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Honda Miimo is basically a Roomba for your lawn
Can you imagine just being able to sit around and watch television all weekend on your massive energy-sucking flat screen while someone else niftily, sustainably, mowed your lawn? Someone you didn’t have to pay? Someone you didn’t even have to talk to, because they’re a little tiny automatic lawn mower, which is, when you get […]
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Five reasons to shop at thrift stores
An endless quest for the latest fashion trends is money-draining, space-consuming, wasteful, and takes a toll on the environment. Here's why a shift to thrift is worth it.
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Bill Koch is building a cool Wild West town and you can’t come
The billionaire oil magnate's faux town will never be open to the public.
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Ask Umbra: Help! I’m in a tight(s) spot
A reader wonders about eco-friendly leggings. Umbra unrolls some no-nonsense advice.
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Older boomers help shift driving trends into reverse
Because driving rates peak in midlife, the aging of the baby boom generation will lead to a drop in per-capita driving.
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New York’s bike-sharing program gets bumped to 2013
The mayor blames a software problem. The real issue, as with everything in New York, is the Yankees.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Kiddie pools
Is there a greener alternative to vinyl kiddie pools? Umbra wades in.
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Resisting the temptation: The ultimate no-processed-food challenge
According to foodie gospel, processed foods are the product of the Evil Empire. Grist’s green-living pioneer wants to see if she can live without them in even the most difficult situations.
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The Ocean Health Index will let us measure how horrible we are over time
The global rating of 60 out of 100 barely scratches the surface on the depth of information contained in this new evaluation tool.
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Fukushima butterflies show signs of mutation
And, worse -- mutations were seen in offspring born far from the radioactivity.
