Buying wind power or giving your house an energy efficiency facelift can be an expensive proposition. But it’s less so if you team up with a bunch of like-minded friends.

We’re sick of our minivan and want something smaller and more fuel-efficient that will fit our whole family (and dog) for our daily city commute. After getting some great advice from Grist readers, we’ve made our choice.

One critic says the mini-series spent too much time focusing on size and not nearly enough on the politics and industry lobbying behind today’s “obesity epidemic.”

Long known for its grass-fed beef, Argentina has traded in native grasslands for industrial soy farms and feedlots. Fortunately, some ranchers are holding on to tradition while preserving biodiversity.

Trying to get some work done? Banish the thought. It’s National Bike Month, it’s spring, and these lovely people obviously need company.

Tropical forest ecologist Rodolfo Dirzo talks about deforestation, “defaunation,” and the ecological concept of “the living dead.”

We need just a few more gifts by midnight to earn an additional $25k from a generous donor. We’re so close — don’t let us leave that money on the table!

With Big Ag hijacking terms like “free range” and reducing them to marketing slogans, how can you really tell if your eggs are humanely raised? This beautiful video from the Lexicon of Sustainability cracks the case.

As our curse of the verse moves into its advanced stages, Lynyrd Skynyrd infects an editor’s brainstem.

Things are not looking good in the nation’s sour cherry capital after a series of freezes followed some unseasonably warm spring weather.

Democrats like talking about “Big Oil” and “clean energy.” Republicans favor “Solyndra” and “Keystone.” No one’s into “climate change.”

For their documentary-in-progress, two recent college grads circled the nation to paint a visually compelling picture of today’s diverse urban farm landscape.

Study shows it only takes a small percentage of readers to make a big difference to Grist. David Roberts gets downright Frosty.

Conservatives say the American way is to use more and pay less, Walmart-style. No wonder they’re scared about the shift to clean energy and sustainability.

The farmers and activists who have been farming Berkeley’s Gill Tract had a rude awakening Monday morning when 100 police officers showed up to arrest nine people.