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This guy thinks mushrooms can save the planet and he’s not even tripping
Radical Mycology cofounder Peter McCoy thinks mushrooms hold the secret to human and environmental health. He may be on to something.
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How to make your true love an aromatherapy rice bag
On the first day of DIY Christmas, skip the bird-in-tree and get a little crafty with this homemade hand warmer.
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How to get rid of everything you own without leaving the house
Overrated: possessions and a bathroom sink. Just as advertised: Grist and legal weed.
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You can totally recycle unrecyclable plastic. Right?
A reader wonders if it's OK to to recycle containers made of goodness-knows-what. Umbra says, "Goodness! No! What?"
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A BP spill’s worth of methane is leaking from the ocean off of Washington every year
And as ocean temperatures climb, we could see even larger releases of deep-sea methane from the region, a bummer of a new study finds.
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Night-proof your bike by turning it into a giant reflector
Emily Thibodeau, of Boston-based Hub Powderworks, coats entire bike frames in a special type of newfangled, super reflective paint.
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These crazy maps show just how much ground roads cover
When you look at all the roads in your state, you can learn a lot about how we rewrite the land we live on.
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A green utopia deep in Mississippi? This guy has a game plan
Kali Akuno wants to build an eco-village in the middle of Jackson, Miss. And so far, he's getting all the cooperation he needs.
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Lousiana has a crazy plan to save its sinking coastline
The state hopes to save its rapidly disappearing coastline with a 50-year, $50 billion plan based on science that’s never been tested and money it doesn’t have. What could go wrong?
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Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests
Still missing the connection between the fight for the planet and the movement that has grown out of the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner? Let us explain.