There is more money in it for the Convenience Industrial Complex.

Source: TreeHugger – Why did coffee cups and soda cups get so big?

Good affordable bikes, safe places to ride, and secure places to park.

Source: TreeHugger – 3 things are needed for the e-bike revolution

When my kids begged for an empty calendar, I was worried about the impact on my job, but a few strategies have kept everything on course.

Source: TreeHugger – ‘Let them roam’ and other advice on free-range summer parenting

We all have to change the way we live or we are in big trouble. But let’s be real about it.

Source: TreeHugger – Nobody’s perfect, and you don’t have to be

Does chicken soup help a cold? Does ginger ale quell the belly? Here’s the science behind popular food cures.

Source: TreeHugger – 5 food remedies backed by science

With 100 percent recycled content, it’s an impressive standard for technical gear.

Source: TreeHugger – Rumpl’s sleeping bag blanket is made from recycled plastic

When life gives you abundant peaches, berries, and more, use them in every meal!

Source: TreeHugger – 7 ways to use overripe summer fruits

Our photo of the day comes from Kananaskis, Canada.

Source: TreeHugger – Photo: Grizzly cub has the sweetest expression

Bottled water companies are doing this because of public concerns about single use plastic.

Source: TreeHugger – Is water in cans greener than water in bottles? No, and in fact it could be worse.

Knowing how to make a few sauces by heart is a skill we all can use.

Source: TreeHugger – Learn four essential sauces

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.

Source: TreeHugger – WSJ: Natural gas leaking, venting and flaring equivalent to driving 79 million miles

Parents share their opinions on whether or not kids should be allowed to wield these eternally appealing toys.

Source: TreeHugger – Let them play with sticks!

E-bikers use their bikes more, go longer distances, and often substitute it for driving or transit.

Source: TreeHugger – Study finds that e-bike riders get as much exercise as riders of regular bikes

Block off one day per week for athletic and outdoor excursions that otherwise would be difficult to schedule.

Source: TreeHugger – Why Sunday should be your adventure day

If the goal is to reduce meat consumption, then why not make it more expensive?

Source: TreeHugger – German politicians propose much higher meat tax

It’s not likely to happen up north, especially while gas is so cheap.

Source: TreeHugger – Will more cities ban gas hookups?

There’s no need to resort to insipid produce from across the globe once the local growing season has ended.

Source: TreeHugger – How to freeze summer vegetables

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

Source: TreeHugger – New York’s “radical traffic experiment” is based on a very successful Toronto prototype

If you follow the seasons with your diet you will love this.

Source: TreeHugger – It’s August, time for the best tomato pasta ever

On National Book Lovers Day, we celebrate the ultimate slow hobby.

Source: TreeHugger – 22 perfect words about books and reading