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Who’s really hurting Aspen’s environment — jet-setters or immigrant workers?
Aspen's city council blames immigrants for environmental problems -- the same immigrants who do the town's menial labor while the rich fly in on private jets to enjoy their big vacation homes.
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Wooden light bulb is the most magical-looking LED bulb we’ve seen
There are all kinds of futuristic-looking energy-efficient light bulbs on the market — not just the traditional piggy-tail model, but liquid-cooled bulbs that look like glass jellyfish, and bulbs with gills like a mushroom or fins like a Cadillac. But for our money, this wooden bulb by artist Ryosuke Fukusada is the most beautiful energy-efficient […]
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Inflatable bike helmet is like an airbag for your head
Like other stuff that is good for your health (not smoking, sobriety, living slow, and dying old), bike helmets are uncool. But you can’t really enjoy your coolness with a giant crack in your skull. How do you protect your noggin without sacrificing your mojo? Swedish company Hovding has the answer: airbag bike helmets. Unless […]
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Toward a future that makes sense
What would a future that makes sense look like? What would it mean to do it right, to stay within carbon and other resource limits while enjoying a high quality of life?
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Tree poachers steal 800-year-old red cedar
A decade ago, British Columbia had 40 full-time park rangers who monitored 1,000 parks. Today, it only has 10. And they don’t often make it out to faraway parks like the Carmanah-Walbran Provincial Park, which is on the southern end of Vancouver Island. With no one around regularly, it must have been easy for poachers […]
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Ask Umbra: What can I do with old CD cases?
A reader wonders what to do with all the CD cases he no longer needs. Umbra has the answers.
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Umbra’s second helpings: Riding your bike to work [VIDEO]
A reader asks about riding her bike to work. Umbra gets wheel.
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Stuff it: Test your mettle by giving up shopping
Could you go for an entire month without buying anything new? Follow Grist’s green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, into the valley of temptation.
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Origami furniture made from recycled cardboard
Recession got you living in a cardboard box? Take heart: That doesn’t have to mean missing out on stylish furniture. Karton’s modular, foldable furniture is sturdy (the bed can support almost 2,000 pounds), assembles in minutes, and is made entirely out of cardboard.
