Climate Culture
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Non-hippies finally realize buying vintage could save the planet
It’s easy to get insulated with green-talk, so it's awesome when Normal People start taking note.
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Pope Francis continues being awesome, says Christians should fight climate change
Next we’ll hear he’s doing shots of communion wine with Bill Nye.
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Get mom to smash your iPhone? Thanks to PETA, there’s an app for that
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it's created an app that'll make your neighborhood supermarket smell like a slaughterhouse. Winning!
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Go ahead: Ignore the “latest studies” and savor that chocolate
In picking our diets, we pay far too much attention to basic research into phenomena we barely understand -- and not enough heed to our own senses.
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Ask Umbra: Are dogs born to poop wild?
A reader wonders if he can leave his pup's poop on the nature trail. Umbra digs up the evidence.
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That time Lyndon Johnson made a killer case against unbridled growth
Fifty years ago, LBJ gave an amazing speech arguing that America shouldn't pursue economic growth but rather community, nature, leisure time, and happiness.
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Why do you have to walk a mile to cross these streets?
In Burlington, Mass., you have to walk 1.2 miles to find a crosswalk between the mall and the movie theater, even though they’re right across the street.
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Yes Men fool college students into thinking their school divested from fossil fuels
Seeing that Reed College has invested $5.4 million in cutting its carbon emissions, divestment is a logical next step. Too bad it's not true (yet).
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Pat Sajak ruins your sick-day game-show viewing with climate denial
Sajak likes to make 140-character jabs at environmentalists. Thankfully he’s not exactly a respected scientific authority.
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Here’s why your uncle won’t give up those pesky climate & vaccine conspiracy theories
To correct incorrect beliefs, it’s not enough to just dish out the facts; you have to shed your defensive biases first.