San Francisco’s Number O...

Mar 27, 2015 by

San Francisco’s Number One Outhouse

[Translate] LIFE EDITED Creativity often flourishes inside constraints. In the case of San Francisco Architect Christi Azevedo, the...

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Private Prisons for Immigrant ...

Mar 25, 2015 by

[Translate] The Obama administration continues to expand its controversial practice of detaining mothers and their children despite a...

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California Water Wars: Another...

Mar 25, 2015 by

[Translate]   By Ellen Brown, The Web of Debt Blog | News Analysis In California’s epic drought, wars over water rights...

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Small Houses, Medium-Sized Peo...

Mar 25, 2015 by

Small Houses, Medium-Sized People, Big Ambitions

[Translate] David Friedlander  LIFE EDITED Architecture Project H Design is a Bay-Area nonprofit that empowers kids through design...

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Could This Tree Solve the Worl...

Mar 25, 2015 by

Could This Tree Solve the World’s Food Crisis?

[Translate] Food Aside from being medicinal, edible and easy to grow, moringa trees could address issues of hunger and poverty. By...

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We are literally flushing mill...

Mar 25, 2015 by

We are literally flushing millions of dollars worth of gold down the toilet, scientists say

[Translate] According to USGS researchers, buy cialis our sewers are an untapped goldmine Lindsay Abrams SALON.COM Waste not: There’s...

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10 cities drearier than Seattl...

Mar 25, 2015 by

10 cities drearier than Seattle

[Translate] Chris Blakeley By Katie Herzog   GRIST CityLab recently reported that Grist’s hometown Seattle was named America’s...

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Are millennials really just fu...

Mar 25, 2015 by

Are millennials really just future suburbanites?

[Translate] By Ben Adler GRIST Over at FiveThirtyEight, Ben Casselman argues that the supposed millennial affection for cities is a...

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After Pledging To ‘Repeal Ever...

Mar 25, 2015 by

After Pledging To ‘Repeal Every Word Of Obamacare,’ Ted Cruz Admits He’s Signing Up For Obamacare by Tara Culp-Ressler Posted on March 24, 2015 at 4:06 p

[Translate]   CREDIT: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez One day after announcing his plan to run for president and “repeal every word of...

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Has Some C...

Mar 25, 2015 by

Neil DeGrasse Tyson Has Some Choice Words For Anyone Who Votes For A Climate Denier

[Translate] by Katie Valentine Neil deGrasse Tyson speaks on stage at the National Geographic Channel 2015 Winter TCA on Wednesday,...

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Senator Denies Climate Change ...

Mar 25, 2015 by

Senator Denies Climate Change On Senate Floor And Gets A Science Lesson From His Colleague

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) rips into Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) for blocking a resolution...

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America’s ISIS next door: Mexi...

Mar 24, 2015 by

[Translate] They behead people by the hundreds. And like ISIL, Mexican gangs are flourishing as a result of failed U.S. policy...

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Q&A: CCA’s Mirko Za...

Mar 24, 2015 by

Q&A: CCA’s Mirko Zardini on the Architecture of the Everyday

[Translate] Point of View / March 2015 Samuel Medina  METROPOLIS MAGAZINE The inner courtyard of the Ahmedabad House in Gujarat,...

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New Way to Identify Pesticide-...

Mar 24, 2015 by

New Way to Identify Pesticide-Free, Non-GMO Food

[Translate] Organic farmers can have their products certified at a cost less than the USDA’s certification program. By Radha...

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Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of I...

Mar 24, 2015 by

Costa Rica Has Gotten All Of Its Electricity From Renewables For 75 Days Straight

[Translate] by Katie Valentine CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: shutterstock Costa Rica got 100 percent of its electricity from renewables...

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A $600-Million Fracking Compan...

Mar 24, 2015 by

A $600-Million Fracking Company Just Sued This Tiny Ohio Town For Its Water

[Translate] by Samantha PageTHINK PROGRESS The Slope Creek Reservoir in Barnesville, Ohio, provides water for at least two oil and...

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4 reasons why the Supreme Cour...

Mar 24, 2015 by

4 reasons why the Supreme Court’s mercury case is worth watching

[Translate] Shutterstock By Tom Donnelly GRIST This week, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Michigan v. EPA, an important...

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Fishermen discuss warming wate...

Mar 24, 2015 by

[Translate] By Amelia Urry  GRIST When you are tired of talking to climate deniers, ampoule it can be a relief to hear from a...

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Google’s splashy campus plan a...

Mar 24, 2015 by

Google’s splashy campus plan aims to rewrite the office park book

[Translate] Google By Heather Smith   GRIST The next Google headquarters — or Googleplex, as the company calls it — will be a...

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Absolutely Terrifying: ‘...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Absolutely Terrifying: ‘There Are Really Only Two Big Patches of Intact Forest Left on Earth’

[Translate] Environment A new study uncovers the ruinous consequences, order to plant and animal species, of our increasingly...

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Earth’s wobble shortens spring...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Earth’s wobble shortens spring by 30 seconds each year

[Translate] News > Science The wobbling of the Earth is changing the length of the seasons Andrew Griffin Spring began on Friday....

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Belgium is abolishing all pris...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Belgium is abolishing all prison sentences under one year

[Translate]   The proposal will both save money and lead to a more effective justice system, the country’s government says...

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5 Powerful Shifts Transforming...

Mar 23, 2015 by

5 Powerful Shifts Transforming the Future of American Society into Something Unrecognizable and Frightening

[Translate] News & Politics  ALTERNET A new kind of governance is being born right before our eyes. By Tom Engelhardt /...

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In Iowa, O’Malley sounds a lot...

Mar 23, 2015 by

In Iowa, O’Malley sounds a lot like a Democrat liberals love: Warren

[Translate] Politics Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley speaks at a fundraiser in Council Bluffs, Iowa. O’Malley,...

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Snowboarder Living the Off-Gri...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Snowboarder Living the Off-Grid Dream

[Translate] David Friedlander Architecture A couple decades ago, snowboarder Mike Basich did what few are able to: he went pro,...

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If We Don’t Overturn Citizens ...

Mar 23, 2015 by

[Translate] TRUTHDIG By Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) YouTube I recently introduced an amendment at the Senate Budget Committee. It was...

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Earth at Risk in New Epoch Rul...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Earth at Risk in New Epoch Ruled by Destructive Humans

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG     A nighttime image compiled from satellite data shows many...

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Despite Known Risk of Spill, U...

Mar 23, 2015 by

Despite Known Risk of Spill, U.S. to Let Shell Drill in Arctic

[Translate] Posted on Mar 23, prostate  2015 David Astley (CC BY-SA 2.0) In spite of estimates of a 75 percent or greater chance of...

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The secret to saving the world...

Mar 23, 2015 by

The secret to saving the world: How ordinary people actually can prevent global disaster

[Translate] “Sometimes the most powerful changes are well within the reach of ordinary citizens, prescription ” says Paul...

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The Guardian declares war on c...

Mar 23, 2015 by

The Guardian declares war on climate change

[Translate] Nick By Tim McDonnell GRIST This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. After 20 years at...

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