From the federal stimulus to 'cash for caulkers,' home weatherization has never been hotter. But can it really save the environment and the economy?
Green guru Elizabeth Rogers offers three tips for saving money on your food bill.
Advice for outfitting your kitchen, and the rest of your home, with treasures found in thrift stores.
Next year our neighbors to the north are releasing two new bills made with plastic fibers that will last longer and cut down on the spread of germs.
U.S. researchers find what they call 'a biology of misfortune' among adults who were poor as children, particularly if they lived in poverty before age 5.
Audit your closet before calling relatives for emergency hand-me-downs and then head to Salvation Army stores in upscale neighborhoods. Oh, and don't forget consignment and vintage stores.
Tough economy, joblessness puts a new face on homelessness, with increasing numbers of rural and suburban residents seeking help from overwhelmed shelters.
Just three years after reaching a record high of almost $1 billion in sales, Oregon's nursery industry is laying off employees, cutting costs and forgoing new buildings and equipment.
'Charity begins at home,' or so the saying goes, but for one family, charity began with the home -- literally -- when their 14-year-old daughter wondered why they weren't giving more to charity.
