You can’t see it, smell it, or taste it, but radon could be polluting your indoor air. Here’s what you need to know to make sure your home is safe.

As much as we'd like to think of clutter as just a few extra things we’ve been meaning to get rid of, it's actually a habit that is bad for you and bad for the planet. The first step in breaking the habit is stopping the clutter at the source.

Spring puddles are great fun outdoors, but not when they're brought inside . Forget disposable floor wipes and chemical-laden floor cleaners — sometimes defense is your best strategy.

By Jessica Ridenour

6:31 minutes (1.5 MB)
How do you make significant environmental changes without getting off your couch? Cutting-edge products and services like motion lighting sensors and watt-savers enable us to easily support a cleaner planet from the comfort of home.

44:02 minutes (80.63 MB)
The Lazy Environmentalist interviews Kelly Lerner of One World Design, an architectural firm that specializes in sustainable, natural building. Kelly is also the author of Natural Remodeling for the Not-So Green House. Learn about all the innovation underway now in the green housing market.

6:09 minutes (1.41 MB)

Conventional wisdom holds that it will take years before solar energy can play a significant role in our quest to revamp our energy infrastructure and shift our economy toward cleaner fuel sources. Inventors, entrepreneurs, and adventurers are doing their best to challenge these assumptions and speed up the future. The Lazy Environmentalist sheds new light on the evolution of solar energy.

What's the latest must-have accessory for the well-heeled socialite? Green cleaning products.

Live the What?

Live the Change is our campaign to make the world a better place. Yes, really. We believe that a series of small steps really can add up to a big, global change. We want our families, our bodies, and our planet to be in balance, and we realize that all these things are actually connected. Think about energy conservation: replacing one light bulb saves you $60 and keeps a half-ton of carbon dioxide out of the air you breathe. That makes for a better planet, a better quality of life, and a little more headspace to think about better things.