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Paper Towels or Hand Dryers?
May 18, 2013Which is better for the environment: paper towels or hand dryers?
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lifestyle
Umbrella Tote Bag
May 18, 2013Make your own reusable shopping bag out of a broken umbrella
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diy
Elbows Deep
May 12, 2013As activism goes digital, it also becomes more abstract. Ted Haviland and the Ozark Stream Teams stay focused on a place they can touch.
Grande Slam
May 10, 2013Although it's rarely paddled these days, the dehydrated Rio Grande can still hand out a drubbing.
The Art of Diminished Resistance
May 4, 2013Tom Wylie wants to change the way ocean researchers commute to work
George Wolfe: Founder of L.A. River Expeditions
May 4, 2013Less than a mile from one of the busiest freeway intersections in the world, you're paddling amid sycamores, willows, grapevines, and egrets
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adventure
Jane Goodall
May 4, 2013Her newest book chronicles her lifelong love of all things leafy
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agriculture
Schmear Campaign
May 4, 2013Animate your Ak-Mak with these ecofriendly slathers
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food and drink
Warren Buffett's Coal Problem
May 4, 2013To run his coal trains, the billionaire investor needs to seize land from a bunch of Montana cowboys.
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coal
Escape to a South African Lodge
May 1, 2013!Xaus Lodge, Kgalagadi (Kalahari) Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
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travel
Manatee Heaven in King's Bay, Florida
May 1, 2013Despite their size, the manatees swim with a still, eerie grace
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oceans
7 of the World's Weirdest Beaches
April 30, 20136 of America's Most Dangerous Hiking Trails
April 11, 2013Conflict Avoidance
March 25, 2013Wind power is inexhaustable, clean, and virtually free—but still not perfect.
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birds
Corporate Climbers
March 18, 2013Trading granite walls for giant turbines, mountaineers cash in on their rope skills to keep America's wind farms humming