Climate Culture
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Your mud-soaked festival tent could become beautiful gift wrap
A brave company called Wrag Wrap is going to raid that pile of broken-down tents and transform the gleanings into reusable gift wrap.
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Ask Umbra: Can I pee in my compost pile?
When a reader frets about "going" outdoors, Umbra relieves the anxiety.
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Plants sweat, and it’s beautiful
Some plants deal with extra moisture using a process that makes them look like they're wearing a jeweled tiara. Nature is so weird and pretty sometimes.
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This voting-booth-sized library brings joy (and literacy) to New York
It's the kind of project that makes adults feel like kids again: Ducking into this thing is like playing on a grown-up playground.
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Scientists plan to reduce greenhouse gases by breeding fartless cows
Where well leaks are called “fugitive methane emissions,” cow leaks are simply called fart and burps.
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Guys, really, mermaids don’t exist, I can’t believe you have to be told this
We're going to need to come up with a different motivation to save the oceans.
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No need to eat like a caveman — just eat your damn veggies!
New research suggests that we’ve bred much of the nutrition out of out food. What’s a discerning grocery shopper to do?
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Crazy translucent ant looks like it’s covered in diamonds
It should really be called the Liberace Ant. Or the Damien Hirst Ant. Or the Million-Dollar Victoria's Secret Bra Ant.
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This map shows the smells of your city
For instance, Edinburgh "on a particularly breezy day circa 2011."
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Plotting a revolution: Inside the mind of a budding guerrilla gardener
Our fearless green-living pioneer prepares for a stealth attack on urban ugliness -- and shows how you can do it too.
