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Unwet and wild: Ask Umbra on dry shampoo
Dry shampoo is the latest hair-care craze. Ask Umbra investigates the tangled truth.
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It's World Population Day! Celebrate by stealing a baby seat & leaving a condom [VIDEO, NSFW]
If you like lewd, crude overpopulation humor, Doug Stanhope is your man.
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Feminist icon Gloria Steinem on climate change, population, & deep ecology [VIDEO]
Who knew feminist Gloria Steinem was such a environmentalist? On ABC News, she talks about climate change, population, ecofeminism, and deep ecology.
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Plastic purge: Homemade tortillas and hummus
We don't need no stinkin' plastic! We made our own tortillas. And hummus, too.
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In the market for a Tiny House? Here's where to buy one
The economy sucks, housing prices have yet to hit bottom, and your biggest fixed expense is almost certainly rent, unless it's summertime, in which case it's your electricity bill. Sounds like it's time to lead a richer life by reducing your dependence on worldly goods and wasted energy, no?
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Land of the freegan, home of the brave
For a freegan, the world is a grocery store, and everything is marked 100 percent off. I go dumpster diving with a few intrepid New Yorkers who are living the freegan dream.
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Green party: Let’s get this party started
Grist dared me to plan an eco-friendly party for my college buddies. The first challenge: making sure there's enough food to be polite, but not so much that it goes to waste.
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Secondhand style: Wearing clothes dropped off in garbage bags
Accepting Grist's dare, I vow to wear only secondhand clothes for a week. Goodbye, Bloomingdale's. Hello, Salvation Army.
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Could your dildo kill you?
Germany's Green Party has a penetrating concern: Toxic substances in sex toys.
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Get yourself sterilized and win a free car
India has a massive and worsening overpopulation problem -- the country has added 181 million people in the last 10 years. So health officials in the state of Rajasthan are trying to lure people into voluntary sterilization by taking advantage of one of humankind's biggest weaknesses: expensive sh*t. In a three-month program that they hope will attract 30,000 eager non-breeders, officials are offering cars, motorcycles, televisions, cash, and other incentives for people to put their junk under the knife.
