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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.
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More hot days may mean more blind babies
Research suggests that congenital cataracts are 51 percent more likely if a baby gestates during extreme heat.
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A million and one ways (at least!) to simplify the holidays
We asked Grist readers for suggestions for how to rock the holidays without partaking of the shopping madness and materialism. Boy, did you deliver.
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Ask Umbra: Stop giving me musical cards
A reader wonders how to tell family and friends that their cards are making him crazy. Umbra offers one of her hallmark replies.
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Energy prices are the most volatile prices in the country
Data from the Consumer Price Index shows how the natural-gas boom is leading to lower prices for Americans.
