Culture

I’ve stopped eating fish, but should I feed it to my kid?

Seafood has its share of baggage, from overfishing to mercury -- does that outweigh the nutritional benefits? Reel talk from advice maven Umbra Fisk.

Ask Umbra® Culture

23 tips for a successful garden

Experts weigh in on how to keep your plants healthy.

Caroline Lange Culture

Check out this brilliant anti-coal campaign

Vietnamese celebs pose in striking images of dystopian coal-damaged wastelands.

Kate Yoder Culture

We’re angry, but that’s our right — so is abortion

So you’re pissed off about this week's reproductive rights news. That’s OK! Channel it to vanquish your enemies.

Eve Andrews Culture

Tesla Motors includes a strong dose of reality in electric car reveal

Elon Musk is trying to scare people into buying the Tesla Model 3, obviously.

Melissa Cronin Culture

Find out how you can reduce your footprint even after you’ve kicked the bucket.

7 ways to greenify your funeral.

Grist staff Culture

Oil heir bringing Mormon-inspired sustainable city to rural Vermont

Could a sustainable city designed nearly 200 years ago change the world? One developer is scooping up land in the hopes of finding out.

Katharine Wroth Culture

Is human composting the future of death?

We film a backyard burial process and learn about about human composting from an expert.

Katie Herzog Culture

If you don’t talk to your co-workers about tea-kettle use, who will?

When a writer from Vermont finds herself in a tea-obsessed office, she wonders which water-heating method is the most energy-efficient. In response, advice maven Umbra Fisk thinks steep thoughts.