Valentine’s Day seems to be a marketing ploy, loading up on gifts, chocolate, and flowers — all designed to spend more and create more waste.

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and it is time to start planning for that perfect (sustainable) way to spend the day with your loved ones!

An exciting achievement in our midst: Caribou Coffee has become the first coffeehouse in the US to source all of its coffee from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms.

Feel like getting a little crafty in the kitchen this holiday season? Consider creating some gifts from the kitchen for a few of the folks on your list.

If sustainability is an important issue for you, chances are you’re familiar with our good friends at the Rainforest Alliance.

So, what did you do for Earth Hour 2011? We hope shutting off your lights between 8:30pm and 9:30pm were part of it!

The new year often brings about two things: (1) Resolutions that we (always/sometimes/never) keep for our (health/body/mind/life). And (2) house organization and renovations.

It’s right around the bend… That quintessential love-filled day. You know the one… Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, all those useless red, pink and white cards can do a little damage to the environment, too.

About six years ago now, an aunt of mine decided to leave the city behind and live off the grid. She’d already moved from NYC to Phoenix more than three decades before,

Is it possible to go green and eat genetically modified foods? Does “eco-friendly cuisine” correspond with cross-contaminated organisms? Let’s get the facts straight.