Climate Culture
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Ask Umbra: Who’s the greenest character on TV?
A reader wonders which shows have the best eco-role models. Umbra goes channel surfing.
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Victory for raw-milk seller in Minnesota
Raw-milk advocates are calling the Minnesota jury verdict a big legal win.
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Robots, plants team up to make humans fall flat on their faces
By making plants mobile, you make them the natural enemies of a) humans and b) cats
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Spreading the loaf: A bakers cooperative with a vision for change
Bread Uprising envisions a food system in which everyone is entitled to bread, whether or not they have money to offer in exchange.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Unplug your vampire appliances [VIDEO]
Your chargers and appliances are sucking your wallet dry, says Grist’s eco-advice columnist. Here’s how to put a stake through their hearts.
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Low-income smokers in New York drop 25 percent of their income on cigarettes
Almost 40 percent of cigarette taxes collected in New York come from those earning $30,000 a year or less.
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This guy runs the Fight Club of libraries outside his front door
For more than a decade, Hernando Guanlao, of Manila, has run the Fight Club of reading out of his home library. The BBC reports: The idea is simple. Readers can take as many books as they want, for as long as they want — even permanently. As Guanlao says: “The only rule is that there […]
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Ditch your car this week! We double-dog dare you
Around the world this week, people are spurning their cars in favor of buses, bikes, and their own two feet. Are you up for the challenge, America?
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Alison Gannett: Extreme skier turned climate hawk
If we don't buck up and start behaving, we can kiss our powder days good-bye. So this world-champion downhiller is taking her message to boardrooms across the country to help major brands cut carbon by up to 50 percent.
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Ask Umbra: What’s that stuff in my bra?
A reader wonders about what’s in those newfangled foam rubber bras. Umbra makes the big reveal, and offers some uplifting alternatives.
