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Grand Canyon gives Coke the finger, bans bottled water
Once upon a time, there was going to be a ban on the sale of bottled water at the Grand Canyon, because apparently people can’t be trusted to tell the difference between a majestic natural wonder and a public rubbish bin. Then the Coca-Cola company got them to reverse the ban, because apparently selling a […]
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How to make mineral water … really
if you’re going to make carbonated water at all, why not live deep, suck the marrow out of life, and clone your favorite top-shelf mineral water?
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Me against the world: The trouble with travel and the climate
Last fall, our green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, set out to offset the globe-warming gases she produced on a trip to Texas. Four months into it, she’s not even halfway to her goal. The lesson? Well, read on …
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America has 40 million McMansions that no one wants
Americans want a car-free existence, which means that around 40 million large-lot exurban McMansions might never find occupants.
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Eco-friendly LEGOs made of sawdust and coffee
Earth Blocks are basically LEGOs, but made out of coffee grounds, tree bark, sawdust, or tea chaff mixed with a plasticlike binder material. Finally, a way to teach children that being eco-friendly means playing with monochrome toys made out of dirt!
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A challenge to chefs: Make me a delicious vegetarian entree — or stop claiming to care about sustainability
Chefs these days like to talk big about sustainable food, but they forget one of the key tenets of eco-friendly eating: cut back on the meat.
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Watch a jaw-dropping northern lights display
Here's the upside to a massive solar storm: Absolutely astonishing aurora borealis.
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Dirty cities make us happy
It was very important to people’s happiness to see their city of residence as beautiful -- but not at all important to see their city as clean.
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Look, Dad! No hands! The travails of teaching kids to bike in the city
What’s a bike-loving helicopter parent to do with kids in the urban jungle? Here are six things that will help keep your free-wheeling young’uns out of harm’s way.
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Austin gets a super swank zero-energy suburb
How do you build a (nearly) net-zero-energy suburb in 2008, at the nadir of the economic crash, when no bank in the country is convinced you’ll be able to sell your more energy-efficient but pricier homes?
