Practical Ways You Can Spark Change

Easy Ways to Save Energy at Home

August 8, 2023 How-ToUnited StatesAmanda MacMillan

Small steps can add up to big reductions in your electricity use—and your utility bill.

How You Can Stop Global Warming

August 7, 2023 How-ToUnited StatesMelissa Denchak

Healing the planet starts in your garage, in your kitchen, and at your dining room table.

A Consumer Guide to the Inflation Reduction Act

July 20, 2023 How-ToCourtney Lindwall

Here’s how to save on electric vehicles, solar panels, heat pumps, and more via tax credits and rebates.

How to Apply for a Discretionary Federal Grant

March 30, 2023 How-ToUnited StatesMikyla Reta, Sasha Forbes, AICP

Follow these tips to help your community access environmental justice grants and other infrastructure funding opportunities offered by the federal government.

5 Ways City Dwellers Can Spur Climate Action

April 7, 2022 How-ToUnited StatesDanna Walker

Because of their massive environmental footprints, urban areas can play a huge role in curbing climate change. Ask these five questions of local leaders to see if your city is up to snuff.

Climate Action Starts in Your Own Hometown

April 15, 2021 How-ToUnited StatesJenny Shalant

Turn your city into a climate sanctuary, lobby your elected officials, and try out these other ways to make change globally by acting locally.

How to Find Relief During Summer Heat Waves in the City

July 13, 2020 How-ToUnited StatesCourtney Lindwall

Extreme heat is already a public health threat—now, COVID-19 may make that impact worse. Here are some quick tips and long-term strategies to help keep you and your neighbors cool.

Purging Your Closets? Don’t Stuff All Your Old Duds Into a Trash Bag.

September 27, 2019 How-ToUnited States, San Francisco, New York City, PhiladelphiaLauren Evans

Follow these tips for donating and recycling old clothes so they’ll actually get worn again.

Green Your Halloween

October 9, 2018 How-ToUnited StatesClara Chaisson

Five ways to indulge your sweet tooth and your spooky side without a whole lot of waste or frightful chemicals.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Most of All, Reduce.

July 31, 2018 How-ToUnited StatesMelissa Denchak

Try incorporating these small tweaks into your routine. You’ll throw out less trash, and help fight climate change at the same time.

Green Your Office

January 4, 2017 How-ToUnited StatesMelissa Denchak

10 tips for reducing your carbon footprint at work

More Sustainable (and Beautiful) Alternatives to a Grass Lawn

September 30, 2016 How-ToUnited States, Ohio, CaliforniaMary Talbot

Manicured turf grass lawns cover up to 50 million acres of land in America. But a new, no-mow movement is challenging this conformity—and helping the environment.

Recycling: Beyond the Bin

March 16, 2016 How-ToUnited StatesMelissa Denchak

We've made huge strides in keeping the things we throw away out of landfills. Here's how you can take recycling to the next level—at home, at work, and in your community.

6 Ways You Can Help Keep Our Water Clean

January 5, 2016 How-ToUnited States

Quick and easy things you can do to reduce water pollution and runoff.