Arts and Lifestyle

In a recent episode of NBC's popular television series, Dateline, producer Andrea Canning tried something unusual -- she decided to test herself and her children for the presence of...

With the Christian observation of Lent approaching, many people have begun an annual search for a way to better understand the suffering...

Maria Rodale's blog on the Huffington Post featured an article by Beth Terry recently, addressing a problem that many of us are facing around this time of year: the problem of holiday plastic...

By Sheikh Abdul Aziz al Nuaimi

Last Friday over 1.6 billion Muslims around the world celebrated the beginning of the holiest of times: Ramadan.

During Ramadan, all Muslims fast from...

A story in the New York Times this week explores how Mexican families use...

A startling new figure reported by the Independent indicates that shoppers in the United Kingdom have used a shocking 7. 96 billion single use bags last year, marking an increase of 400 million...

EnglishRussia.com has a fascinating photo essay about life inside a plastics production facility—...

The Guardian published an article yesterday that reported that the World Bank has determined that urban waste is set to increase steeply in the next twenty years....

In Portland, Maine [United States], Riverton Elementary School has implemented a new recycling program that has saved the school around $50,000, as well as eliminating about 50% of the school'...

The Polaris Institute, according to Ban the Bottle.com, has recently found that bottled water is more than simply an unnessecary expense for the environment, it also creates financial hardship for...