Practical Ways You Can Spark Change

If you’re voting in person, go prepared, take the usual COVID-19 precautions—and have patience.

Your state probably allows early in-person or absentee voting. What are you waiting for?

Here’s everything you need to know to securely vote from home, from registering to tracking your ballot’s delivery status.

These harmful chemicals are lurking in countless products, but companies don’t have to tell us which ones. Follow these tips to reduce your exposure.

Thanks to a new rule under consideration, now is the time for Californians to make themselves heard on this issue.

Disagreements these days can escalate quickly, but with the wisdom to know what to say and how to say it—and the courage to nurture meaningful dialogue—your efforts will be worthwhile. Here are a few tips.

Turn your city into a climate sanctuary, lobby your elected officials, and try out these other ways to make change globally by acting locally.

By taking a stand at town halls and in public hearings and by submitting public comments, you can play a part in the policy-making process.

Natural solutions like mulch, cover crops, vinegar, and a little elbow grease will help keep the chemicals out of your garden—and your body.

Five ways to indulge your sweet tooth and your spooky side without a whole lot of waste or frightful chemicals.

Eight ways to help your district’s students and parents be better environmental citizens.

Your vacuum and a damp rag can get you pretty far. All those bottles under the sink are another story.

Caring for your pet while caring for the planet is about more than buying recycled toys and organic dog food.

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

How to get rid of bugs and vermin without putting your own family’s health at risk.

Chemicals used to clean clothes can be toxic—and expensive. One thing they’re not? Necessary.

How to find family-friendly flea and tick products that will provide effective care without skull-and-crossbones ingredients.

Finding upholstered furniture free of harmful flame retardants is as easy as 1, 2, 3.