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Umbra’s second helpings: Beer vs. wine
A reader wonders whether beer or wine deserves more green buzz. Umbra tips one back.
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The mother of all rides: Biking across America on the old Route 66
In "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck dubbed Route 66 “The Mother Road.” Now this long-abandoned cross-country byway gets a second life as an epic bike touring highway.
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New Olympic sport: The speed shower
Let’s face it. You waste water when you wash. But Grist’s eco-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, has a whole bathtub full of solutions -- and she’s challenging you to a shower-off.
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Green washing: Learn what all those tiny laundry symbols mean
Clothing lasts longer if you know how to take care of it, but plenty of people can't even decode the runes on the tags. No longer: We submit the Rosetta Stone for decoding laundry labels. Learn it, save your clothes, and save a little bit of resources in the process.
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This plugin keeps baby pics off your Facebook by replacing them with bacon or cats
Are you childfree, anti-population-growth, or just an STFU Parents fan? Unbaby.me will get rugrats off your social media feeds for good, and replace them with pictures of kittens, puppies, bacon, swimsuit models, or whatever you want. Here’s how it works: The Chrome extension has an editable list of keywords that usually herald a precious, sticky […]
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Here’s the real story behind this see-through hermit crab
This awesome photo of a hermit crab in a glass shell has been going around the internet, attached to a story about New Zealand scientists using the glass shells to lay bare the crabs’ inner workings. Which leaves out the coolest part: You can buy one for yourself. (I mean, for your own hermit crabs. […]
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What to do when an elephant crashes your pool party
How cool would it be to catch an elephant wandering up to your pool and checking out the scene? And how terrifying would it be if you were actually in the pool, the size of which would not accommodate both you and the elephant? You know these guys are thinking: “HOLY SHIT. THIS IS AWESOME. […]
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These artists print photographs onto living grass
Usually when you say an artist is "into grass," it's because you're in your 60s and use outdated drug slang. But artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey honestly do amazing things with grass, i.e. the plant people make lawns out of.
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Here’s a tiny greenhouse for your tiny home
There’s no reason that your tiny house should mean you have to sacrifice the luxuries that make great spaces. May we recommend this tiny greenhouse to go in your tiny house?
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Feminist funnywoman Caitlin Moran says the planet doesn’t need your babies
The "British Tina Fey" makes the best case you've ever read for not having kids. And for feminism too.
