The Can That Pays for Your Recycling Bin
A used aluminum can is worth more, pound for pound, than almost anything else you...
The 2026 Drought, Region by Region
Just over half the country is officially in drought, and about 155.7 million Americans—almost seven...
Classic Sustainability In Your Ear: Freight Farms’ Jake Felser on Hydroponic Agriculture & Container Farming
Revisit a classic episode of Sustainability In Your Ear. Mitch Ratcliffe talks with Jake Felser,...
We Are Doing to Low Earth Orbit What We Did to the Oceans
About two tons of satellite material burns up in Earth’s atmosphere every day. That is...
Where Waste Comes From: Your Closet
On average, each American throws away about 81 pounds of clothing, shoes, and household textiles...
Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: Okhtapus Cofounder Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy Accelerates Ocean Solutions
Subscribe to receive transcripts by email. Read along with this episode. The ocean provides half...
The World Has a Decarbonization Scoreboard. Here’s What It Says.
Out of 52 climate targets needed to reach net zero by 2050, only six are...
The Chip Bag Problem: America’s Least Recycled Material Is Also Its Fastest-Growing
The bag your potato chips come in is seven layers deep. Metalized polyester, a plastic...