Environment

We premiere a new song, 'Thieves,' from the environmentally conscious EP 'Kivalina' by Jesse Terry and Alex Wong.

This year at the NYBG's annual spectacular show, the entire presentation reflects the notions of the historic, the organic, and the sustainable.

The New York Botanical Garden contains a fabulous and beautiful world of treasures for everyone. The thrilling Chihuly Exhibit continues until October 29.

The variety of orchids is stellar; one appreciates so many intricate shapes and flamboyant hues of the hybrids landscaped with ferns, bromeliads, palms, ficus, bamboo, mat dai and more. It is a festival for the eyes.

Slow Wine is a global movement which declares the right of human beings to eat cleanly, drink cleanly and breathe clean air. As such it should no longer be seen as an "elite" movement for the few.

Lit up at night, the sculptures promise to be a singular, sterling experience integrating color, form, and light amidst the haunting, shadowy landscape of NYBG vistas.

With the passage of Proposition 67, California became the first state to ban single-use plastic grocery bags. It also requires most stores to charge shoppers 10 cents for either reusable plastic bags or paper bags. The idea is to manipulate people into using cloth totes to carry home their groceries. Hooray for the environment? Maybe.

Some cruise lines have begun to take steps toward a green future, and if others don’t step up, brands with an eco-friendly bent may come to dominate the industry.

'Pokemon GO' proves how susceptible we humans are to becoming tech-addicted lemmings, only too ready to follow the latest virtual fad right off an actual cliff.

The National Park Service oversees not just vast spaces and natural wonders, but historic sites like Alexander Hamilton's home in New York City.