A Brief Reminder That Earth Is the Best Planet
Earth Day isn’t just about planting trees. It’s about appreciating what a complex, living machine our planet is. And…
There's No Place Like Home This Earth Day
We live on a spectacular, bizarre, wonderful, weird, confusing, awe-inspiring planet. NASA’s Earth Day campaign sent me…
The NSA's Earth Day Mascot Is So Freaking Creepy
The National Security Agency had released a mascot (?) for Earth Day (??) and it’s an anthropomorphized and oddly buff…
NASA makes zoomable Earth using 36,422 selfies from all continents
Not even Ellen DeGeneres can beat this one: NASA asked people to take selfies on Earth Day and humans from Antarctica…
Earth Day 2014
NASA is concentrating on collecting photos for #GlobalSelfie this Earth Day, leaving the Earth Observatory solo to…
Celebrate Earth Day With Baby Elephants
Every day, poachers kill 96 elephants in Africa. That's something to keep in mind today, the 45th Earth Day. The…
Help Record the Sound of Our Planet to Celebrate Earth Day
Our planet fizzes and crackles with a rich cacophony of sounds—but it constantly changes over time. Now, a team of…
Eat Away Your Carbon Footprint With This Eco-Friendly Edible Spoon
The idea of an edible utensil isn't exactly new, but nothing's been quite as convenient (and non-sticky) as Triangle…
One of the World’s Greenest Commercial Buildings Opens Today
Happy Earth Day! Wait, you didn't know it was Earth Day? You probably aren't alone. The 43-year-old fauxliday has…
The Dark History Behind Earth Day's Murderous, Girlfriend-Composting Co-Founder
As you step outside today to breathe in the fresh air and note our planet's lush, life-giving fauna, take a minute to…
Best Profile Pics, Worst Stunts, and Other Stories We Didn't Post
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of…
Five TED Talks That Will Make You Actually Care About Earth Day
The annual TED conference is a bastion of original thinking, its speakers on an edge so cutting they could draw…
It's Earth Day! Wanna Donate to Worthwhile Non-Profit Organizations?
Farming! Tree Planting! Sustainable Housing!!! It's Earth Day and our good friends over at Philanthroper and TreeHugger…
9 Tools to Help You Stay Green on Earth Day
Earth Day is this Friday. And it's always good to take a moment to think about ways to screw up this planet a little…
Pepsi's Dream Machine Kiosk Awards Points for Recycled Bottles
Pepsi and Waste Management are teaming up to make every kid's on-the-go recycling dream come true with Dream Machine, a…
NASA's Earth Day Gift Runs On a 56,832-Core, 128-Screen Climate Research Supercomputer
Earth Week is upon us, and NASA has prepared a very special gift for the blue planet: a planetary data-crunching tool…
Earth in HD from the Space Station
Today is Earth Day, you hippie treehugging commies you—you too in your jet, Al Gore—and to celebrate NASA has posted…
It's Not Earth Day — It's Human Civilization Day
Today is Earth Day, a celebration that's supposed to focus on attention on ecological balance — keeping our planet…
Crafty Vendor Sells Solar-Roasted Chickens
Happy Earth Day everyone! Instead of urging you to recycle all those gadgets that will otherwise leak poison into our…
NASA to Broadcast Earth Views in High Definition
Fans of space, high definition television, and watching-your-washing-machine-while-stoned rejoice! Honoring planet…