Practical Ways You Can Spark Change

How to Ditch the Biggest Fossil Fuel Offenders in Your Life

August 8, 2023 How-ToUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Here are some high-impact ways to reduce your personal use of oil and gas and gain a little energy independence.

How You Can Stop Global Warming

August 7, 2023 How-ToUnited StatesMelissa Denchak

Healing the planet starts in your garage, in your kitchen, and at your dining room table.

A Consumer Guide to the Inflation Reduction Act

July 20, 2023 How-ToCourtney Lindwall

Here’s how to save on electric vehicles, solar panels, heat pumps, and more via tax credits and rebates.

Protect Your Community from “Bomb Trains”

May 11, 2022 How-ToUnited States, Gibbstown, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, PhiladelphiaNicole Greenfield, Amanda MacMillan

Trains carrying highly explosive fossil fuels barrel through unsuspecting communities every day. Is yours one of them?

How to Find Relief During Summer Heat Waves in the City

July 13, 2020 How-ToUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Extreme heat is already a public health threat—now, COVID-19 may make that impact worse. Here are some quick tips and long-term strategies to help keep you and your neighbors cool.

How to Keep the Environment in Mind While You Stay Home

April 6, 2020 How-ToUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

COVID-19 has upended daily life. Here are some small steps you can take to help make your time spent indoors cleaner, calmer, and greener.

Stocking a Kid-Friendly, Nontoxic Kitchen

January 2, 2018 How-ToMolly M. Ginty

Avoid harmful pesticides, preservatives, and other unhealthy additives—especially when you’re feeding growing bodies.

Building a Healthy Home

November 22, 2016 How-ToUnited StatesMelissa Denchak

Questionable chemicals lurk in many common home-renovation materials. But safer alternatives do exist.

How to Block Big Polluters

January 27, 2016 How-ToUnited States

A step-by-step guide to protecting your community from dirty development projects.

How to Tackle Fracking in Your Community

January 27, 2016 How-ToUnited States, New YorkAlexandra Zissu

Stand up to oil and natural gas companies using this three-pronged approach.

The Smart Seafood Buying Guide

August 26, 2015 How-ToUnited States, InternationalNicole Greenfield

Five ways to ensure the fish you eat is healthy for you and for the environment.

5 Tips for Buying Better Beef

August 21, 2015 How-ToUnited StatesKim Castleberry

How to decode all those labels, find responsible producers, and help force change in the beef-production industry through the power of your dollars.

Ask These 5 Questions Before Buying Produce

August 13, 2015 How-ToUnited StatesShanti Menon

To make sure that that kale is good for you and the environment, you should really get to know it better.

4 Ways to Avoid Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging

August 12, 2015 How-ToUnited StatesPerrin Ireland

Despite what the industry will tell you, BPA is toxic. NRDC scientist Veena Singla wants it—and its equally poisonous replacements—out of our products.