If you’re dead set on avoiding e-vites this holiday season — or anytime, really — here are some ways to make your paper invitations a little better for the earth.

Starbucks cups currently can’t be recycled. Seven stores in Manhattan are trying to change that.

Let’s talk about how to use less plastic when buying personal care items such as soap, toothpaste, deodorant and cosmetics.

Sustainability is really something that anyone can do. I think it’s just a matter of knowing what is reasonably implementable for you.

You don’t have to be a crafty person to turn everyday trash into innovative and trendy furniture for your home, loft or apartment.

If you have unwanted furniture, there are many ways to get rid of it without placing it on the curb for the county to throw in a landfill.

One of the most wasteful things we spend our money on and dispose of every day without regret is the paper towel.

My mom used to give me a lot of scraps to work with for what I liked to call my “art.”

If you start to feel guilty just thinking about packing up your belongings for a move because of all the waste it produces, then Rent-a-Green-Box just may have the solution for you. The Southern California-based company creates moving and packing supplies made completely from recycled landfill waste, and its Recocube packing peanut is just one of many offerings.

In the last 20 years, we’ve gone from home-phone voicemail, to car phones, to expensive cell phones, to laptops, to cheap cell phones that are basically laptops… and the technological advancement list rolls on and on.