Green Living Tips

How to shrink the footprint of everyday life.

How I Found Happiness (in 130 Square Feet)

by Ella Jenkins

posted May 10, 2012

Photo Essay: Don’t think you know how to build your own house? Neither did 23-year-old Ella Jenkins before she picked up the tools and started.

6 Ideas for Sensible Homes

posted May 09, 2012

Small, supportive, affordable, recycled—and you can build your own.

Growing Cities: An Urban Farming Road Trip

posted May 04, 2012

Can farming revitalize our cities and change the way we eat? Follow two friends across the United States to find out.

How to Save Bats in Your Own Backyard

by Heidi Bruce, Shannan Stoll

posted May 01, 2012

Bats are mammals, shy creatures of the night, and fascinating to watch. They're also endangered by loss of habitat, disease, and pesticide poisoning. You can help by providing protection.

How to Build Green on a Budget

by Jennifer Atlee

posted May 01, 2012

The challenge: build the greenest houses on earth—and make them affordable.

Real Homes: Small, Frugal, and Green

by Doug Pibel

posted May 01, 2012

With 5 million houses in foreclosure, we are rediscovering that living sustainably includes living affordably.

6 Tips for Green Pet Care

by Jennifer Kaye, Lindsay Kucera

posted Apr 23, 2012

Sustainable, low-cost, and natural ways to care for your critters.

Reclaim, Recycle, and Reimagine Your House

posted Apr 02, 2012

Just because a 2x4 isn't straight doesn't mean it can't be used. Meet a contractor who would rather raid the dump than the lumber aisle.

Book Review: Urban Homesteading

by Oliver Lazenby

posted Feb 07, 2012

Heirloom skills for sustainable living.

4 New Ideas for a Bicycle Planet

by Kate Malongowski, Jennifer Kaye

posted Jan 11, 2012

A school bus pedaled by kids, the world’s largest bike-share, and other innovations that are changing how we cycle.

Visual Learning: To Dye For

posted Dec 21, 2011

With this YES! lesson plan, try to truly understand an image, its message, and why it's interesting (or not). In this case, it's all about where we get our clothes.

6 Recipes for Winter Wellness

by Jennifer Kaye, Kate Malongowski

posted Dec 20, 2011

Fight seasonal maladies the natural way.

Pittsburgh Rides it Forward

by Kate Malongowski

posted Dec 20, 2011

Get a bike, fix a bike, give a bike—how a local collective spreads the love of cycling.

Let’s Unstuff the Holidays

by Fran Korten

posted Dec 01, 2011

I longed for simpler surroundings. So I made a resolution: Each week I would move more stuff out of the house than came in.

A Vending Machine—for Bikes

by Jennifer Kaye

posted Nov 19, 2011

In Minneapolis, two entrepreneurs invented a new way of bringing bike-repair tools to cyclists on the road.