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How to Save Money By Sharing Your Car With Neighbors

Zipcar has made car sharing cool, but it doesn't always need a fancy business model. Sometimes you can just share with your neighbor.




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Sharing Saves You Money. But Who Cares?

With all the talk of the "sharing economy", are we in danger of losing sight of the bigger picture? Sharing is caring after all.




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Mobile Game Encourages Real-World Sharing

The sharing economy is built on reputation. So is online social gaming. Now the two are coming together.




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Is "Sharespray" the New Way to Do Everything?

Could "sharespray" transform our entire future? A light hearted take on the new sharing economy.




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5 Ways to Share Your Garden on Global Sharing Day

Global Sharing Day is coming up. Share your garden and knowledge to create a healthy, sustainable community.




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This Black Friday, Patagonia exchanges new clothing for old and invests in the sharing economy

Patagonia's Worn Wear events, held in collaboration with sharing start up Yerdle, offer a different, more sustainable vision of Black Friday.




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Could smart locks empower informal cargo bike (or ELF) sharing?

At first this smart lock seemed like gimmicky over-engineering. Then I got thinking about the possibilities.




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A tale of two families sharing a house

Have you ever wondered what 'community living' really looks like, and why people do it?




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Lost Property clothing library is a brilliant solution to wasteful fashion

A collective wardrobe spares resources, reduces clutter, and provides a steady stream of fabulous outfits. It's win-win all around.




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UK Report: Active transportation can fight climate change, air pollution and traffic congestion

It talks a lot about cycling, but notes that we don't do nearly enough about walking.




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5 myths about jaywalking pedestrians who cause congestion by walking distracted

Studies prove these myths aren't true but nobody is listening.




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Happy International Day of Danger and Death for Pedestrians

That's an alternate name for Halloween, but let's not forget the rest of the year.




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France will hike air fares to fight climate change

A new 'eco tax' will raise money for less polluting modes of transportation.




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"Flight Shaming" is really reducing short-haul flights in Europe

The number of people flying between German cities has dropped 12 percent.




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What's the true carbon footprint of flying?

We usually just talk about the plane, but it is a lot bigger than that.




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Should performers be flying to distant music festivals?

The director of Celtic Connections questions the ethics of bringing in foreign artists to perform.




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France is being hit by a massive heat wave. Will it change the country and the culture?

The French consider AC to be unhealthy. Will they change their minds in the face of a changing climate?




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Forget about banning glass towers, instead demand tough standards like Passivhaus

Most glass buildings are a problem, but just banning them is the wrong solution.




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Having air conditioning is not a climate sin

The world is getting hotter. But if we need AC, we have to use it sparingly.




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7 things you can do if you can't do a Climate Strike

Some people have to work, but they can still show solidarity.




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BRB, we're climate striking

We are out supporting the kids today; back to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.




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Greta Thunberg delivers searing speech to world leaders (video)

The 16-year-old climate activist holds nothing back when addressing the UN Climate Action Summit – this speech shows why she is having such an impact.




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'Walking the walk' matters when it comes to climate activism

The public wants to see activists practicing what they preach.




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How populism makes dealing with the climate crisis really hard

Beware of the gilets jaunes, says Philip Stephens.




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Greta Thunberg's climate strikes are moving online, due to coronavirus

It's no longer safe for groups of people to gather in public places.




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Reborn as a Restaurant, a Berlin Building Overcomes its Dark History

A building that once housed a Jewish girls' school, shut down by the Nazis, is now home to a fashionable restaurant.




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How Car Sharing is Taking Over Berlin

Robert Llewellyn explores Berlin's high tech systems for car sharing in an urban environment. He thinks he may have seen the future of mobility.




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PLATOON Opens Cultural Center Built From Shipping Containers in Berlin

Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room




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Another Way To Hang Your Bike on the Wall: The KAPPO from Mikili

Why hide your bike away when you can put it on display?




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Efficient City Farming wins top award at the "Academy Awards of Cleantech"

Taking the category and best in show prizes will help Efficient City Farming get the funding to grow!




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Film awards stir controversy with angry bike anthem

The public has cast their votes, and if the winner is any indication, there are some angry bikers tired of fighting the battle for clean transportation.




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Cohousing: The real sharing economy at its best, and a great example in Berlin

This is a housing form that we should be building a lot more of.




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Could real-time water monitoring have helped in Flint, Michigan?

It can take hours before test results clue authorities about hazards in water supplies. The AquaBioTox uses biological sensors for immediate feedback.




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Solar powered scooter engineer needs a hundred monkeys

If you dream of testing the limits of solar powered mobility, but don't have the DIY gene, here is someone who can help




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Electric scooter share doesn't even require charging stations

Just pick a scooter, drive it, then park it. Someone else takes care of the charging.




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Biking and walking in Berlin is a breath of fresh air (metaphorically, not literally)

It is a strange and wonderful experience where you don't know what's around the corner.




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Wisconsin Town Legally Prevented From Tightening Coal Ash Regulations

A town is prevented from creating regulations stricter than the state's rules, despite residents' concerns about groundwater contamination.




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Nothing Says We Are All Doomed Like This Coal Plant Snow Globe

If you are sick and tired of being optimistic, I have the perfect thing for you, a No Globe snow globe. The tchotchke is a one of a kind--kinda. Only two were made and only one is left to purchase, so act quickly.




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Things of Intrinsic Worth shows how coal power damages Montana's ranching lifestyle

Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.




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Oil, coal and gas disasters that are costing us all

Accidents happen. But when they involve toxic chemicals and combustible substances, those accidents can cost a fortune.




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The realities of living near coal ash

In advance of EPA's coal ash standards, a mother of four talks about her family's health problems due to nearby coal ash ponds.




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The EPA just made toxic coal ash more dangerous

A giant wave of pollution glop in 2008 convinced the EPA to regulate coal dumps more closely. But the Trump administration is changing that.




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The smartphone that just got smarter – by testing water and treating food

A 24-year-old food scientist at the University of Copenhagen has developed a prototype that could potentially save millions of lives.




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Trash talking: Cities finding smarter ways to collect our waste

How urban waste management is wising up.




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The Kissing Bridge in Copenhagen stops being the Missing Bridge, finally opens

It's been a long time coming. Was it worth the wait?




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Elate Cosmetics now offers 'Perfectly Imperfect' packaging

The bamboo palettes and compacts have minor flaws that, in a way, make them even more special.




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Rubix Transformer Furniture Set Turns Your Living Room Into Dining Room In No Time (Photos)

Perfect for small spaces and aiming at the less-is-more approach, Rubix is a transformer-furniture set that can be both a living room lounge and a dinning room set up. Designed by Colombian firm DosUno Design, the set




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Stunning Public Kindergarten At Neighborhood In Need In Bogota

Do you know how much of the so-called green or cool architecture is often for expensive hotels, government or office buildings? Well, in this case, it's the complete opposite.




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Stunning Library In Tropical Colombia Has Permeable Rock And Wood Walls

Colombian tropical town Villanueva's popular library is an example of non pretentious architecture gone right. Projected by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza, it was built with local materials and




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When Tree-Planting Goes Bad: Twisted, Misplaced Trees of Death in Colombia (Slideshow)

Between 1999 and 2004, there was one death a year due to the falling of trees or branches in Colombia's capital city, Bogota.