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Good news for Guerrero’s garden
An update on the Memphis garden that was ruled illegal earlier this week.
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Republicans pursued clean energy loans, too — and good for them!
The GOP now decries energy loans that they begged for a few years ago. This is hypocrisy, but remember that pursuing such loans is a good thing.
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Save the whales, put them in the Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is just sitting around making ships and planes disappear. Why not put it to work for something useful, like a whale sanctuary? Because when you want to save something, you definitely store it in a place where stuff mysteriously vanishes. That's why I keep my passport in the dryer.
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Urban revival puts butts in the (bike) seats
How a community bicycle project is helping resuscitate downtown Topeka, Kansas, and unite a community at the same time.
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Teen's invention boosts solar panel output 40 percent
Nineteen-year-old Eden Full is going to be taking a few years off from her studies at Princeton. That's because she's been getting a ton of grants to finish developing her SunSaluter, a technology that allows solar panels to track the sun, boosting output by 40 percent.
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Phenomenal cosmic skyscrapers — itty bitty environmental savings
Urbanists such as Ed Glaeser argue that tall buildings will save our cities. But they won't save the earth.
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Chicago hearts urban agriculture [VIDEO]
With new laws on the books and an airport garden in the works, Chicago is embracing its leafy greens.
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Urban chicken consultant will help you realize your homesteading dreams
We know you think backyard chickens are hot, because we've been rifling through your trash and we found those back issues of Grit. Now there's a shortcut to realizing your dream of owning little tiny feathered dinosaurs that lay unfertilized breakfast bombs for you: Hire a chicken consultant.
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Food Studies: join the feast
A week into our fly-on-the-wall Food Studies experiment, our special series editor gives us the lowdown.
