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Why aren’t women’s issues on the agenda at Rio+20?
Including family planning and reproductive health in the Earth Summit agenda should be a no-brainer.
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The most beautiful illegal treehouse you’ve ever seen
OK, I had always understood that Canadians build tree forts with little tiny fridges in them if, and only if, they have a million dollars. But Vancouver-area software developer Joel Allen built his insanely beautiful HemLoft when he went financially bust. And because he was broke, he built it by hand, illegally, on government-owned land.
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Awesome cityscapes made from discarded textbooks
What do you do with unwanted textbooks? Chinese artist Liu Wei makes spectacular carved-book cityscapes.
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Ask Umbra: How do I avoid cheap plastic spray bottles?
A reader says she’s littering the planet with her discarded spritzers. Umbra gets all misty eyed.
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Brace yourself for tomorrow’s supermoon
Saturday is the night to engage in your moon-related activities — blow it up, write your name on it, release your singing marmoset creatures, whatever — because you’ll have a pretty good view. It’s a “supermoon,” where the moon is closer to earth in its orbit than normally — and it’s going to be the […]
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Giant plant tags tell you how to care for streetlights, hydrants, and mailboxes
It’s all very well to talk about the urban jungle, but how often are you supposed to water it? Carmichael Collective’s tongue-in-cheek urban plant tags offer care instructions for metropolitan flora like benches, fire hydrants, stop signs, and mailboxes.
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Video game based on Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ promises to be extremely ironic
Thoreau went to the woods because he wished to live deliberately and suck all the marrow out of life. But if you don’t want to go outside to do that, don’t worry: The Walden experience now comes in video game form! The digital Walden Pond will showcase a first-person point-of-view where you can wander through […]
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Umbra’s second helpings: Keeping your skirt out of your bike chain
Concerned that your frills could get hung up in the works? Our beloved eco-advice columnist, Umbra Fisk, is here to help.
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The coolest church you’ve ever seen is inside an 800-year-old tree
This oak tree in Allouville-Bellefosse, France, up near the country’s north coast, has been alive for at least 800 years. In the late 1600s, a bolt of lightening hollowed out the center, but the tree survived and kept putting out leaves and acorns. And when they see something like that, 17th-century Frenchmen think about the […]
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Oh rot: It’s harvest time on the worm farm
Eight months ago, our fearless green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, brought a bucket of worms into her home. They’ve made some beautiful compost for her, but how to extract it?
