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Happy now? If not, author Gretchen Rubin has tips for you
Best-selling writer and joy genius Gretchen Rubin talks about how personal moves toward a happier life can lead to a better, healthier planet for everybody.
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The only video about energy efficiency that also features dildos
La Plate-forme Maison Passive has managed the seemingly impossible. They have made energy efficiency sexy.
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Grist readers are less happy than other Americans, because DUH
According to the survey many of you took last week, Grist readers are a mostly happy bunch, but not quite as optimistic as other Americans, especially when it comes to the environment.
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The heartbreaking, heartwarming saga of a homeless koala
This guy was moved out of harm's way so that loggers could come down and clear-cut his home. He came back to a treeless landscape. But there's a happy ending, we swear!
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City mice have genes that could help them resist pollution
These mice may actually be evolving in response to their urban lifestyle.
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20,000 insane people have already applied to die on Mars
Don’t they know they’re all going to go crazy and kill each other?
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Adolph the unkillable tortoise survived snowstorms, fires, and Nazis
This is clearly a turtle who wants to live, despite the world's attempts to bring him down.
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Ask Umbra: Could dish soap make our family sick?
A reader wonders how to talk to her hardworking hubby about his poor choice of suds. Umbra dishes out some advice.
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Bike sharing goes global
More than 500 cities in 49 countries now boast bikeshares. It's the fastest-growing mode of transport in history.
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This straw-bale urinal turns your pee into compost
Next time you find yourself drunk at a festival, instead of finding an isolated patch of grass to pee on, consider the public tower of straw that turns your pee into plant-friendly compost.
