Culture
Massive Waste of Mardi Gras Beads is No Party
You can't kiss all that trash away: But a few environmental groups in New Orleans plan to divert some of the plastic beads from landfill this year.
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SustainU Clothing Hopes This Year's College Wide Clothing Drive Will Be Bigger Than Ever
Recycled t-shirt producer, Sustain U announces the One Shirt Challenge, the nation's largest campus run clothing drive.
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The Week in Pictures: Tesla's Model X CUV, a Tower of Books, and More
Tesla unveiled the Model X CUV, which seats seven and has gull wing doors. Washington, DC got a 34 foot tower of books, we look at the nominees for "design of the year," and more.
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Hoarding as Art? Artist Exhibits 10,000 Items Collected By His Mom
You thought you were a hoarder? This Chinese artist, exhibiting in London, doesn't think you can top his mom.
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The Simpsons Go Off-Grid, Meet WikiLeaks Founder for 500th Episode
After being kicked out of town, the Simpsons head to the wilderness and encounter Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks along the way.
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Actress Zina Bethune Killed While Checking on Injured Opossum
"Zina has been known to take care of all living things, from birds falling out of nests to relocating a snake; she's that type of human being."
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Art Project Brings Madrid's Public Fountains Back to Life
An art installation protested the crumbling state of many of Madrid's public drinking fountains.
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Priority Box Project Spreads Peace One Box at a Time
Artist Franck de Las Mercedes has been sending these motivational boxes of ideas around the world since 2007.
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Peak People? Are We Actually Running Out of Our Most Valuable Resource?
Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.
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Graffiti Grannys Yarn Bomb the English Countryside
The Graffiti Grannys (their spelling) aren't young, but they sure are energetic.
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Anti-Environment Talk Is Spoiling The Republican Brand, Alienating Independent Voters
Name calling in the face of real danger holds little appeal for most voters.
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Study: Depictions of Nature in Children’s Books Down By Half Since 1960
A disturbing trend is revealed: Children books concentrate on manmade things rather the nature.
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4 Ways to Avoid the Hidden Evils of Valentine’s Day
From child labor to blood diamonds, showing your love can have some seriously unexpected pitfalls.
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Take a Tech Detox on the National Day of Unplugging, March 23rd-24th
While a tech detox doesn't require a recognized day, busy professionals and Facebook/TV/Smartphone addicts might find the National Day helpful, let alone, a good excuse to enjoy life's little luxuries!
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The Week in Pictures: Sexy Sustainable Lingerie, Valentine's Day Gifts, and More
Sexy eco-friendly lingerie heats things up. We also have our Valentine's Day Gift Guide, extreme yarn bombing, New York Fashion Week, and more.
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Nowhere Island is a New Nation on a Newly Discovered Island, Just for the Olympics
Nowhere Island is Olympic art heading to England that really needs some concentration to figure out...
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With London Monuments, Artist Shows Just How High Sea Levels Will be in 3012
Help! This is what rising oceans, due to climate change, will make London look like. Send lifeboats.
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Swim Down Through a Sea of Trash With Dramatic, Eerily Beautiful Photos by Mandy Barker
What would it be like to swim through the estimated 100 million tons of trash swirling around in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? These photographs bring viewers as close as they'd probably ever want to come to finding out.
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Art Installation Uses 55,000 LEDs To Create Psychedelic Cathedral of Light (Video)
One city's annual festival of lights turns to energy-efficient LEDs to create this breathtaking structure.
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Why Environmentalists Should Think Like Pro Athletes
From footballers to artists, successful human beings learn to evoke a heightened state of consciousness. The environmental movement must do the same.
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