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Leave the leaves? Is it really as simple as that? NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jessica Damiano - who writes the Weekly Dirt Newsletter, about the wisdom of this movement.

Pro-democracy street art inspired by sources ranging from Les Miserables to John Lennon fill an open-air museum of sorts that has cropped up in Hong Kong.

Companies that promise to recycle electronic devices – computers, printers and such – usually smash them into little bits to reclaim metal and other high-value materials, but a graduate student at the University of Virginia argues we’re losing lots of value in doing that. Instead, he’s removing components and turning them into kits for small wind turbines.

A simmering debate that got under way last week in the Senate over new energy legislation is bound to hit a full boil this week. The bill's most contentious issues remain unresolved. They include gas-mileage standards, renewable fuels and price gouging.

Many retailers are adding shipping fees for their mail-in returns, causing some customer consternation.

Ocean litter is a global problem. These Greeks are acting locally to clean up the Aegean.

When it comes to finding and preparing food, we're a continually inventive species. Anthropologist Barbara J. King asks: What are the food trends of the future?

Over one-third of the food produced in the U.S. goes uneaten, harming people's wallets and the climate. Here are some steps you can take in your supermarket and kitchen to cut back on waste.

Lead is regularly found in vintage items more than 40 years old, but also in many new, cheaply made dollar-store goods. Children are especially susceptible to lead-poisoning even at low levels.

How did the soda giant from America come to be seen as "local" in Africa? And what has the impact been on the continent for worse and for better?