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Eden Paper: Beautiful gift wrap that you can plant and, eventually, eat

After you've furiously torn through your holiday prezzies, plant Eden Paper gift wrap it in the backyard where it will grow into a patch of veggies.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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10 easy, last-minute digital gifts for Christmas

We've rounded up the best last-minute gifts: presents you can send your loved ones digitally that will arrive in email immediately.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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The super-useful Common Cook’s How-Many Guide to Kitchen Conversion is now a wall cling

You’ll refer to this guide that’s printed on biodegradable fabric with non-toxic ink almost every time you need to convert a recipe.




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7 Cyber Monday deals for cooks and food lovers

Shop for great deals on small kitchen appliances, dinnerware, cookbooks and more from the comfort of your home with these Cyber Monday offers.




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MNN's 2014 holiday gift guide

Bamboo globes, reclaimed sailcloth planters and the requisite pair of socks are just some of this year's exceptionally giftable finds.




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19 environmental charities you should know

From animal welfare to marine protection to climate change, these environmental charities are sure to put your money to good use.




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8 gift ideas for the cook in your life

These kitchen tools aren't expensive, and they're sure to get a lot of use by any home chef.




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5 'Buy One Give One' gifts to double your holiday giving

When you buy one of these gifts for someone on your list, a donation is made to someone in need.




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Salted Dried Cranberry-Hazelnut Chocolate Bark

This small-batch recipe is a treat for a small gathering or a holiday gift the kids can make.




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8 highly gift-able design books for the holiday season

'Tis the season for Cabin Porn and 200-page treatises on Norwegian wood chopping technique.



  • Remodeling & Design

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13 design gifts that give: A big-hearted holiday gift guide

Who said you can't partake in a little shopping on Giving Tuesday?




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13 terrific tools to gift the DIYer in your life

13 terrific tools to gift the DIYer in your life




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Last-minute gifts you can find at the grocery store

Combine food shopping and gift shopping this year by taking advantage of a well-stocked grocery store.




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How to avoid a gift gaffe anywhere in the world

Here's what to give and what to avoid for the holidays or any time of year.



  • Arts & Culture

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Why we don't all see gift-giving the same way

How can men and women get on the same page about gifts?



  • Arts & Culture

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8 ideas for gifts made by monks or nuns

Try a triple pale ale, some mint julep fudge, or an amaretto cheesecake made by nuns and monks.




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'Netflix socks' pause your show if you fall asleep

They make the perfect gift for your favorite binge-watcher.




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7 Valentine's Day bouquets that aren't roses

There are all sorts of other things to gather together into a bouquet and give with love.




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Holiday gift guide: 12 art and design gifts that give back big

Presenting a bevy of unique, useful and all-around lovely prezzies that support a range of good causes.




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Do good while you shop with DoneGood

DoneGood's browser extension and app let you shop for socially responsible alternatives to whatever you're looking for.




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It's time to revive the Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving

In 1911, the Society for the Prevention Useless Giving (SPUG) began a movement against useless Christmas gifts. It's time for a comeback.




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10 stocking stuffers for home cooks (that will actually get used)

Looking for stocking stuffer ideas for your favorite home cooks? Here are some suggestions for super useful tools that they’ll love.




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Be a force for good on Shop For Good Sunday

Shop for Good Sunday lets you put your holiday spending where your values are.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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10 thoughtful gifts that double your generosity

When you buy these presents, stocking stuffers and hostess gifts, you're also giving to charity.




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Why are some people so good at finding the right gift?

Tips from people who are really great at giving the best gifts that the rest of us need to read.




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9 gifts for the person who has everything

Some people are just impossible to buy for around the holidays and birthdays. But we have some ideas on gifts for people who already have everything.



  • Arts & Culture

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Would you shop blind (for a cause)?

Blind brothers ask you to take a leap of faith to help find a cure for blindness.




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Why the best present is cold, hard cash

If you're doling out gift cards for Christmas, you might as well just give out cash.




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A 'raft' of volcanic stone may be a lifesaver for the Great Barrier Reef

A floating sheet of pumice could bring an infusion of life to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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What if everyone drove a hybrid?

The answer to this depends on the definition of hybrid, and how long it would take to "convert" each car on the road to a hybrid. One thing's for sure -- emissi




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Hybrid trucks: Delivering the total package

The shipping industry embraces fuel efficiency with hybrid delivery fleets.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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U.S. Navy gets hybrid Destroyer

A new USS Destroyer class, the DGG 51, boasts a hybrid-electric engine to conserve fuel on the high seas.



  • Research & Innovations

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Is this the most eco-friendly delivery van in the world?

To get it into fleets at Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay and FedEx, the Indiana auto veterans at Bright Automotive are hoping for a federal loan. Our car blogger travels t




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Union of Concerned Scientists questions true value of hybrid cars

Option packages and other 'forced' features increase the base price of many vehicles, balancing out the environmental value, group says.




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UPS adds 200 hybrids to U.S. fleet

Next time you see one of UPS' iconic big brown delivery trucks, look closely because it may be one of the 200 new hybrids hitting the streets of American cities




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Toyota hybrid sales up 41.1%

Toyota Motor Sales released its April 2010 sales figures and Toyota and Lexus hybrid sales are up 41.1% over April 2009.




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AT&T deploys 2,000th CNG vehicle

AT&T has reached a new milestone with its ever-expanding green fleet – the deployment of its 2,000th CNG vehicle.




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Toyota is giving away 100 cars in 100 days

Toyota's new "100 Cars for Good" program will give away 100 cars to nonprofit organizations in 100 days.




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My trip to the monster truck show

You haven't lived until you've seen one of these babies clear 14 cars and leap 130 feet in the air. An hour of action uses up half Kuwait's daily oil output, bu




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Ford and Toyota to develop new hybrid system

New hybrid system will allow rear-wheel drive light trucks and SUVs to achieve greater fuel efficiency levels.




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Two amigos: Toyota and Ford

The two big automakers will work together on creating hybrid versions of gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks. If they don't, fuel costs will price Americans out of the




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2013 Ford Escape: A smarter utility vehicle

Ford revealed the new, more fuel-efficient 2013 Ford Escape at the L.A. Auto Show.




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The deadly beasts of animal agriculture

Vanessa has a beef with meat, again.



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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Farmer battles animal factory and wins

Lynn Henning, a country farmer, wins the Goldman Prize for battling a massive factory cattle operation that was polluting once fertile farms in Michigan.



  • Research & Innovations

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'I was wrong' says former vegan diet advocate

Climate change journalist George Monbiot says he was wrong when he claimed 'the only ethical response is to stop eating meat.'




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Pink slime and other animal goop we commonly eat: Gross or green?

Pink slime is said to recover 10 to 12 pounds of edible lean beef from every animal and save another 1.5 million animals from slaughter, but does that diminish




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Nearly 70% of turkey burgers contain fecal bacteria, says Consumer Reports

Overall, 90 percent of the ground turkey that the magazine examined had one or more of the five bacteria they tested for.



  • Protection & Safety

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Chinese company to buy Smithfield Foods; Business boon or disaster?

To meet China's insatiable demand for pork, Shuanghui International is turning to an American company to help 'bring home the bacon.'



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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Norwegian army put on vegetarian diet

Combating climate change now on the menu for Norway’s armed forces.




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Salazar shares his energy priorities with Congress

During an Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing, the secretary of the Interior outlines the Obama administration's energy wish list.