A year-long experiment in the Bronx proved it’s possible to switch from overly processed to freshly prepared meals.

Source: TreeHugger – NYC schools serve lunches made from scratch

Our photo of the day comes from San Luis Obispo County, California.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Behold the beguiling burrowing owl

I don’t but many plastic bottles, but the ones that I do will take some creative workarounds to avoid.

Source: TreeHugger – No plastic 2020: The reason I am giving up all plastic bottles

We are going to try and live the 2.5 Tonne Diet.

Source: TreeHugger – Could you live the 1.5° lifestyle?

Our photo of the day comes from somewhere in the snowy woods.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Ring in the new year with resilience

Maybe other jurisdictions will learn from this.

Source: TreeHugger – Idaho stops are now legal in Oregon too

On our sister site I write about issues affecting the baby boomer generation. Here are some of my favorites from the year.

Source: TreeHugger – On MNN: Boomer posts I thought were OK

The trick is to get comfortable asking one question.

Source: TreeHugger – How I avoided single-use water bottles in Asia

Our photo of the day comes from Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Waterfall does some tricks

Unless, of course, TINA gets in the way.

Source: TreeHugger – Cory Doctorow has a vision of “resilience and joyful thriving through and after a just climate transition”

The top how-to food stories can be summed up in one word: COMFORT.

Source: TreeHugger – Our 10 most popular recipes of the year

We are now prisoners of the petrochemical industry

Source: TreeHugger – How our thinking changed in 2019: recycling and plastics

These are the items I’d buy again because they’re well made and make our world a better, cleaner place.

Source: TreeHugger – My 10 favorite green products from 2019

Nobody cared much about this a few years ago. They do now.

Source: TreeHugger – How our thinking changed in 2019: Upfront Carbon Emissions

The Canadian city is the latest to rethink disposal culture and insist on something better.

Source: TreeHugger – Reusable cup program comes to Victoria, British Columbia

Our photo of the day comes from Millarville, Canada.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Moose pair are splendid in the snow

From ancient trees and strange sea slugs to odd and adorable insects plus more, our most popular reader’s photos of the year are a tribute to Mother Nature.

Source: TreeHugger – The 20 most popular reader’s photos of 2019

Tiny homes and food proved to be popular, but a story on sneakers (really?) ran its way to the top.

Source: TreeHugger – Our 12 most popular stories of 2019

There are lots of ways to put a tree to good use.

Source: TreeHugger – 7 ways to dispose of an old Christmas tree

A look back at the tweets that changed the way I think about sustainable design.

Source: TreeHugger – Three tweets that changed my decade