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Benin Cotton Farmers Embrace the Organic Revolution
Benin's cotton farmers are embracing the benfits of organic farming. By ditching pesticides and only using natural fertilizers, not only is their health...
Global Organic Cotton Sales up 63 Percent in 2008
Global retail sales of organic cotton apparel and home textile products reached a record $3.2 billion in 2008, representing a 63 percent increase from...
Organic Food Expert Chosen for No. 2 Agriculture Slot
President Barack Obama has chosen Kathleen Merrigan, an organic food expert who helped the US Senate develop labelling rules for organic food, to be...
The Organic Lunch Lady (Video)
Oak Grove School in Calif. is planting the seeds of healthy living by offering an organic all-vegetarian school lunch, and a nutrition lesson that...
Organic Methods Pay Off for Beekeeper In Midst of Colony Collapse Nationwide
Though watching so many beehives nationwide fall to colony collapse disorder, Doug Schulz still has not lost a single bee to the epidemic, probably...
Organic Cotton Sales Double
According to the Organic Farm and Fiber Report 2007, organic cotton sales rose 53 per cent in a two-year period, driven by demand from...
British Organic Food Sales up 22 Percent in 2006
Dynamic public support boosted organic product sales in Britain 22 percent in 2006 from 2005, a report published Saturday said. ...
Organic Clothes Not Just for Hippies Now
Buying organic is becoming a global phenomenon and because "it takes a third of a pound of pesticides to produce one cotton T-shirt," organic...
Organic Farmer Elected to U.S. Senate
"An organic farmer and leader in the organic movement since 1987, has been elected to the U.S. Senate from the state of Montana. Jon...
Organic Towels, Sheets Made from Bamboo
"Bamboo is the hottest new ingredient in everything from flooring to furniture and dishware." Even fashion! ... Designers are now using the quick-growing...
Hospitals Serving Organic Food Bask in Success
Hospitals, including some run by Kaiser Permanente, are serving all-natural, all-organic foods in their cafeterias to satisfy not only their mission to promote health...
Wal-Mart Boosts Organic Cotton
Though wearing cotton seems like a natural way to live, the growing of cotton is an environmentally destructive industry using more pesticides and fertilizers...
PE Coach Pairs Unmotivated Students to Run with Shelter Dogs–Adoptions Soar
A California gym coach who was looking for ways to drum up motivation for the students on his cross-country running team as they went...
Pyrite May Be Known as Fool’s Gold, but It Actually Contains a Kind of Green Gold: Lithium
Appalachian mining country seems an unlikely place to find a potential breakthrough in renewable energy, but samples of mine tailings in West Virginia have...
Good News in History, April 8
90 years ago today, the architect Kisho Kurokawa was born. This brilliant mind was the co-founder of the Metabolist architectural movement, which sought to...
Good News in History, April 7
93 years ago today, perhaps the greatest American whistleblower in history, Daniel Ellsberg was born. In March of last year, Ellsberg revealed to the...
UK Restaurant is Letting People Pay-as-They-Can While Rescuing Tons of Food
A restaurant in England has been able to employ 22 full and part-time staff serving food diverted from landfills to people on a "pay-as-you-can"...
African Forest Farming Initiative Making A Difference to Thousands with Tree-Planting and Microlending
An NGO has realized that the irreplaceable value and beauty of African wilderness might be protected if, rather than pouring billions into funding park...
Discovery of Genetically-Varied Worms in Chernobyl Could Help Human Cancer Research
The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant transformed the surrounding area into the most radioactive landscape on Earth, and now the discovery...
Earn Credit From J. Crew by Helping Them Recycle Your Old Swimwear–Keeping Clothes Out of Landfills
American swimwear and accessory brand J. Crew is offering free store credit to anyone who feels like taking the time to recycle their old...