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Ask Umbra: What will it take to change the world?
A reader asks if saving the planet is better done from the top down or the bottom up. Umbra responds with a Four-Point Guide to Combating Either-Or Thinking.
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Amazing new house proves that green doesn’t have to mean expensive
In a tough neighborhood in Washington, D.C., the new Empowerhouse generates all of its own energy and captures all the rainwater that falls on site. And it didn’t cost a million bucks to build.
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Be considerate of future generations — and future species, too
In all likelihood, the impacts of climate change will outlast us, as a species. So what, if anything, do we owe our distant, post-human descendants?
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What the fiscal cliff would mean for our cities and food
Whether we stop the crazy train with a compromise or careen into the ravine, the fiscal cliff presents serious challenges for cities and agriculture.
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Your 2012 climate change scorecard
In the battle between polluting and not polluting quite so much, how did the world fare in 2012?
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Lead-bullet ad targets NRA, misses the point
The Center for Biological Diversity is running an ad in The New York Times calling for the NRA to stop blocking efforts to remove lead from bullets.
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Finally, a pizza so horrible it makes us throw up our hands (and breakfasts)
Pizza Hut Singapore, what did we ever do to you?
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Grist’s ‘Shift the Gift’ campaign hits national TV — again
Earlier this month, Grist set out to rewrite the rules of the holidays. The idea seems to be catching.
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This device tells your phone how gross the air is to breathe
It tells your phone how crappy the air is. And then your phone tells you the bad news.
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The apocalypse is here: FDA clears way for fast-growing GM monster salmon
AquAdvantage salmon eat five times the food and grow twice as fast as normal salmon. And now, thanks to the FDA, they're headed for your plate.
