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

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

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

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

Save time, money, and food by taking a structured approach.

In general flax has a relatively small environmental impact - and it gets even better when its organic. That's why companies like Libeco have decided to make organic lines.

They were taught that their children needed fresh cool air in order to thrive. It would be pretty healthy for their carbon footprint too.

Home-use pesticides many have worrisome toxins, so researchers set out to learn if the natural alternatives are effective.

Secrets of bed bug success can be read in their genes -- can the knowledge help you fight bed bug infestations?

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

Scientists find that wind power farms don't harm this at-risk species, a bit of surprise because other studies have shown that oil and gas development does affect prairie chickens.

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

Who says you can't take it with you? This micro wind turbine folds into a foot-long cylinder for a portable solution to charging gadgets with clean renewable energy.

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

The turbines leave no room for the eye-sore excuse.

A recycling center’s turbine could pave the way for industrial-scale wind power in New York City.

The SolarMill, a 1.2 kW combination wind and solar energy system, will be sold in the U.S. for about $3000.

Four sizes of micro-turbines, designed to be portable personal wind energy stations, are in the works from Janulus.

That's two and a half times longer than any existing wind turbine blade and that's not all that makes it unique.

At 100 meters in diameter, wind turbines really are getting monstrously large. So what do they look like close up?

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

The world's most powerful wind turbine to date backs up its massive size with serious power output.

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

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

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

Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is no small task. This

Whether you're sending your oldest child off to his first day as a freshman or helping your youngest prepare for the beginning of her senior year, making sure your kids have the green gear they need for a successful year at college is

College students make waves for clean energy at IU, UK basketball games.

Paul Quinn College in Dallas converted its underused football field into a working farm.

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

The Post-Landfill Action Network, launched at the University of New Hampshire, challenges campuses across the continent to start tackling waste seriously.

Investing in youth is an investment in a sustainable future

Who needs a dining hall when you've got a dorm kitchen available? Even if you don't, make it happen with a few basic tools and skills.

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

It has become a familiar pattern. A natural disaster occurs and we can't help but wonder how it may have been influenced by climate change. Here's a look at how the Colorado rains and flood were connected to global warming.

The Mountain Pine Beetle is getting more press because of the havoc it is causing in the Southern Rocky Mountains, but the Spruce Beetle has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado.

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.

EPA to blame for the catastrophe on the Animas.

200 tiny homes, a community building, an exercise facility, a restaurant, and other amenities will be built along the Arkansas River in Salida.

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

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

This is a very clever and clean alternative toilet. Unfortunately, it shrink-wraps your poop in foil and sends it to landfill.

Aiming to live a lighter-impact lifestyle, this green lifestyle activist lives in a self-built tiny house and experiments with growing and foraging his own food.

With thousands of species listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature -- and some 110,000

A Dutch landscape architecture firm is proposing a clever way to help animals navigate the urban environment -- using the same infrastructure human city-dwellers rely on to get from place to place.

Geothermal is a stable & plentiful source of clean energy available all around the world, including in the United States (especially in the West). But that industry is still in its infancy and very little of that resource's potential is being tapped.

President Obama’s State of the Union speech takes aim at climate change deniers.

Yesterday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a deal to work together against climate change.

I'll say it again, renewables are taking off much faster than anyone expected.