37 Views

Ex-Homeless Man Among Eco Heroes

James Burgett started as a homeless Dumpster-diver. He'd build computers out of parts and sell them to feed his drug habit. A company called asking if he wanted 2,000 old desktops.

By Jeanne Goddard

19 April 38 Views

Vancouver Launches World's First Cigarette-butt Recycling Program

The City of Vancouver, B.C. has launched the world's first cigarette butt recycling program in its bid to become the greenest city. The pilot project began last Tuesday with the installation of 110 receptacles in four downtown areas where discarded butts are a messy problem. Fortunately, cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate, which can be recycled into building materials.

By Jeanne Goddard

18 November 35 Views

Dad Recycles Old Crayons Into New Ones for Schools, Hospitals and Art Programs

This California dad cooks up thousands of crayons in his own kitchen as part of a nonprofit initiative to make old crayons new again for kids in need.

By Dawn Nave

19 August 38 Views

Coca-Cola Creates Innovative 'Plastic' Bottle Made Entirely From Plants

Coke has unveiled a plastic bottle made from 100% plant materials leftover from the sugarcane manufacturing process.

By Sandy Kay Wright

13 July 54 Views

Meet the Cutting-edge Fashion Designers Doing Good

As consumers are becoming more informed about the pitfalls of mass-produced clothes, fashion-conscious shoppers today want to be able to make responsible choices, and now more than ever they can do so. Vivienne Westwood and brands such as Maiyet, Stella Jean, Edun, and Raven & Lily, along with a growing number of online ethically conscious […]

By Jeanne Goddard

28 June 53 Views

Four Diverse Cities Working to Eliminate Landfill Garbage

Four cities are taking different approaches to eliminate waste from landfills.

By Sandy Kay Wright

11 June 51 Views

Italian Ingenuity: Europe's First Zero Waste Town

Capannori, a rural town in the Italian province of Lucca, in Tuscany, boasts a proud history. Six years ago, it became a trendsetter and leader, not just in Italy but throughout all of Europe, as the continent's first Zero Waste town. Today, about 3.5 million Italian citizens carefully separate their waste into colored bags before leaving them on their doorsteps for collection. The movement has spread further, too, to other European countries.

By Joshua Angeles

29 May 37 Views

Swedes Are Such Good Recyclers They've Run Out of Garbage

With the highly successful recycling habits of Swedish households - they sent just 4% of their waste to landfills in 2011 - comes the enviable problem of running out of trash to burn in their national waste-to-energy program.

By Jeanne Goddard

29 July 41 Views

Plastic Bags Make Fine Diesel Fuel: Report

Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum products, researchers report. The conversion produces significantly more energy than it requires and results in transportation fuels – diesel, for example – that can be blended with existing ultra-low-sulfur diesels and biodiesels.

By Jeanne Goddard

08 March 55 Views

New Law Bans French Grocers From Throwing Out Leftover Food

France's National Assembly voted to require supermarkets to funnel their leftover food to good use rather than throwing it away.

By Jeanne Goddard

22 May 43 Views

POWWOW Diverts 30 Million Pounds of Produce Annually From Landfill to Food Banks

30-40 million pounds of fresh produce were being thrown into landfills at the US border because it was too scarred, too ripe, or too small. Yolanda Soto found a solution.

By Tiffani Spengler

16 April 54 Views