Traditions are not set in stone — Christmas in America is only 150 years old. Now is a good time to start new, sustainable traditions.

For the eco-conscious, the Christmas tree quandary between real or artificial is prickly. When trying to decide between pine or plastic, experts are divided. Ekaterina Pokrovsky – stock.adobe.com ...

An artificial tree’s lifetime carbon emission averages around 18.6 kg, including the fossil fuels that go into the plastic, manufacture, shipping (mostly from China), and transport from point of ...

The analysis took into account things like the netting around real Christmas trees and the water used to keep them alive in homes, versus the plastic packaging tape used on fake-tree boxes and ...

If you plan to buy an artificial Christmas tree – maybe you have allergies like I do, or you're concerned about cost – here are some suggestions to reduce your carbon footprint.

And the by-far-most-common polymer used to make artificial trees is PVC, polyvinyl chloride, which is a particularly toxic form of plastic that's toxic in production, use and disposal.

Traditions are not set in stone — Christmas in America is only 150 years old. Now is a good time to start new, sustainable traditions.

Oregon is the country's top producer of natural Christmas trees. Between 2004 and 2020 the number of Christmas tree farms in Oregon plummeted from more than 1,500 to less than 500.

It is thought to be bad luck to take down your tree before the 12th day of Christmas, which is Jan. 6. So unless you're one of the rare types, chances are your tree is probably still up.

“If [people] want to do what’s better for the environment, if they want to support a family farmer, if they want to have the kind of Christmas experience for their family that is authentic, that ...

Of course, O'Connor's organization represents Christmas tree farmers. Here's what studies and environmentalists say. The studies The most recent U.S. analysis of the issue is from 2018, when a ...