Grist List
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Forget Ferrari: The hot rides for sports stars are fuel-efficient
The NYT says ballas are increasingly opting for eco-friendly rides. What’s next, trading Dom for kombucha?!
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This DIY solar backpack looks tricky but doable
If you don't have $200 lying around for a solar backpack, you can rig up your own with a bit of time, patience, and technological know-how.
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This app lets you narc on wasted energy
If energy waste angers you, new app LightsOut will help you channel your annoyance.
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Apple will now recycle your old products and give you store credit
Forget smashing your old iBook Office Space–style. Just send it back to Apple, and if it isn’t ancient, you could get a gift card.
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Jon Stewart jokes with the EPA’s Gina McCarthy about Texas, burning trash, and his Hummer
Classic Jon Stewart: "All these regulations put the mom ‘n’ pop oil companies out of business!"
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For cleaner air, plant a tree in your belly button
Why hug a tree when you could rock it as navel jewelry? It could absorb a LOT of greenhouse gases, after all.
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Turkey’s nutty green idea for heating its eco-city? Pistachios
The heat for Turkey's new eco-city has gotta come from somewhere, so why not from nature’s snack wrapper?
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When it comes to climate change, don’t think of the children
Rather than foisting the effects of climate change on imaginary grandkids, let’s acknowledge how it's already harming people.
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These shoes are completely made out of recycled trash
Watch three guys collect beach litter and reconstitute it into a pair of brightly marbled sneakers.