In America, we waste 40 percent of our entire food supply or 1,400 calories per person per day, according to a new study. That number is just shocking, and I think it needs to make us re-evaluate our conversation about hunger, farming, and our policies around food.

When we surveyed U.S. Catholic readers last March about their last wishes, a few noted that they wanted to be cremated to avoid being pumped full of chemicals. There's another option, however: natural burial. No embalming, no fancy casket, no big concrete vault; just a shroud or pine box lowered into the ground.

In England, it’s the first annual Green Office Week, a project speared by office supply company Avery. I don’t know why it’s not Green Office Week in the United States, too, but Avery’s UK site has some helpful hints if you want to make your workplace a little more eco-friendly.It’s one thing to be green at home, but most of us spend a lot of time—and probably use more paper and energy—at work.