Wood burning stoves are highly energy efficient. They are designed to reduce the amount of soot, smoke and ash produced compared to a standard open fire, and they direct heat out …

Everybody shops. But not everybody realizes how environmentally important it is to shop consciously. To precycle is to make buying choices that support responsible products and packaging, make recycling easier and …

An Energy Star refrigerator uses 50% less energy and could reduce your bills by $112 anually. Use Energy Star-rated appliances whenever possible.

Energy Star-qualified appliances also use 10% - 50%  less energy …

Name: Dave
Email: dmichguy@yahoo.com
Hi! I was just wondering if someone there could help me ID an Elm tree in my yard here in Michigan.

I ordered a 'Chinese Elm' about 5 years ago …

New education courses for winter 2010 are now online - register today!


Identify plants in winter, stroll among the conifers with Kunso Kim, the Assistant Director of Collections, search for winter birds and …

Aggressive driving - speeding, rapid acceleration, heavy braking - wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 33% at highway speeds and by 5% around town. Aggressive drivers use an …

If you turn down your thermostat by 1 degree, your heating costs will decrease 3%. If you turn down 10%-15% for 8 hours a day, you'll reduce your heating bills by …

And you can make them yourself. It's easy!

Tear up your waste newspaper, soak it in a sink of water until it turns mushy, and then squeeze the mulch into a brick …

The Morton Arboretum is testing a unique, new porous pavement made of crushed, recycled beer bottles, other glass and granite fragments. The test is consistent with a decades-long commitment to protecting …

Our winner for the Alphabet Soup contest was Pam Fischer.

Pam correctly responded that  the names of the four sones of J. Sterling Morton that were combined to name Lake Jopamaca on …