compost

What to Do With Your Compost (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

What to Do With Your Compost (Even if You Don’t Have a Garden)

When food scraps are thrown into a landfill, they decompose anaerobically and create methane: a climate-warming greenhouse gas. When food scraps are composted, however, not only are they kept out of landfills, but they turn into nutrient-rich organic matter that can fertilize next season’s plants. You can compost anywhere — even in an apartment or […]

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    24 Creative Green Projects to Tackle Now

    24 Creative Green Projects to Tackle Now

    By Courtney Lindwall If you’re one of those people cooped up safely at home, with creative energy and free time to spare—count yourself lucky. Here, we’ve rounded up a list of two dozen environmental projects that can make your time indoors, or right outside, a little brighter. Whether you’re ready to start rescuing more of […]

    The Fight Against Food Waste Starts at Home

    The Fight Against Food Waste Starts at Home

    By Tim Lydon When we gather around the table with friends and family this holiday season, many of us will look down at platefuls of climate change. It won’t be our intention, of course, but one aftermath of our holiday cheer is food waste, which is increasingly cited as one of the world’s biggest sources […]