Practical Ways You Can Spark Change

Indulge your guests without spoiling the planet this season.

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

Fire-wise tips for your home, your garden beds, the fence line, and that marshmallow roast you’re planning.

Try incorporating these small tweaks into your routine. You’ll throw out less trash, and help fight climate change at the same time.

Learn to trust yourself more and worry less about the date labels on your food.

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

Planning meals in advance can seem intimidating. But it doesn’t have to be. (No, really.) Arm yourself with these 10 easy tips, and you’ll be scheduling meals and saving food like a pro in no time at all.

As floods become more frequent and severe with climate change, protecting your home becomes even more crucial. Here’s how to assess your risk—and make sure you’re prepared for the worst.

Harnessing power from the sun reduces your reliance on fossil fuels, but it can come with a price tag. How to decide if it’s worth it to you.

Want to make a real difference with your grocery money? Find out where and how your food is produced.

Debunking five popular myths that lead us to needlessly throw out meals—and money.

With minimal effort, you can turn those banana peels and apple cores into gold. Let us break it down.

We've made huge strides in keeping the things we throw away out of landfills. Here's how you can take recycling to the next level—at home, at work, and in your community.

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

Quick and easy things you can do to reduce water pollution and runoff.

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

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

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.