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‘Cabin porn’ fuels your Thoreau fantasies
If you’ve been daydreaming about packing up and moving off-grid, maybe to Walden Pond or the Lake Isle of Innisfree, the Free Cabin Porn Tumblr will help give shape to your fantasies. If you haven’t, well, you just might now.
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Here’s what the inside of a tree sounds like
Installation artist Bartholomäus Traubeck’s new work, “Years,” uses some kind of optical dealie to translate a tree’s age rings into piano music.
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Pop-up Starbucks made of shipping containers
Recycling shipping containers into houses and environmental centers has been the new architectural hotness for a while, but what good are houses and environmental centers when you can’t get coffee? This four-carton Starbucks near Seattle (go fig) offers a recycled alternative to your strip-mall Starbucks.
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An inhabited apartment inside a subway station
Ad agency Ubi Bene built an apartment for five roommates in the middle of a Paris Metro station.
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Your stroller wheels, on the bus
Ever try to maneuver a baby stroller onto a bus, along with a diaper bag, toys, blanket, groceries -- oh, and your little bundle of joy? It’s not easy. Here’s one mom’s story -- and some suggestions for making transit more family-friendly.
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Survey: The American dream home is energy-efficient
It’s not news that utilities can be budget-killers, and apparently people are getting wise to the fact that energy-efficiency means lower utility bills. A recent Yahoo survey found that energy efficiency is the one feature everyone can agree on when they imagine their “dream home” — ahead of water views, a custom build and all […]
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The guy with 15 things got some more things
Remember that guy with only 15 things? Well, he ditched nine things and bought 33 things, apparently. Still doing better than you.
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Ask Umbra: Got any good green jokes?
A reader wonders if there are any funny environmental one-liners. Umbra yuks it up.
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Kicked to the curb: What my kid (and YouTube) taught me about garbage
Next time you're looking for idle entertainment, check out the garbage truck meme on YouTube. You'll be truly amazed at what Americans throw away.
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Adventures of a first-time dumpster diver
Grist's green-living pioneer, the Greenie Pig, tries dumpster diving and discovers that urban food scavenging is a lot tougher than it looks.
