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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.
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The sharing economy doesn’t always work: Luxury car theft edition
Peer to peer sharing of everything from apartments to cars is taking off, except when it comes to luxury cars, because they are valuable and people will steal them.
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Heart to hearth: Darfur Stoves Project’s Andree Sosler makes survival sustainable
From her Berkeley office, Andree Sosler distributes cheap, clean, efficient cooking stoves to women in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Water cyclists: An epic ride to raise awareness of a scarce resource
A year and a half ago, two Dutchmen set out by bike to spread the word about the global water crisis. Fourteen thousand miles later, they say the real work still lies ahead -- but first, they'd like to kick it with beers and a couple of nice girls.
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Ask Umbra: Can I really put all my recyclables in one bin?
A reader wonders if it's better to separate recyclables or to just throw everything in one bin. Umbra sorts out the truth.
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Rick Santorum wants women to have lots of babies, whether they like it or not
Rick Santorum isn't just a climate denier -- he's a contraception denier. He believes contraception exists, but he's eying ways to deny you access to it.
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Mmm, vegan beefcake
There are vegan bodybuilders. Yes, this is going to blow the minds of people who look at vegetarians blankly and ask, "But how do you get enough protein?" A New York Times trend piece (it's in the Sports section! That makes it more real than a trend piece in the Style section) features a few, plus reports that while "there is little official data on competitive bodybuilders who are vegan," a website called veganbodybuilding.com "has more than 5,000 registered users."
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C1ty By NuMb3r5: A formula for growing better cities
Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West says he's found the secret to bringing cities back from the brink. It's all in the numbers, he says. But numbers also may be our downfall.
