sustainable living
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Ask Umbra on the disappearance of OB tampons and more sustainable alternatives
Some are calling it a Tampocalypse. But sometimes disappearing OB tampons happen for a reason. This could be your chance to switch to a greener option
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Ask Umbra Book Club announces 'At Home' by Bill Bryson for next read
Ask Umbra announces the new book club selection, At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson. Join and discover why we live the way we do!
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The (not so) New Agtivist: Joan Gussow, mother of the sustainable food movement
For more than 30 years, Joan Gussow has been writing, teaching, and speaking about our unsustainable food system and how to fix it. Here she tells how growing her own food and reducing her consumption have given her freedom from despair in the face of climate change and other calamities.
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Ask Umbra gives relationship advice to a couple battling it out over 'eco-stress'
Ask Umbra gets personal and gives advice to a reader who has a “different level of commitment to sustainability” than her husband. What to do if you’re more eco-aware than the one you love? If you’re a lover and/or a fighter, read this!
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Ask Umbra on living holiday trees and other options
What?s the most sustainable sapling to celebrate with? Ask Umbra?s holiday primer on live trees, cut trees, fake trees, and more will settle the score
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Building with the disabled in mind means better access for everyone
The new book Inclusive Design: A Pattern Book is probably the first guide to marrying sustainable urbanism to accessible design.
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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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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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Urbivore’s Dilemma, Weeks 20-22: Cooking strike
I’ve spent very little quality time with the fruits and vegetables from the CSA of late except in their most simple form -- raw. But should I really be trying to eat turnip greens and sweet potatoes uncooked?
