Life, But Greener | CNN

CNN values your feedback

1. How relevant is this ad to you?
2. Did you encounter any technical issues?
Thank You!
Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much appreciated.
Close
Ad Feedback
US
Crime & Justice
More
Crime & Justice
Watch Listen Live TV
My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account

My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account

Live TV Listen Watch
Edition
US
International
Arabic
Español
Edition
  • US
  • International
  • Arabic
  • Español

Crime & Justice

Follow CNN
Download the CNN App

  • World
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • China
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • US Politics
    • Elections 2026
    • Trump
    • Facts First
    • CNN Polls
    • Redistricting Tracker
    • Epstein Files
  • Business
    • Tech
    • Media
    • Calculators
    • Videos
  • Markets
    • Pre-markets
    • After-Hours
    • Fear & Greed
    • Investing
    • Markets Now
    • Nightcap
  • Health
    • Life, But Better
    • Fitness
    • Food
    • Sleep
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    • Innovate
  • Style
    • Arts
    • Design
    • Fashion
    • Architecture
    • Luxury
    • Beauty
    • Video
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drink
    • Stay
    • News
    • Videos
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Motorsport
    • US Sports
    • Olympics
  • Science
    • Space
    • Life
    • Unearthed
  • Climate
    • Solutions
    • Weather
  • Weather
    • Video
    • Climate
  • World Cup 2026
  • Ukraine-Russia War
  • Israel-Hamas War
  • Features
    • As Equals
    • Call to Earth
    • Freedom Project
    • Impact Your World
    • Inside Africa
    • CNN Heroes
  • Watch
    • Live TV
    • Featured
    • CNN Fast
    • Shows A-Z
    • CNN 10
    • CNN TV Schedule
  • Listen
    • All There Is with Anderson Cooper
    • Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
    • The Assignment with Audie Cornish
    • Terms of Service with Clare Duffy
    • CNN 5 Things
    • All CNN Podcasts
  • Games
    • Daily Crossword
    • Jumble Crossword
    • Photo Shuffle
    • Sudoblock
    • Sudoku
    • 5 Things Quiz
  • About CNN
    • Photos
    • Investigations
    • CNN Profiles
    • CNN Leadership
    • CNN Newsletters
    • Work for CNN

Download the CNN App

Life, But Better - Greener

Minimize your personal role in the climate crisis and reduce your eco-anxiety, from Life, But Better, CNN’s essential source for information that inspires and challenges us to lead better lives.
Minimize your personal role in the climate crisis and reduce your eco-anxiety, from Life, But Better, CNN’s essential source for information that inspires and challenges us to lead better lives.
Ad Feedback
  • GettyImages-1341419154.jpg
    zoranm/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    One small thing you can do to help reduce your role in the climate crisis
  • Kitchen utensils, cooking tools in black container near white wall.
    Nadiia Borovenko/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Toxic chemical in black plastic utensils and toys is being allowed to proliferate by EPA, lawsuit alleges
  • FILE - Boys are silhouetted against the sky at sunset as they run along a ridge at Papago Park, April 1, 2022, in Phoenix. President Joe Biden plans to announce new steps to address the extreme heat that has threatened millions of Americans, most recently in the Southwest.
    Charlie Riedel/AP
    Should we reconsider having children due to fears about the climate crisis?
  • Anonymous female dining healthy vegan plant-based salad in bowl with avocado, cashew, micro-greens, pok choi, chickpeas, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, sesame. Flexitarian fatty acids and dietary fiber
    Natalia Gdovskaia/Moment RF/Getty Images
    5 easy ways to live greener in 2024
  • 211209080300-restricted-11-worlds-fastest-trains
    Costfoto/Barcroft Media/Getty Images
    Flying without wings: The world’s fastest trains
  • Freshly Picked Nettle. Woman holding a bunch of fresh stinging nettles with garden gloves, selective focus
    SStajic/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Find, gather and cook wild plants with urban forager Lisa M. Rose
  • A discarded plastic bottle lies on the beach at Sandy Hook, N.J. on Tuesday, April 2, 2019, the same day as a report released by the environmental group Clean Ocean Action found that volunteers picked up more than 450,000 pieces of litter from New Jersey's coastline last year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
    Wayne Parry/AP/FILE
    Single-use plastic is wreaking havoc on the planet. Here’s what you can do to minimize your impact
  • Paper bags for zero waste shopping on pink background. Space for text.
    Adobe Stock
    Here’s how many times you need to reuse your reusable grocery bags
  • 01 conserving water top card
    gilaxia/E+/Getty Images
    Saving water can help us deal with the climate crisis. Here’s how to reduce your use
  • Tinder bracket fungus / Hoof fungus / Tinder polypore / Horse's hoof (Fomes fomentarius) on fallen tree trunk, Belgium. (Photo by: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
    Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
    An organism used as fire starter for centuries could replace some plastics, study finds
Ad Feedback
  • A Gulfstream G650 private jet takes off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as seen from El Segundo, California, on September 11, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Video 2:42
    PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/AFP via Getty Images
    Short flights, big pollution: the private jet problem 2:42
  • <strong>Casadonna:</strong> Amid the rural greenery of Italy's Abruzzo region, the Casadonna complex houses the Reale restaurant, a hotel and culinary school.
    • Gallery
    Francesco Scipioni
    Abruzzo’s Real restaurant redefines Italian food with a vegetarian twist (photos)
  • newsletter logo life but greener
    CNN
    Sign up for our Life, But Greener newsletter!
  • parallels water
    CNN
    Water: Are you drinking enough?
  • parallels meat cover
    CNN
    Meat: Do you eat too much?
  • 04 CNN parallels alcohol
    Courtesy Linn Fritz
    Alcohol: Are you drinking too much?
Ad Feedback

Mindfulness

  • School students in class working with tablets
    Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision/Getty Images
    Students learn less when they use tech. So why do schools keep giving kids devices?
  • Best friends sitting together side by side on Mountain Top during sunset. Looking down to the valley, enjoying the sunset mood and view together. Millennial Generation Real People Outdoor Nature Lifestyle.
    Finn Hafemann/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Don’t throw your phone away for a fuller life. 3 changes can give you more meaning
  • 1080-DIGI-DETOX-MAIN-SEQUENCE-NO-MUSIC.00_05_35_21.Still003.jpg
    CNN
    I tried to turn my phone off for a week. Why it didn’t work
  • Close-up of distraught woman at therapy session led by a female psychotherapist
    Nadija Pavlovic/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Witnessing violence leaves scars. How to cope with the aftermath of traumatic events
  • c-GettyImages-2264847017.jpg
    Olga Pankova/Moment RF/Getty Images
    Want to be happier and healthier? Switch up your day with movement breaks

Food

  • GettyImages-2272453226.jpg
    Joe Raedle/Getty Images
    Ultraprocessed food scientists say Americans are ‘fed up’ with industry and government inaction
  • Ascorbic Powder - Healthy Nutrition
    pixura/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    High blood pressure, heart attacks linked to common preservatives in food
  • Healthy food clean eating. Fresh greens, berries and vegetable. Healthy food.
    Alexandr Kolesnikov/Moment RF/Getty Images
    2026 ‘Dirty Dozen’ produce: Nearly 100% tested positive for pesticides, including ‘forever chemicals’
  • Bartender pouring hard spirit into glasses
    Jag_cz/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    You can reverse much of the damage alcohol has done to your body, science says
  • Five-ingredient Bucatini all'Amatriciana can be a perfect dinner for one.
    fabiomax/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Renowned chef Hillary Sterling shares her favorite recipe for dining solo
Ad Feedback
Ad Feedback

Fitness

  • A female trail running near Santa Barbara.
    Jordan Siemens/Stone RF/Getty Images
    One type of exercise can cut your risk of developing 8 diseases
  • fitness, sport and healthy lifestyle concept - indian man exercising and doing lunge at home
    dolgachov/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Are your muscles compensating? How hidden movement patterns cause pain
  • GettyImages-681886345.jpg
    Maskot/Getty Images
    Varying your exercise routine could add years to your life
  • Unrecognisable senior woman lies on her back on a yoga mat in her home, lifting small dumbbells above her chest.
    Galdric/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Two simple strength tests predict longevity in older women
  • Tired mid adult woman during exercises outdoors
    FG Trade/E+/Getty Images
    Should you try the 75 Hard challenge? Experts warn the risks may outweigh the benefits

Relationships

  • boy lying on wooden floor playing with tablet while two girls relax on sofa using smartphones with orange curtains and daylight, technology education leisure
    Aiman Dairabaeva/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Some of what happens during youth can’t be reversed. It’s another reason to rethink kids’ screen time
  • GettyImages-2176446285.jpg
    Filmstax/E+/Getty Images
    Is your relationship emotionally unsafe? Experts explain the signs and what to do
  • Introspection and accountability are key steps after families go no contact.
    Jacob Wackerhausen/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Families going ‘no contact’ doesn’t always mean the end
  • Close up of woman's hand using smartphone in the dark, against illuminated city light bokeh
    d3sign/Moment RF/Getty Images
    Not familiar with ‘red pill’ content? Teen boys are, whether they want to be or not
  • Black woman, child and coloring book on bed with learning, development and support with bonding in home. Mother, boy and paper in bedroom with drawing, art and relax with education in family house
    Marco VDM/E+/Getty Images
    ‘We just can’t go back’: How one mom dramatically cut her family’s technology use

More from life, But Better

  • Arrangement of hardback books
    Mint Images RF/Getty Images
    Silent reading clubs are giving like-minded bookworms a brain boost
  • women apologize2.jpg
    Illustration by Leah Abucayan/CNN
    Women are over-apologizing. It’s more complex than you might think
  • 2EF9F95.jpg
    Nick Upton/Alamy Stock Photo
    Amanita mushroom poisonings prompt concerns after deaths. A doctor explains what to know
  • GettyImages-1147102191.jpg
    Memorystockphoto/iStockphoto/Getty Images
    Protect yourself from contagious viruses (and we don’t mean Ebola), with these expert tips
  • Portrait of man smoking an electronic cigarette at nighttime
    chuchart duangdaw/Moment RF/Getty Images
    Vaping is often touted as less toxic than smoking. But new research raises concerns about cancer risk

My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account

Live TV Listen Watch
  • World
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • China
    • Europe
    • India
    • Middle East
    • United Kingdom
  • US Politics
    • Trump
    • Facts First
    • CNN Polls
    • Elections 2026
    • Redistricting Tracker
    • Epstein Files
  • Business
    • Tech
    • Media
    • Calculators
    • Videos
  • Markets
    • Pre-markets
    • After-Hours
    • Fear & Greed
    • Investing
    • Markets Now
    • Nightcap
  • Health
    • Life, But Better
    • Fitness
    • Food
    • Sleep
    • Mindfulness
    • Relationships
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    • Innovate
  • Style
    • Arts
    • Design
    • Fashion
    • Architecture
    • Luxury
    • Beauty
    • Video
  • Travel
    • Destinations
    • Food & Drink
    • Stay
    • News
    • Videos
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Motorsport
    • US Sports
    • Olympics
  • Science
    • Space
    • Life
    • Unearthed
  • Climate
    • Solutions
    • Weather
  • Weather
    • Video
    • Climate
  • World Cup 2026
  • Ukraine-Russia War
  • Israel-Hamas War
  • Features
    • As Equals
    • Call to Earth
    • Freedom Project
    • Impact Your World
    • Inside Africa
    • CNN Heroes
  • Watch
    • Live TV
    • Featured
    • CNN Headlines
    • Shows A-Z
    • CNN 10
    • CNN TV Schedule
  • Listen
    • All There Is with Anderson Cooper
    • Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta
    • The Assignment with Audie Cornish
    • Terms of Service with Clare Duffy
    • CNN 5 Things
    • All CNN Podcasts
  • Games
    • Daily Crossword
    • Jumble Crossword
    • Photo Shuffle
    • Sudoblock
    • Sudoku
    • 5 Things Quiz
  • About CNN
    • Photos
    • Investigations
    • CNN Profiles
    • CNN Leadership
    • CNN Newsletters
    • Work for CNN

US
Watch Listen Live TV
My Account
  • Settings
  • Newsletters
  • Topics you follow
  • Sign out
Your CNN account Sign in to your CNN account
Follow CNN

Download the CNN app
Download the CNN app

Terms of Use Privacy Policy Ad Choices Accessibility & CC About Newsletters Transcripts

© 2026 Cable News Network. A Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All Rights Reserved.
CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.

Download the CNN app

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app on Google Play.

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from Google Play.

Download the CNN app

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.

Scan the QR code to download the CNN app from the Apple Store.