Microfinance was meant to help the world’s poor, but in Cambodia, it’s plunging people deeper into debt

Venezuelan artist uses recycled bottle caps to create large eco-murals

As Earth surpasses 8 billion people, ‘the planet can feed and sustain billions more,’ demographer says

Gunmen abduct 150 schoolgirls in Nigeria

Spiritual leaders seek to spur an ‘ecological conversion’

UN climate chief on coronavirus and climate change: We must ‘address these two fundamental, existential crises together’

Global response to COVID-19 should be a model for action on climate

After Maria, Puerto Rican women farmers work together to build resilience

What Munich’s coffee houses learned about waste from beer culture

As latest UN climate change summit looms, delegates have plenty of work to do

Residents worry Massachusetts waste incinerator is contaminating waterways

Humanity must use innovation and ingenuity to live within ‘planetary boundaries,’ a new book says

Can coffee become the world’s first 100 percent sustainable agricultural product?

Hip hop artist Tem Blessed brings a green message to a new generation

Your Netflix binging might be hurting the planet

Natural gas and solar power have been growing together. Can that last?

Forget the floating Pacific garbage patch — new trash entering the oceans is much worse

Improving the ‘cold chain’ could help reduce global hunger and lessen the effects of climate change

Will a new strain of cacao tree save us from the coming chocolate shortage?

‘Professor Dumpster’ has turned a big trash bin into a tiny home

California will become the first state to ban plastic bags statewide

Global wildlife populations have fallen by half — a stat that says it all

America’s waste winds up in poorest countries

Warning: population overload

China’s ‘Green Fence’ is cleaning up America’s dirty recycling

Cigarette butts beware: Vancouver is coming after you

Where should old cargo ships go to die? Some Europeans say bring them home

Bicyclists in crowded Indian city fight to take back the streets

Power From Food Scraps

Firm plans to turn table scraps into power in Massachusetts

Fears of global population boom overblown, some argue

Sustainable Shrimp Farming

New Study Shows Damaged Products Less Likely to Be Recycled

Science Note: A Plant With Oily Leaves

Ohio city of Oberlin debuts community-wide environmental dashboard

Electric cars could produce efficiencies for national electric grid

U.K. researchers develop new grass type to better capture water runoff

Bullitt Foundation opens new building in Seattle that redefines environmentally-friendly

Congress’ budget bill contained protections for genetically modified food

With water system unreliable, some Mexicans turn to rain to keep their homes supplied

Successful energy development program in Haiti shut down because of funding

Jobs scarce, more Italians volunteering on organic farms

Clean energy sector surging in Massachusetts

Sweden imports waste from European neighbors to fuel waste-to-energy program

Electric car technology coming back into popularity

Some Chinese buying organic to avoid food contamination — but is it enough?

Boston man launches urban composting program

How organic food saved a hard-luck, Vermont town

Compostable products create recycling conundrum

Bugs engineered to make biofuels

New soccer ball can generate electricity

India’s green energy promises

Local eating in a global world

Fighting poverty, tracking the Millennium Development Goals

Bamboo bicycles for eco-conscious consumers

Can a climate change bill survive the oil spill?

Alternative energy infrastructure

Community development in rural China

Fake organic foods proliferate from China

Sustainable Business Development