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Are Automatons the Ancestors of Google? How Finding Inspiration in the Past Improves the Future
What can we learn from a mechanical humanoid that mesmerized people hundreds of years ago? Let’s see what the future can gain from peering into the past, at phenomenons known as automata.
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Fixing Pollution Through Fun! How a Googly-Eyed Innovation is Cleaning Baltimore Harbor
With googly eyes and a beloved twitter account, Mr. Trash Wheel has become an icon in Baltimore Harbor. His story is helping us rethink the important role fun has in tackling some of the biggest problems we face!
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100 Years of Recycling Clothing: Introducing Italy’s Textile Town
Don’t toss that old tee shirt! We’re traveling to the “Textile Town” in Italy where they’re recycling fabric to give new life to your old duds, and threading the needle to a brighter, more sustainable future.
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Is creative thinking the best way to improve our communities? Undoubtedly, yes! For proof, here’s how one man in India is helping ease the pollution of the Ganges by turning sacred flowers—formerly trash that was dumped into the river—into incense!
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Stop Stressing and Start Living with These Helpful Meal Planning Hacks
How do we waste less food and less money? Meal planning can seem daunting, but these simple tips and tricks can make life easier, more delectable, and give us the freedom of mind to actually enjoy our food and leisure time.
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Stoking the Flames of Tradition: How Cooking Over Fire Connects Us With Our Roots
Cooking meals over open fire has long been tradition worldwide. And now, backyard chef Derek Wolf is bringing us back to our roots by bringing it back to the mainstream. His work reminds us that when you take the time to care about what you're doing—in this case, eating in the outdoors with carefully prepared food and good people—it makes everything better.
Read MoreStoking the Flames of Tradition: How Cooking Over Fire Connects Us With Our RootsWearable Bananas? This Ugandan Company is Giving Textile Waste the Slip
What one material could make placemats, rugs, and hair extensions? This miracle fiber is bananas! Learn about the non-profit transforming this popular plant’s waste into something that is wonderful—in more ways than one!
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Easy Ways to Go Green: The Compost Pick-Up Services Coming to a Stoop Near You!
Wait! Before those food scraps in the garbage, here's an easy way to make a positive impact as you go about your daily routine. Turn your food waste into a resource without having to make a compost pile in your own backyard by having it picked up and taken away, right from your front door!
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Ziplining to Breakfast—Redefining “Home” by Living in the Treetops
Living life in the rainforest treetops, this unique community shows us how to seek and build the lives that we want—regardless of how wild our dreams may be!
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Stop throwing away your junk mail! With a little water, that recycling could become your next notebook, card, or to-do list. Let's rethink our conceptions of waste and think critically about recycling, all with a fun new activity: paper-making!
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These Moving Mirrors Reveal a New Reflection of Yourself
Have you ever peered into a mirror made of troll dolls, penguins, or folding fans? Dive into this artist's world to see yourself in entirely new ways!
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How Highway Crossings Are Saving the American Lion
You may know the American Lion by one of its 83 names, but whether you call it a puma, mountain lion, or catamount, it’s time to start protecting these important creatures. And that starts in—of all places—our highways!
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