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Plastic bag rap urges people to jump on the ban-wagon [VIDEO]
Plastic, it's the "fossil product all your crap's made of," and its ubiquity is the motivation for this Jay-Z parody aimed at giving plastic bags a bad rap. Watch the video and let us know if you like the way they work it.
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The population challenge up close and personal
Ethiopia has one of the world's highest fertility rates -- 5.4 births per woman -- but also a pioneering program that's spreading family planning.
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Live chat with Protect Our Winters Executive Director Chris Steinkamp
Thanks to all who joined us for our live chat with Protect Our Winters Executive Director Chris Steinkamp today. We covered the hot topic of serving as snow protectors of the winter sports community in the face of a hotter planet and a mountain of others. Read the discussion here.
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Looking at meat drives men into a fit of calmness, happiness
Canadian researchers recently steaked the claim that the sight of a big, juicy burger and other well-done meats soothes the savage and beastly instincts in men. But can vegetarians remain calm?
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Live chats with Protect Our Winters’ Chris Steinkamp and the Sierra Club’s Michael Brune
We'll be chatting live with Chris Steinkamp, executive director of Protect Our Winters. And next Tuesday, the Sierra Club's Michael Brune will chew the chat fat with David Roberts.
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Changing behavior: it ain't easy
To address climate change, we need to change behavior, but appeals to the rational mind aren't enough. So what works? Here's a glimpse.
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Bicycling to Mecca
"You get an opportunity that traveling by plane or car you don't get. And you learn much more, you discover much more about yourself. It was an existential experience."
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Google's Hotpot debuts: Cool party, lukewarm reception
Google's launch party for Hotpot, its new location-based, restaurant-rating service, was just as fun as the old bubble-era shindigs used to be. Too bad it seems more like Why?-ware than Web 3.0.
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Did Sarah Palin's new nature reality show get too close to the wildlife? [VIDEO]
When the former governor's TLC show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, debuted, conservationists say the Palins got too close to the bears. Is Palin being her maverick-y self and breaking all the (wildlife) rules? Or are people just splitting hairs? Take a look for yourself.
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On habits and how to change them
If you want to change what people think, you need to change what they do. That's the painstaking work of building a more sustainable society.
