No more excuses! Book that time off and feel guiltless while doing so, since you'll be a better partner, parent, and employee as a result.

Fast food is the enemy of green food, so why does an overweight America still eat so much fast food?

In every society where incomes have risen, the appetite for meat, milk, eggs, and seafood has generated an enormous growth in animal protein consumption. Today some 3 billion people are moving up the food chain.

A new study shows that if we want to stop climate change, meat and dairy are off the table -- at least in the quantities we currently consume.

A new paper compares eggs, dairy, poultry, beef and pork to determine which has the biggest environmental impact.

Is the dream of sustainable agriculture a nightmare for the beef industry?

Samoa's To Sua Ocean Trench is a natural salt water swimming hole that looks too beautiful to be real.

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.

Bike lanes carry the shock troops in the never-ending war on the car.

Buell motorcycles are fast, beautiful and expensive. How does Erik Buell's e-bike compare?

New studies find that sales are big and getting bigger. It's time to give them a safe place to ride.

It changes everything – how you think about bikes and how you think about cars.

Every tiny apartment does not have to have an expensive Murphy bed.

French company offers a transformer bed that rises up to the roof when you don't need it.

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.

The resin reduces the energy needed to manufacture turbine blades and allows them to be recycled.

There's nothing like watching the sun go down on a beach in a tiny African village.

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.

There are only two northern white rhinos left, and they are both female; but now scientists have created two viable embryos and there is hope.

What do you do when you turn 100? If you're Keith Richards, who go on tour. The same goes for the enviros at Reverb, a Portland, Maine, outfit that greens concert tours and venues. The nonprofit is taking votes on who to support for its 100th tour,

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

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

A new study has found that sleep disturbances have a greater effect on academic performance than anxiety, depression, binge-drinking, and marijuana use.

Jake Wolf took this photo just outside of Grand Lake, Colorado.

Our absolutely adorable photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

Our majestically cute photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

As part of their More Than Just Parks project, Will and Jim Pattiz spent two years filming in the majestic Colorado mountains.

A look at what has changed, and how much has actually stayed the same.

A toilet is just the working end of a much larger system that can have a huge impact on society.

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has

Ah love. Woody Allen has some nice thoughts on this tricky thing that perhaps gets more thought around Valentine's Day. The recent swan divorce shocked us to the core, so we decided to ponder the happy

New York's brown bat continues to be hard hit by White Nose Syndrome (WNS). WNS is named for the white fungus that eats bat tissues and wakes the bats prematurely from hibernation. WNS has been

A young sea turtle found in the Netherlands will be released after a three-year recovery. We also have the search for the "extinct" Javan tiger, Sylvester Stallone's bat cave incident, and more.

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.

In the face of a devastating epidemic, bats need our tender loving care more than ever. If one sneaks inside, here's how to remove it without toxicants or harm.

This should take the wind out of the "all turbines are evil" crowd's sails.

While in Mongolia for World Environment Day, I toured the Salkhit Wind Farm.

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) achieve a major breakthrough on the path to the dream of fusion as a clean energy source

The ENGO charging station uses kinetic tiles and solar panels to charge up to 14 smartphones at a time, and provides free WiFi access and an emergency phone.

Most reports suggest a gradual increase in renewable energy. But don't believe the anti-hype.

Using digital fabrication, moss and clay, this designer's "moss voltaics" would use these hardy plants to transform sunlight into electricity.

Molded out of plant-based bioplastics and sitting on a wooden base, this curvaceous piece combines traditional craftsmanship and new industrial design.

The cover of a new book by a leading Agender says it all: Sustainability is just the tip of the Marxist iceberg.

Also tanks in your backyard and killer stairs

From reproductive rights to voter ID, there have been some battles in North Carolina of late. The environment has not escaped unharmed.

Wendell Berry is a fount of wisdom and inspiration, so it was great to see that Bill Moyers spoke with the farmer, poet, eco-philosopher about the role of activism and spirit in creating positive change.

It costs a lot more to run a suburb than it does to run a city.

Sometimes it is hard to know what these companies are really telling us.

It already exists, is on the roads, and has its own flashy commerical

The mayor has cracked down on images portraying unhealthy food, in hopes that it will reduce child obesity rates.