Energy efficiency and renewable energy represent the fastest, cleanest and least expensive ways to reduce our electricity use -- and our dependence on oil. Here, some tips on doing just that, for both individuals and businesses -- along with links to other resources that will help you conserve even more.
Whether it's a wedding, a conference, a launch party or a sleepover, you can take a few easy steps to make your event greener. You'll impress your guests with your creativity and your conscience.
The pulp and paper industry is one of the most environmentally damaging industries in the world. Find out how you, through individual purchases or through your business, can help transform this bad actor into a more sustainable industry.
How has the face of environmentalism changed over NRDC's thirty-plus years defending the environment? A group of NRDC staffers reflect back on early days at NRDC, and compare yesterday and today.
Over the last 50 years, farmers have become increasingly dependent on pesticides, fertilizers, and hormones. While this has helped to raise yield, it may wreak havoc on human health and the natural environment. In response, thousands of farmers across the U.S. have switched to organic growing methods. What exactly is organic food, and what are its advantages for farmers and the public?
You've been meaning to do it -- start a compost pile, buy recycled paper, trade in that gas-guzzler for a cleaner, more fuel-efficient model -- but you've never quite gotten around to it. Well, there's no better time than the present to turn your environmental ideals into environmental action. So we've compiled some tips to help get you started.
Buy a national parks pass. Send a kid to camp. Give a weekly organic food gift box or a home for bats. This page is chock full of tips from NRDC's own attorneys, scientists and policy analysts for giving easy-on-the-planet presents that go way beyond the basics.
Sewage overflows and runoff from farms and city streets close thousands of miles of beaches each year and poison our food supply and drinking water. The good news is that there are many things you can do to help. Here are 12 simple actions to help stem the tide of polluted runoff -- and clean up and conserve our waters.
Runoff from lawns, sidewalks, roads and driveways is a major contributor to surface water pollution. Advanced ways to help reduce the flow of polluted runoff include installing a water storage cistern, rain garden or vegetated roof.
Since the mid-1980s, many communities in the U.S. have joined with local farms in food purchasing coops. This practice, known as Community Supported Agriculture, matches consumers interested in safe food with small local farmers seeking stable markets for their crops.
