People have different reasons for trying to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle. Some do it to help lighten their load on the ...

Women working in an Intentional Community. Creative Commons By Robbi Baba Via Flickr. “An intentional community is a group of people who live together and who regularly associate with each other on ...

As more expectant parents seek a more personalized, intimate birthing experience, home births and other non-hospital options are becoming an increasingly popular choice. In a recent conversation with ...

What is passive solar energy, and how can passive solar be incorporated into energy efficient home designs? A natural builder shares tips on building an energy-efficient home. To me, the art of ...

The Sustainable Living Series aims to inform, engage and empower participants to take individual responsibility for managing Earth’s limited resources. Through a discussion-to-action format, ...

We left our city lives behind to live off-grid on a mountain in Spain. After two years, we renovated an old stone house and ...

Do you understand what sustainable living is? I have been following the Union’s Sustainable Living blog and the Sustainable Living with The Union Newsletter, but they are just a hodgepodge of ideas ...

Released this week, the new Johns Hopkins Sustainable Living Guide features resources and recommendations to help the university community live more environmentally conscious lifestyles. The document, ...

3D Rendering, illustration of an antique brass candle holder with a burning candlestick on a dark wooden background. It’s been 21 years since my son Jordan, then nine, and I moved to my cabin in the ...

It is now apparent that the mass-produced artefacts of technology in our increasingly densely populated world – whether electronic devices, cars, batteries, phones, household appliances, or industrial ...

An array of solar panels sat among the trees and gardens in Van Cleve Park on Saturday to help local volunteers power the first ever Como Sustainable Living Fair. The Southeast Como Improvement ...

According to Live Kindly, sustainable architecture is “any architecture that attempts to limit the negative environmental impact of building construction and operation.” There are a few formal ...