You've heard them all before, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded of why these foods are destructive to our planet.

The company has launched a few efforts to reclaim marketshare, from promoting regional specialties to answering questions about food production. Too bad the promotional videos aren't convincing and fail to address the whole issue.

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.

The report argues why a beef tax would be an effective step toward curbing greenhouse gas emissions and why we should all be paying more for climate-damaging foods.

Adding vegetables or legumes to ground beef makes a burger that's tastier, healthier, and less environmentally damaging.

Under perfect circumstances, grazing cattle do sequester carbon, but most of the time that's not the case.

Blending ground beef with mushrooms cuts both calories and carbon emissions. Oh, and lots of folks say it tastes better too.

Actually, this is something every country needs.

Bigger wheels mean more stability and regular-bike feel, but it comes at a price.

Changing attitudes about cities and getting people out of cars takes a lot of work.

It calls for more support of bikes, walking and transit, banning ICE-powered cars sooner.

Way more people get traumatic injuries in the shower than they do on bikes, but almost nobody takes the most basic safety precautions.

We covered this subject before but I got it wrong. Peter Flax of Bicycling Magazine got it right.

The streets are deadly and the cops don't care, but we now have David Shellnutt.

Enough toxic stuff that you should get out your vacuum cleaner.

Forget decluttering. KonMari is now all about re-cluttering.

Otherwise, they proliferate to the point of making me crazy.

Yet another study weighs in on the most efficient way to clean dirty dishes.

It's painful but necessary if you want to maintain an organized home.

Now's the time to tackle jobs you've been thinking about for months.

Listen to scientists, not industry lobbyists, and just keep cleaning.

This might be the perfect bed for a New York apartment.

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.

This well-crafted tiny dwelling has its own space-saving elevator bed that can go up and down with the push of a button.

Crowdfunding the latest gizmo is one way to be an early adopter, but all you get out of it is a gadget. Crowdfunding a renewable energy project, on the other hand, could deliver clean energy to your home.

Inspired by bird wings, this unique wind generator is claimed to efficiently harvest energy, even from low wind conditions.

If you're interested in learning how to build your own renewable energy devices, this DIY vertical axis wind turbine is a great place to start.

The Nautilus shell-shaped turbines could fit on rooftops of houses or buildings in urban environments.

All those cat pictures and viral videos won't harm the Earth.

Even in the wild world of offbeat wind energy machines, Tyer Wind's design stands out.

One of America's fastest growing professions, wind turbine technician, attracts people with a unique set of skills, as demonstrated by climber and composer Jessica Kilroy.

The powerful 12-MW turbine is being developed and tested now.

Used clothing donations are more of a hindrance than a help, in the eyes of the East African Community. We need to listen to what they're saying.

Since both require the same habitat, scientists are worried how primates will survive the expansion of industrial oil palm plantations.

In a compelling new documentary, The Flood, Angela Bassett narrates the story of the life in one of the world's last great wildernesses.

New short narrative film strives to deepen the global discussion around the illegal wildlife trade.

Ethiopia’s ambitious national reforestation program seeks to plant 4 billion trees by October.

We've scratched the surface of Sierra magazine's Cool Schools list on Treehugger before, but this time I've decided to dig into one of the schools so we can learn more about what

From campus gardens to intensive recycling, Sierra magazine's annual list gives a tip of the hat to the nation's most sustainable schools.

Sierra magazine released its 2012 Cool Schools list, and UC Davis took #1 - let's learn more about them.

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.

Food insecurity is a very real problem for many Americans, but who knew that it affected so many college students, too?

Perhaps the school should offer a course on parenting instead, so this problem is solved for the next generation.

Rising out of surrounding trees and rock, this playful little area takes its design cues from local bird habitats and the town's skiing traditions.

This beautiful area near Salida, Colorado, could become the next national monument, with your help.

This tiny house builder and architect just built himself and his wife a bigger (but still tiny) home, equipped with a space-saving elevator bed.

Probably, the decade of e-mobility

TreeHugger isn't the only place to sing the virtues of the modern composting toilet. But Fox News? Really?

We keep saying that this is the way we should go, but perhaps the technology here just wasn't ready.

The last thing the world needs is a high tech electrochemical reactor toilet. This is a social problem, not a technical one.