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Snap: Colorful clamps turn found materials into DIY furniture (Video)

These clever metal clamps can clip onto flat materials of any shape, allowing you to make your own furniture, wherever you go.




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Slow shopping for the modern age

The Internet is a surprisingly powerful tool for shopping locally.




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Marie Kondo has advice for working from home

Not surprisingly, it starts with getting organized.




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Sri Lanka dazzles with its splendor and resilience

The island that Marco Polo once described as "the most beautiful in the world" lived up to its reputation.




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Garment workers suffer as fashion brands cancel orders

Citing financial difficulties due to coronavirus, many companies are failing to pay for orders that they placed months ago.




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7 ways to keep working toward zero waste

It may feel like the whole world is regressing toward single-use plastics, but the waste-free movement is far from dead.




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3 more rules for sustainable tourism

This is our chance to commit to new ways of moving around the planet.




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Pakistan turns unemployed workers into tree planters

The country's ambitious reforestation project has received a surprise influx of laborers, thanks to coronavirus.




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For many kids, lockdown is a blessing in disguise

Gone are the oppressive schedules, replaced with long stretches of glorious free time.




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Common household products that can kill the coronavirus

When it comes to housecleaning, here's how to tackle the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.




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Can coronavirus spread through tears?

A new study finds that it is unlikely that infected patients are shedding the virus through their tears.




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Think twice before 'panic buying' chicks

Coronavirus-inspired chick hoarding is a real thing; here's why it may not be such a great idea.




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Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

The female is this first known tiger to have COVID-19; she is among seven big cats at the zoo showing signs of illness.




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Lessons from eating the same soup every workday for 17 years

There's a lot to learn from making the same recipe over and over (and over and over....)




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16 safer disinfectants to use against coronavirus

Because of COVID-19, we are suddenly a people who can not clean our homes enough; here's how to do it effectively but safely.




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How to pick the best location for a vegetable garden

From sun requirements to soil type, here are the important things to consider when choosing a location to grow your own food.




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Here's what your houseplants need for spring

As your indoor plants reawaken from winter dormancy, here’s how to prepare them for their glory days ahead.




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Tiny house has glass bedroom for viewing stars and Northern Lights

The 248-square-foot vacation cabin in Iceland lets you sleep under the stars ... while inside.




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Vanbase builds a conversion that's more like a boat than a camper van

Beautifully crafted interior is a classic where sailors will feel right at home.




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Horse trailer transformed into maximalist tiny home

This tiny home on wheels brings to mind an ornate Victorian train car ... and is on the market for $16,000.




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6 dreamy tiny homes created for Disney characters

Who needs a Disney castle when you could have one of these fairytale tiny homes instead?




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The top US states for homesteading, tiny homes, and off-grid living

When things are feeling grim, the idea of self-sufficient living seems even more appealing. Here's where it's all happening, according to Instagram.




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Cute, Low Impact Wool Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments by Planar

I have to admit I'm a bit the green grinch of the family: I really can't stand all the mindless consumption over the holidays, and I'm always pushing the buy nothing concept. I don't even have a Christmas tree.




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Old Christmas Trees Help Other Trees Grow Year-Round in Paris' Neighborhood Parks

Once all the gifts have been opened, all the feasting done, all the toasts made, the time will soon come to figure out what the heck to do with the Christmas tree around which so




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Healthy 75' Tree Cut Down to Decorate Rockefeller Center. Does It Have to Be This Way?

The tree that will decorate Rockefeller Center this holiday season was cut down this week - but was it needlessly killed?




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The Week in Pictures: Parisian Industrial Island to Become Green Cultural Hub, Elf-Powered Christmas Tree, and More

An island once home to a Renault car factory will be sustainably transformed. We also have a Christmas tree powered by jumping elves, a hydrogen-powered tractor, and more.




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Flat-Pack Christmas Tree Made of Corrugated Cardboard is a Keeper

This Christmas tree by Giles Miller will keep on going, year after year.




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“Text for Trees” and Arbor Day Foundation Will Plant Up to One Million Trees

A tree-planting campaign that's as easy as a click, text or tweet seeks to reach a million before December 31.




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Multi Purpose, Flat Pack Aluminium Christmas Tree for the Ultimate Minimalist

Created by Argentine designer José Manuel Rebert Alarcon, the sleek alternative to a dead tree allows other uses during the year.




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Let's Have A Real War On Christmas Excess And Revive SPUG, the Society for the Prevention of Useless Gifts

Why should Fox News have all the fun?




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How to care for a living Christmas tree

Instead of buying a cut tree that gets used once, choosing a potted or burlap-bagged living Christmas tree can yield years of enjoyment.




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Christmas tree shortage will be felt for a long time

When it comes to live Christmas trees, we're still feeling the effects of the Great Recession ten years ago.




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A Canadian forester argues in favor of real Christmas trees

From supporting local farmers to boosting happiness, there are many reasons to use a real conifer in your house.




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Look out for wild animals in your Christmas tree!

A few households have had surprising visitors.




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Taking baby to the beach? Don't spend a fortune on dumb gadgets

After reading an article that recommended spending $1,300 on 'must-have' beach gear, it's time a serious talk about what's necessary and what's not.




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The coronavirus and the cold chain

So much of our diet comes on refrigerated trucks. It consumes a lot of fossil fuels and puts out a lot of CO2.




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First Contact: How will we deal with doors after the coronavirus?

It's a problem when nobody wants to touch anything.




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Should every apartment or flat have a balcony?

Maybe, but we need balconies done right.




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Now, more than ever, we need Arbor Day

Planting trees is one of the most effective things we can do to fight climate change. Too bad Arbor day is missing the opportunity.




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New study shows how the coronavirus moves around an office

We are definitely not going back to the way we were.




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After the coronavirus, we have to throw out The American Way of Building

Why now, more than ever, all new building should be Passive House.




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This May Day, celebrate the front-line workers

It's Loyalty Day in America, but International Workers Day in much of the world. That's what we should celebrating right now.




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New study confirms that gas stoves are bad for your health

Just using them for an hour pushes pollution above legal limits.




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Yet another study concludes that gas stoves are really bad for kids' health

Serious cooks are serious about gas, but it's time to give it up.




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Will the office be killed by the coronavirus?

Looking at how one firm, Bergmeyer, is returning to work raises some questions.




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Coffee stand folds out of a 60-year-old Morris Minor woody wagon

Talk about creative and adaptive reuse!




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Canadian teens beg Tim Hortons to make 'Roll Up The Rim' contest less wasteful

Every year, people go crazy buying coffee and tossing the cups, in hopes of winning a prize. It's a ludicrously antiquated model.




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Atomo has invented the world's first beanless coffee

This curious concoction has been engineered to have all of coffee's fabulous flavor, minus the bitterness.




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Would a 25 cent charge for a disposable coffee cup make a difference?

That's what they are doing in Berkeley, and it will spread.




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The life-changing magic of the short-stack coffee mug

This could be the key to getting people to carry reusable mugs each day.