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The easiest, most delicious pie crust recipe

This tender, buttery, flaky crust is one of the easiest I've ever made, and also the most delicious.




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The secret to excellent pureed soups

Take your creamy vegetable soups from dull to delectable with these tips.




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3-ingredient vegan pumpkin pudding tastes like heaven

This super easy recipe makes a plant-based pumpkin pudding that is rich, creamy, healthy, and delicious.




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Mashed roasted sweet potatoes are the way to go

This may be the perfect way to serve sweet potatoes; it's easy, delicious, and beautiful to behold.




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35 favorite vegan and vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes

Need some last-minute inspiration? We've gather together our favorite vegetarian and vegan recipes from which to choose.




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6 big-batch breakfasts for holiday entertaining

House full of guests? These recipes will make your mornings go much smoother.




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Our 10 most popular recipes of the year

The top how-to food stories can be summed up in one word: COMFORT.




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The 20 greenest cities in the US

While the federal government may be turning its back on the environment, these American cities are stepping up.




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Canadian retailers want a 'harmonized approach to reducing single-use plastic'

Provincial regulation would make stores' waste-reduction efforts easier to manage.




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Humans are drying up the Amazon rainforest

NASA finds that over the last 20 years, the atmosphere above the Amazon rainforest has been drying out – here's why.




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This campaign platform for housing in London has ideas that could work anywhere

There are huge upfront carbon emissions from building new housing; a better approach is to be smarter about what we have.




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What will the world look like in 30 years? ARUP explores four plausible futures

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?




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Irish Rail says no more reusable cups on trains

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.




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Natural gas (and the hydrogen economy) is a bridge to nowhere

Everybody is hopping on the hydrogen train, but it's being driven by natural gas.




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Presidents' Day Survey: Who Is The Greenest President?

The results of our annual survey are often surprising.




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When elected officials give up on green initiatives, bring in the youth

The city of New Orleans had given up on glass recycling. Enterprising students from Tulane University decided to step up to the challenge and bring back free glass recycling citywide in spring 2020.




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It's "Sleepy Monday" – Be careful out there

Even a full day later, a one-hour shift in the clock is hard to adjust to.




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Yes, Earth Day is still happening – here's how to celebrate at home

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.




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No, green lifestyles aren't 'only for the rich'

A Tesla won't get a camel through the eye of a needle.




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Environmentalists call for Carbon Capture and Storage – with forests

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.




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How a 1% surcharge on restaurant bills can help fight climate change

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.




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British Labour Party Green Deal calls for zero carbon by 2030

Some question if it is even possible.




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Are people clueless when it comes to their carbon footprints?

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?




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Are carbon offsets still a thing?

They have always been controversial, and they may well be counterproductive.




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What can you eat if you are living a 1.5 degree lifestyle?

A lotta lentils.




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Can building science help reduce the risk of COVID-19?

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.




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Cepezed's new offices are a demonstration of circular design

Design for deconstruction out of low-carbon materials is the way of the future.




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Smart Masonry proposes lighter concrete buildings, built by robots

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?




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Modernist open plan family home reuses 270 concrete blocks

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.




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In praise of Brutalist architecture

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.




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NC concrete companies embrace carbon capturing technology

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.




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Ready Mix concrete industry attacks wood construction, says we should "Build with Strength"

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.




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Yes, concrete is pretty much as terrible for the climate as we thought.

A Chinese study says concrete actually sucks up CO2. This is not news, it's chemistry.




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Life's not a beach, especially when the sand all goes to concrete

Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.




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ETH robot builds curvy reinforced concrete wall

Is this the future of construction?




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Roman concrete lasts a long time, but it won't stop rising seas

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.




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Bill Joy on three inventions that may change the world

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.




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Fungi could help concrete heal its own cracks

Researchers are looking to fungi to help provide a fix for crumbling infrastructure, with promising results.




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Stefano Boeri's Trudo Vertical Forest wraps social housing in green

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.




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Trump's infrastructure plan: Red State roadbuilders can party like it's 1959

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.




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Have we reached Peak Sand?

Yet another thing we are running out of.




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Concrete house is designed to survive another Superstorm Sandy

Architect Jorge Fortan cements his case for a concrete and foam sandwich house.




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Concrete has issues. What can we do about it?

Making cement puts out a lot of CO2. Making concrete needs a lot of sand. Both are big problems.




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Heavy industry and heavy-duty transport could reach zero emissions by mid-century

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.




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Experimental curved pavilion uses 3D knitted textile formwork for concrete (Video)

Created by Zaha Hadid Architects, this innovative project demonstrates the possibilities of using KnitCrete technology for creating curved concrete shells efficiently.




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Another reason to avoid concrete: silica dust

Contractors are having trouble meeting the new safety standard.




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Is concrete "the most destructive material on Earth"?

Concrete Week at the Guardian produces some hard truths.




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Eero Saarinen's TWA terminal is restored, repurposed and reborn as the TWA Hotel

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.




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Cement production makes more CO2 than all the trucks in the world

But nobody is buying greener cement because it costs more.




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For National Waffle Day, a look at the inherent structural superiority of waffles

We do a little destructive testing and have a good breakfast.