Culture

A Canadian woman has invented a shoe with snap-on, interchangeable heels. It's a small step towards less stuff, less trash. And they're cute.

Sarah Miller Culture

A reader wonders if she’ll roo the day she became a kangatarian. Umbra says it’s best not to jump to conclusions.

Ask Umbra® Culture

To study activism, the filmmakers didn't go to protests -- they foraged weeds from dumpsters.

Susie Cagle Culture

In areas where trees are being killed by beetles, more people are dying from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, according to new research.

Susie Cagle Culture

New York is moving ahead with its first micro apartment building. But the majority of the units will rent for a premium. Is that what the city needs?

Susie Cagle Culture

Now we're getting somewhere!

Philip Bump Culture

But you really shouldn't bother.

Philip Bump Culture

Transportation Alternatives has a new guide on how to bike within the law, and with courtesy and compassion.

Susie Cagle Culture

Today is the only national holiday that is not really a day "off," but a day "on."

Susie Cagle Culture

In Alameda County, Calif., stores are getting around the new plastic-bag ban by calling plastic bags "reusable."

Susie Cagle Culture

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