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Paper Karma could be your best friend this catalog season

A free app for Apple and Android devices scans your unwanted mail and puts in unsubscribe requests for you.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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3 best wine apps for choosing holiday wine

These apps will help you find wines that pair with your menu, choose bottles as gifts, and keep track of the bottles you really enjoyed.




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12 essential mobile apps for your new tablet

From radio stations across the world, books, movies and even games for pets, here are some great apps to get you started.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Commercial filmed on iPhone celebrates 30 years of Mac

To celebrate the 30th birthday of Macintosh, Apple filmed an ad entirely on an iPhone and aired it during the Super Bowl.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon form 2-man doo-wop group

With the help of an iPad app, Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon formed a 2-man doo-wop group and performed 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' on 'The Tonight Show.'



  • Arts & Culture

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Have you discovered Noisetrade for free digital cookbooks yet?

What started out as a free, legal music website (with optional tipping), has added free downloadable books to its offerings, including cookbooks.




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Can you be allergic to technology?

A study suggests some toxic substances may irritate skin and organs.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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How do you keep tomato sauce off your tablet?

As we head into the kitchen with tablets and smartphones, we need creative ways to keep them food-free.




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You can help NASA track climate change from your phone

'I See Change' app taps the power of citizen scientists to gather data on nature and weather.



  • Climate & Weather

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Thursday food 'nooooo:' Organic bottled water

Is organic bottled water "eco-chic?" I don't think so!




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Lays for locavores

Are we witnessing the birth of localwashing?




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ForestEthics releases Green Grades for paper industry

The 3rd annual Green Grades report card by ForestEthics holds big office supply companies accountable for their sometimes questionable paper sourcing.



  • Research & Innovations

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Unholy alliance: green NGO's buddy up with big corporations

Nature Conservancy, Conservation International, WWF, Sierra Club -- are the biggest environmental NGO's losing credibility by receiving funds from major corpora



  • Research & Innovations

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Happy Earth Day

There has been a lot of debate all across the Internet about whether Earth Day really means anything anymore or whether it has been hijacked by marketers.




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Mukesh Ambani builds an aggressively opulent home

Antilia, the world's first billion dollar home, is completed in Mumbai. While initially marketed as being 'green', the home's size -- 398,000 square feet -- ren



  • Remodeling & Design

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Practical sustainability takes on greenwashing

John Brown, founder of the Slow Home movement, discusses the fundamentals of building and living in a greener house.




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The Lorax speaks for the SUVs? Yeah, sounds about right

The Lorax, defender of the trees, shilling for a gas-guzzling Mazda SUV? Cue the outrage, right? Wrong. The Lorax has always been part of the entertainment-indu



  • Arts & Culture

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Mom 'shocked' that Nutella isn't healthy, wins lawsuit

From the "naive consumer vs candy company" files, a mom sues confection corporation, Ferrero USA, for suggesting Nutella as part of a healthy breakfast.




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Going my way?

Going my way? A new service helps commuters and travelers HitchARideNow.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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My Commute Sucks.org: Documenting how we drive ourselves crazy

Launched on national Bike to Work Day, MyCommuteSucks.org touches a mad-as-hell exposed nerve.




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Save money... travel digitally

Is hi-def digital travel the new eco/recession-friendly way to go?




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Got any eco-friendly tips for my 50-mile daily commute?

How can I make my 50-mile daily commute more eco-friendly? Use the cruise control, properly inflate your tires and don't use your air-conditioning.




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Danish bicycle activists win $200 million upgrade

Day 1 in Copenhagen: despite massive jet lag, we had a fun bike tour of the city that proved a revelation in bike-centered city planning. 37% of all commuters u



  • Research & Innovations

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Online colleges are green, sure, but are they fun?

Chanie Kirschner wonders whether all that paper and gas saved are worth going to college online.




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Traffic congestion dipping as economy falters

Here's a status report on the nation's commuters.




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Telecommuting: How to save the world in your pajamas

Learn how telecommuting can work for you with some advice from people who do it.




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5 reasons your next car will be electric

At the end of 2009, electric cars connected to smart grids have become inevitable. Get used to the idea of plugging in before hitting the road. It won't be so b




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Step into my backyard office pod

One part garden shed, one part eco-clubhouse and one part home office, the Archipod gives work-at-homers a chance to step out of the house



  • Remodeling & Design

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Five myths about electric cars

Electric cars are not slow, they're not dangerous, and they're not dirty just because they recharge from coal plants.




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Watch: The Preachy Green series

Do you have officemates who preach about living the greener life? They're annoying, but they're also right. The SOAP Group explores this theme in a hilarious se




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The Bike Lane Wars, Part 2: The battle of Brooklyn

The heated battle for control of a strip of pavement on a single street in Brooklyn highlights the battlelines in the Bike Lane Wars. Hint: It's not about bikes




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10 simple steps (and pedals and rides) cities are taking to move beyond the automobile

In its magnificent mini-epic 10-part series, "Moving Beyond the Automobile," Streetfilms has created a handy, eye-catching primer to the most important transfor




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What should I wear for my bike commute to work?

The thing is, I’ve never done a bike commute before and don’t really bike that often in general. I’m a style-conscious guy so of course my first concern i




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Why drive when you can fly and drive?

A car that doubles as a plane has received NHTSA clearance to operate on land and in the air.




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The urban cycling boom: Sometimes too big, sometimes too small

In Tennessee, the streets are too dangerous for one 10-year-old on a bike. In Copenhagen, the streets are too crowded to accommodate any more kids. The real pro




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New York City gears up for cycling

The city of New York is making its streets more bike-friendly by creating new bike lanes and introducing a massive, new bike-sharing program.




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Want everyone to embrace biking? Here's a roadmap

In an effort to encourage residents to pedal to work, Minneapolis is making strides in bike-friendly commuting. Learn why we should follow their lead.




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Welcome to the urban (sustainability) century

Half the world now lives in cities, and by midcentury 75 percent of us will be urbanites. To make our cities sustainable, look to the 2012 TED Prize and a fasci



  • Research & Innovations

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Coffee or commuting: Where we spend our money

A lunchbox and a thermos may be the best tools for saving money during the work week.




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On a sustainable street, there are no jaywalkers

At the start of the 20th century, streets belonged as much to pedestrians and children at play as to automobiles. By the end of it, stepping into the street in




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Telework Week 2012 begins on Monday

Find out how to stay focused while working from home, what companies have telecommuting opportunities and more.



  • Sustainable Business Practices

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5 ways to focus while working from home

Telecommuting is a nice perk, but it isn't always easy to stay focused.




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A taxidermy-themed storage solution that's minus the fur, plus the fixie

Trophy Bicycle Holders offer a smart, space-saving storage solution in the form of two 'iconic silhouettes.'



  • Remodeling & Design

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London to be an 'ultra-low emission zone' by 2020

An ultra-low emission zone for London by 2020.




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Dad cuts commute, joint-custody shuffle with downsized digs [Video]

A California man buys a live/work townhome next to his ex-wife and cuts a hole through the wall to ease his family's carbon-intensive joint custody situation.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Why crash test dummies prefer electric vehicles

You may not be aware, however, that you can now add another important feature to the list of electric vehicle benefits: safety.




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Two retired Solar Decathlon homes seek deep-pocketed buyers

Two student teams from the 2013 Solar Decathlon, USC and Santa Clara University, need to sell their innovative, solar-powered homes to private buyers.



  • Remodeling & Design

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Why the Google car could change everything

The self-driving car won't just change the way we get around; it could also change the way we live and design our cities.




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A Smarter way to find your way around Paris (and maybe other cities)

Paris can be pretty unfriendly to tourists, but SmarterParis is a friendly new app that can make it easier.



  • Gadgets & Electronics

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Are older cyclists endangering themselves?

No, they're not. They're actually going to live longer, better lives.



  • Fitness & Well-Being