Climate Culture
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Knight Foundation gives cities $5M for floating farms and fuzzy hats
The Knight Foundation just wrote $5 million in checks to support all manner of urban awesomeness.
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THEESatisfaction makes music about the planet that actually sounds good
The ladies behind rap duo THEESatisfaction break down a few choice cuts on their latest album, EarthEE.
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After Cesar Chavez: The fight for farmworker rights isn’t over
Chavez helped win farmworkers basic human rights, but they still face unacceptable dangers every day.
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This bloody whaling documentary could teach you something about sustainable food
If you eat meat -- even the humanely raised, locally butchered, lullabied-to-sleep-at-night kind -- there will always be blood, and lots of it.
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What’s the most energy-efficient kind of light?
Candles? Curly-Q bulbs? LEDs? What's an eco-minded reader to do? Umbra's answer is brilliant.
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Are we really still flushing condoms down the toilet?
I'm sorry -- we need to talk about this.
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In San Francisco, could hanging your laundry get you evicted?
The owner of a single-room occupancy building in San Francisco's Chinatown takes aim at good old-fashioned clothesline drying.
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Earth Hour: Do almost nothing and feel great about it
Turn your lights off for an hour? Pfft. You can do better -- here's how.
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Watch stick figures explain what “probably causes cancer” even means
The active ingredient in Roundup does, but so do French fries, pickled vegetables, and aloe vera. This video from Risk Bites explains how we identify cancer risks.
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Climate change is spreading diseases you haven’t even heard of yet
Ebola and West Nile are just the beginning -- climate change will bring brand new diseases to every species.
