Why Global Warming Portends a Food Crisis

A warm climate fosters crops better than a cold one, but as the globe continues to warm, benefits diminish. Hotter climes will eventually diminish crop yields worldwide.

Mapping Renewable Energy, Rooftop by Rooftop

San Francisco has just put up an online map of the solar power potential of every block in the city. How Google Earth — and smart government policies — can encourage the spread of renewable energy

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Going Green: Weatherproof Your Home

Something as deceptively simple as weatherproofing American homes could save millions of puonds of CO2 emissions a year.

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TIME's Best Inventions of 2008

Toilet Tales: Inside the World of Waste

At least 2.6 billion people around the planet have no access to a toilet — and it is a critical, underserved need.

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Extreme Green: Living Off the Grid

In Living Off the Grid, author Dave Black eases the way toward self-sufficiency for modern families

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Heroes of the Environment 2008
Green Is the New Red, White And Blue

Offsetting Bush's Green Legacy: Advice for No. 44

The new President's first order of business? Don't be George W. Bush

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In the Time of Trees

What the Public Doesn't Get About Climate Change

It may seem like common sense to wait until there is proof of the damage of global warming before taking action. But by then it will be too late — so scientists must do a better job of explaining the dangers now

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Saving the Working Class with Green-Collar Jobs

Why saving the economy and saving the environment have to be one in the same

How Climate Change Will Impact Animals

By creating reserves, researchers have given animals the safehouses they need to thrive. But as climate change encroaches on that territory, they'll need escape routes to survive

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Will the Environment Lose Out to the Economy?

The economy has trumped the environment as the issue du jour, but there's a way that government can commit to saving both at once

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The Greenest Celebrity in Hollywood

Hint: It's not who you think.

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Meet Dave, the Man Who Never Takes Out the Trash

The average American throws out 1,700 lbs. of garbage a year. David Chameides has tossed out zero lbs. (Actually, he produces garbage, but he just keeps it in the house.)

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