By: Lisa Barley | April 22, 2013 | Comments (0)

The Emerald City is about to get a whole lot greener this Earth Day as the Bullitt Center officially opens today, April 22, 2013, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood near downtown Seattle. The commercial office building, which will be home to the environmentally focused nonprofit Bullitt Foundation and other tenants, READ MORE

By: Tami Fertig | February 4, 2013 | Comments (7)

The average American creates a whopping three pounds of landfill-bound garbage every day. This sobering statistic was enough to inspire Amy Korst, a teacher and longtime vegetarian based in Pacific City, Ore., to go trash-free for a year. In her new book, The Zero-Waste Lifestyle, she describes the inevitable challenges READ MORE

By: Aurelia d'Andrea | January 9, 2013 | Comments (0)

For someone who claims immunity from technology dependency, my mobile phone’s trip through the wash was a real reality check. Hoping to revive it, I tried the bury-your-phone-in-rice thing, which worked for roughly two seconds before the truth set in: My phone was really dead. Since then, I’ve learned there READ MORE

By: Aurelia d'Andrea | September 28, 2012 | Comments (1)

When I was a kid, Halloween costumes had a homespun simplicity. You were either a ghost (throw a sheet on and voila!), a vampire (five-and-dime fangs and some red lipstick were all you needed), or maybe a witch if your mom didn’t mind you taking the broom out for the READ MORE

By: Aurelia d'Andrea | July 24, 2012 | Comments (2)

There’s a lot to love about urban living: Easy access to arts and culture, a diverse bar-and-restaurant scene, and very few opportunities for boredom to take root. There’s no denying the downsides, though; pollution, noise, and crowds can drain the life-force out of you after a while. To combat the READ MORE

By: Amy Spitalnick | July 23, 2012 | Comments (0)

What was I thinking? I chose Napa, Calif., for our most recent vacation: Napa lies near the epicenter of a shake-up in the culinary landscape that decades ago put sustainably grown, seasonal cuisine on foodies’ maps. Not a getaway in the strictest sense for an editor at VT. READ MORE

By: Mary Margaret Chappell | July 5, 2012 | Comments (1)

I wish I could say I was creative enough to have thought of using this old dressing table as a planter from the start, but no. It was more of a lazy accident. READ MORE

By: Jolia Sidona Allen | June 8, 2012 | Comments (1)

With summer in the air, it’s the perfect time to try adding a warm shimmer to your complexion. Whether you’re primping for a romantic night out on the town or just another workday in an air-conditioned office, Alicia Silverstone’s Irresistible Glow Facial Highlighter (part of a new collection created by READ MORE

By: Tami Fertig | November 2, 2010 | Comments (4)

Believe it or not, Americans throw away nearly half of all the food we produce. That means half a pound of wasted food per person every day, much of it READ MORE

By: Vegetarian Times | October 20, 2010 | Comments (1)

Making an impact was the mantra of the evening. The notion that Hollywood must use its voice to invigorate the public and motivate them to action echoed throughout the night. READ MORE

By: Tami Fertig | October 5, 2010 | Comments (0)

A: Some coffee areas changed from a shaded system to sun from about the 1940s onward, due to wanting to increase yields (since growing in sun can produce 2-3 times as much coffee) or, in some cases like Central America, trying to deal with disease, such as coffee leaf rust. READ MORE

By: Vegetarian Times | September 20, 2010 | Comments (0)

In celebration of House Foods America’s recently installed photovoltaic solar energy system, I donned a hard hat for a tour of their Garden Grove, Calif., facility to learn about the role solar panels play in the production of a food much-loved by vegetarians: tofu! READ MORE

By: Vegetarian Times | September 17, 2009 | Comments (0)

Colin Beavan, a writer of two published historical novels, decided to do something new in the Fall of 2006. He devised a plan to make as little of an environmental impact as possible READ MORE

By: Vegetarian Times | April 2, 2009 | Comments (0)

These days, green is the way to go. People are growing more aware of the importance of preservation of the Earth. We can buy hybrid cars, vegan clothing, and organic food. And in that spirit, Dorit Dyke founded the Green Lifestyle Film Festival in Los Angeles three years ago. READ MORE

By: Vegetarian Times | February 6, 2009 | Comments (0)

Because this is not your typical documentary. Fuel embraces a Michael Moore style that entertains as much as it informs. Josh Tickell, the director and narrator, takes us on his journey, which is a personal one, filled READ MORE