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How DIY and the ‘IKEA effect’ make us green
The "IKEA effect" says that we value things we have built ourselves (even if those things are frankly a little crappy). I'd propose an extension -- call it the "DIY effect," which says we tend to hold onto, repair, and upgrade things we build ourselves, breaking us out of the consumerist cycle of trashing what's old so we can capitalize on the (often-illusory) advantages of the latest and greatest.
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Bombs away: Yarn bombers get out-heisted in Boulder
Clever yarn bombers give Boulder's bike-share program some fuzzy PR-love by wrapping their drab kiosks in colorful hand-knit cozies. But the prank's on them when anonymous thread thieves nick the knitting one day before they're set to come off.
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I am the population problem
Population growth tends to get blamed on other people. But actually the population problem is all about me: white, middle-class, American me.
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Well, that's one way to recycle your bottle caps
This Chuck Close-style self-portrait by Mary Ellen Croteau is entirely made of discarded bottle caps. (A lot of them are from sodas, but deodorant caps, childproof pill container lids, soap bottle-style pumps, and tops from bottles of saline solution and eyedrops are also represented, along with probably many more.) This is possibly not a practical recycling solution for everyone, but you gotta admit it looks amazing.
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7 billion in 7 minutes: Science magazine explains it all [VIDEO]
"Science" magazine took the good bits from its recent special issue on population and squished them into this handy video.
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What you don’t know about women, climate change, and population [VIDEO]
Here's a population angle you might not have considered before: Family planning can help women adapt to climate change that's already happening.
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Urban chicken consultant will help you realize your homesteading dreams
We know you think backyard chickens are hot, because we've been rifling through your trash and we found those back issues of Grit. Now there's a shortcut to realizing your dream of owning little tiny feathered dinosaurs that lay unfertilized breakfast bombs for you: Hire a chicken consultant.
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Watch cute kids build their own school out of bottles and trash
Especially if you're susceptible to optimistic reggae (I am!), this video of kids helping to build their own school out of bottles and trash ought to make you a little misty.
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The numbers behind the numbers: Meet your 7 billion neighbors
Yeah, yeah, you know -- the world population is hitting 7 billion this year. Here are some facts about the world's people that you might not already be familiar with.
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Meet the Greenie Pig
We join our hero as she strives for eco-enlightenment after a lifetime of just going halfway.
