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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Weeks 13 &14: Being away from my CSA box
Forced to eat cafeteria food for six days straight, the Urbivore has a new dilemma -- being homesick for her local-veggie box. Can such fresh food spoil you? And why does it spoil so fast, anyway?
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Hundreds of bikes re-cycled into modern-day obelisk
The ancient Egyptians erected obelisks out of hundreds of pounds of stone. Modern Americans erect obelisks out of hundreds of bicycles. Check out whether they're compensating for something.
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Do you have the balls to really change the food system?
You like nose-to-tail dinners and street-food festivals. Your bananas and coffee are Fair Trade, but everything else is Far From It. Sound familiar? A farmer and real-food activist lays out what you can do if you truly want to change things.
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Is PETA Butter full of … vegans?
If peanut butter is chock full of peanuts, and PETA is chock full of vegans, then the only logical conclusion is that PETA Butter is chock full of vegans, no?
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WTF should you make for dinner?
The adventures of daily life are many and varied and often don't amount to much. Sometimes it's just a matter of wanting to know what the f**k I should make for dinner that day. So thank goodness for this dirty-mouthed kitchen helper.
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IBM lets you use your laptop to solve the global water crisis
Your laptop can join IBM's Worldwide Community Grid, a global network of linked personal computers that's doing important water experiments.
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Ask Umbra on dangerous cosmetics and regulatory loopholes
When one reader learns about all the toxic chemicals in everyday personal care products, she turns to Umbra for help. One way to stay safe: DIY.
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Friday music blogging: Arcade Fire
You can bet an artist is grappling with questions of place and home and belonging when she belts out a line like, "Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small / that we can never get away from the sprawl ... Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains / And there's no end in sight."
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Six ways to save time and energy in the kitchen
Labor Day weekend is the perfect time to get your kitchen organized. Here are some tips that will help you cook delicious meals from scratch quickly and easily, and waste less of that seasonal produce you're buying.
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Buy a breath of 'Fresh Air' in Hong Kong
Oxygen bars are so Japan circa 1997. Huffing canisters of "Fresh Air" is where it's at. Take a look at the breezy infomercial.
