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11 ways to fall in love with humble, spicy daikon this winter
How to use this large root in more ways than you thought possible.
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Of course Portland wants you to bike to the airport
Cycling to PDX can even offset about 1 percent of your flight's carbon emissions.
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Aaron Sorkin tackles climate change on “The Newsroom” and … oy
It is not in fact true that we're doomed to face a "catastrophic failure of the planet."
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Thanksgiving leftovers? Nah. Turkey empanadas? You bet.
Food that’s not eaten still has a climate impact, after all, and beyond that, pie in the trash in an honest-to-God crime.
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Shopping tips for the eco-minded dresser
A reader wonders where to look for the greenest threads. Umbra stitches together a plan.
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This entrepreneur turns leftover cafeteria food into hot meals for hungry people
Ben Simon is the cofounder of a nonprofit that redistributes leftover campus dining hall food to the hungry.
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Join a Buy Nothing group and feel warm ‘n’ fuzzy
The Buy Nothing Project has launched more than 300 local Facebook groups that make it easy for people to share things with their neighbors.
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Watch this turkey run away from Thanksgiving in slow motion
Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be America's national bird -- if he'd had this amazing video on his side, he might have won.
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7 tips for averting family disaster at the holiday dinner table
For this year’s holidays and beyond, you may never have to have a political argument with a family member again.
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In the ski business, there are no climate deniers
Ski season is just beginning in California, but real snow on the slopes is becoming a rarity.