The coconut continues to be priced because nearly every part of the fruit can be used. Its wide range of uses supports ...

These Tennesseans are finding ways to live without adding to the landfill. But they aren’t finding a lot of “zero waste” company. Zach and Sadie McElrath’s six-year-old daughter saw something at a ...

The greatest sin in most American households is our addiction to plastic water bottles. So says Anne-Marie Bonneau, who writes the food blog “Zero-Waste Chef” and is the author of “The Zero-Waste Chef ...

The Zero Waste Festival brought sustainability, culture, art, technology and energy efficiency together in Istanbul, ...

Andrée Nieuwjaer, a 67-year-old resident of Roubaix, France, is what one might call a frugal shopper. Her fridge is full of produce that she got for free. Over the summer, she ate peaches, plums, ...

Artisan Takezawa Mutsumi's workshop lies at the foot of a mountain west of Tokyo. She makes pieces using leather from animals culled as pests, hides usually thrown away, but she gives them new life.

Tamar Adler’s “The Everlasting Meal Cookbook” and other thrifty cookbooks breathe new life into every last leftover and scrap. By Tejal Rao Lately, I’ve had a small problem with radishes. I buy a ...

Most of us don’t think about climate policy when we toss wilted spinach in the trash. Yet the kitchen is one of the most wasteful rooms in any household, and the numbers behind that quiet daily habit ...

Former pro skateboarder Shimizu Aoi set out to become an artist in his second life. As he searched for a medium to work in, he was caught by the jeans he once wore during practice. The denim's ...

This story is part of the Grist arts and culture series Remember When, a weeklong exploration of what happened to the climate solutions that once clogged our social feeds. Almost a decade ago, Kathryn ...

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 300,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.5 million ...