Articles by Jess Zimmerman
Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.
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Classical music flash mob turns subway car into symphony orchestra
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gww9_S4PNV0] The Copenhagen Philharmonic really knows how to make a subway commute more beautiful. Musicians took over a train car during what looks like the morning rush hour, and gave riders a surprise performance of “Morning Mood” from the Peer Gynt suite (aka the music that plays any time a cartoon shows a sunrise).
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Baby bear conga line is the best thing you’ll see all day[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FeTL0tjkYYw] The info below this video on YouTube kinda sums it up: “A group of baby bears stand behind each other and lick each other’s heads.” How can that NOT be the most amazing video you’ll watch today?
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Awesome patio furniture made of recycled food packaging
In today’s “shit you can’t afford even though it’s made of garbage” news: genuinely gorgeous, if-you-have-to-ask-you-can’t-afford-it patio furniture made from recycled food and drink packaging.
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Pacific Garbage Patch has gotten 100 times worse in 40 years
Since the 1970s, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an area of the ocean clotted with plastic microparticles -- has grown 100-fold. And this is very bad news, not only because of the creatures it harms but because of the ones it helps.
