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Marriage requirement #1: Regrow the rainforest
Some couples get happily engaged in environmental issues by ditching wasteful wedding favors, recycling 400,000 cans to pay for their nuptials, or growing all the food for their reception. But that's all optional. Indonesia is requiring that newlyweds go out on a limb.
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The smart bike that pedals and twitters across America
Humans think they've got the market cornered on electronic communication, but a twittle bird told us that's no longer the case. See what we mean.
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An anti-corn elitist’s pro-corn pasta
This very week, the sweet-corn patch on Maverick Farms came ripe. Harvesting and processing it took half a dozen people nearly all day. Here's what I fed them for lunch.
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Swarms of starving models stranded on oil-covered beaches
The kind of oil spill most fashion models are familiar with probably involves tanning oil. This fashion spread from Vogue Italia, however, is a little less "D&B" and a little more "BP." Take a look.
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How much do you spend on transport? New web app aims to show you
The cost of a home is easy to keep in mind. The cost of getting to and from it is not. A new web tool aims to shed light on transportation costs and nudge Americans away from sprawl.
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A new way to grow peas: in your lungs
Nowadays growing food is totally hip, delicious, and sure to appease the most Frugal Freddy. But this is the weirdest place we've ever heard of growing food.
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My Intentional Life: Crash Pad
Gabriel is moving into a building where he and his new roommates are taking a crack at a more intentional lifestyle. But is this place ready for them?
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Be more like Manhattan to save the earth, and don’t go halfway
The greenest place to live is a dense city like New York, David Owen argues in his book Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability. We chat about urban vs. rural living and pitfalls of "decorative transit" and "density light."
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Elena Kagan's childfree status: The mean take and the green take
Pundits have seized on the fact that new Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan has no kids. Even "feminists"Â say she comes up short for being childfree.
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Ask Umbra on what stinks about perfume, cologne, and fragrant body products
Ask Umbra is fuming about perfume. Here she addresses some of its negative impacts on our bodies and the planet!
