Climate Culture
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Join “The Great Poo Hunt” to keep tabs on invasive species, get free food, pick up turds
Collecting sh*t from Tasmanian devils helps researchers map where predators have been. Plus it just plain smells great.
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Ask Umbra: Are cows really as bad for the climate as they say?
A reader inquires about bovine flatulence. Umbra lets it rip.
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Travel leery: Which countries drive, fly, cycle, and take the train most?
Least surprising part? Americans still love their cars.
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From Amiri to Zora: What these mountain-moving black writers can teach us about climate justice
African American literature and history hold lessons about how we weather storms -- divided or together -- and how we might survive in a chaotic future.
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A poison aficionado’s guide to 6 killer chemicals
Science journalist Deborah Blum explores the homicidal -- and, the environmental -- ways that chemistry can do us in.
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This bag saves energy by letting food slow-cook in its own steam
It works on the same principle as wrapping a towel around a pot, but better.
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The week in GIFs: Beef, bees, and vodka
Welcome to 2014! Here's the week's green news in animated form.
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Leslie Hall is our favorite vegan superstar
No one else can do masterful high-kicks in a skintight gold jumpsuit while rapping about black bean burgers.
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This guy raised a duckling under his beard
Ducklings get lonely, so this Reddit user let his beard sub in for a mama duck's wing.
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Rio’s hosting its first ever cargo bike championship
Rio's got hundreds of cargo bike delivery people, who transport food, water, mattresses, dogs, and a whole bunch of other random stuff around the city every day.