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Ask Umbra: Should I trash my old tree lights?
A reader wants to upgrade to LED Christmas lights. Umbra strings together some options for his old lights.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Post-Thanksgiving detox before you retox
Did you overstuff your giblets this Thanksgiving? Umbra gets the (non-toxic) ball rolling on working out.
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Forget Buy Nothing Day: Could you hack Buy Nothing Christmas?
This year the folks behind Buy Nothing Day up the ante by challenging everyone to opt out of the entire holiday shopping season. Join us -- and share your tips.
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Please get my kids nothing for Christmas
This holiday season, think of the children! And please, please don’t give mine any more stuff.
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Guilt-free gobble: A holiday feast the ecosystem can be thankful for
In pursuit of the greenest Thanksgiving possible, Grist's eco-pioneer, the Greenie Pig, investigates the best main-course options. (Spoiler: Conventional turkey doesn't cut it.)
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Happy Wastegiving, America!
Don't throw out all that turkey. Here's a little something to remind you of horrendous and embarrassing holiday food waste.
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Modern-day Robin Hoods: Stealing construction supplies from the rich to give to the Sandy-hit poor
Concerned citizens are confiscating tools and materials from luxury developments and giving them to those hurt the worst by superstorm Sandy.
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Another benefit of tiny housing: You can lift it off the ground with balloons
Jonathan Trappe only needed 215 balloons to lift a specially-built tiny home off the ground this weekend. Try that with your McMansion.
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Amazing new bike helmet reads your mind
It shows green lights when you're calm, red ones when you're stressed or distracted, and blinking ones when OH SHIT THAT TREE
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Ripple effect: Conserving water is about more than just letting it mellow
Knowing that we'll be facing increasingly frequent droughts, one woman's quest to reduce her own water footprint offers insight into the impending water crisis and how we can fix it.
