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The new holiday mantra: More fun, less stuff
This year, go easy on the wallet and light on the land by writing your own rules for the holidays. Just don't lose the magic in the process.
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Ask Umbra: What will it take to change the world?
A reader asks if saving the planet is better done from the top down or the bottom up. Umbra responds with a Four-Point Guide to Combating Either-Or Thinking.
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Be considerate of future generations — and future species, too
In all likelihood, the impacts of climate change will outlast us, as a species. So what, if anything, do we owe our distant, post-human descendants?
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Grist’s ‘Shift the Gift’ campaign hits national TV — again
Earlier this month, Grist set out to rewrite the rules of the holidays. The idea seems to be catching.
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Ignore the Midwest at your own risk, says a Kansas sustainability director
Kansas may be the testing grounds for a Tea Party America, but we need the Midwest if we're going to get anything done, argues the sustainability coordinator of Lawrence, Kan.
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Meet ‘the Minimalists’ — two guys who had it all, and gave it up
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus spent years amassing the trappings of a “successful” life. Then they decided success wasn’t all it was chalked up to be.
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Foot forward: Walkability is the key to fixing cities
Urban planner Jeff Speck's Theory of Walkability posits that cities designed for people, not cars, will be centers of growth in the 21st century. But he's not opposed to gassing up the car in the event of zombie attack.
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Traffic deaths are down, but pedestrian and cyclist deaths are up
Deaths involving motor vehicles fell 1.9 percent in 2011, the lowest level since 1949. The bad news is that drivers are killing the rest of us.
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Crunching the numbers: Will you see a white Christmas?
No! At least, probably not. And it depends on what you mean by "white Christmas."
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Reclaim NYC makes really cool furniture from Sandy debris
Hurricane Sandy was devastating. But a group of local artists have made some really nice, usable items from the debris it left behind.
