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Just store your bike on the ceiling — it looks SUPER easy (ahem)
Simply knock a hole in your ceiling (your landlady won’t mind), throw some glass up there, add some bungee cords, and voila!
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Roll your eyes at the beer fridge that promises to “save the world”
The eCool stores 24 cans o’ brew underground, keeping them cool until your next barbecue or backyard picnic.
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Your family feud is more likely to be about global warming than guns or abortion
Does life start when a sperm high-fives an egg, or do they have to make out? Who cares? Climate change is WAY more fun to argue about!
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How African Americans beat one of the most racist institutions: The swimming pool
That old saying that "black people don't swim"? It's both true and undeserved -- just like the notion that we don't like the outdoors.
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Beetles and climate change helped create this huge wildfire in Alaska
A megafire broke out this week along Alaska's southern coast, which could be a sign of what's to come for the warming state.
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Obama’s foreign policy doctrine includes climate action
In his speech, he made a brief call for multilateral cooperation on a climate treaty, but he should have said more about the serious threats posed by global warming.
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Hungry goats might be saving the Bay Area from wildfires
These hoofed heroes like to graze on dry brush, which, if left unconsumed, could contribute to the spread of fires. Unfortunately, the goats are in short supply.
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Chef Dan Barber on the farm-to-table movement’s next steps
The Blue Hill chef talks his new book, why tomatoes are the Hummers of the veggie world, and how soil is constantly talking to us.
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Climate CoLab thinks you could be the one to fix global warming
In the absence of leaders paving the way forward against climate change, this group thinks we should turn to the crowds.
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Michelle Obama’s food fight with GOP: Schools just want to have funds
Politicians fighting over funding for school lunches are lurching toward loosening rules when they should really get serious about boosting funding.
