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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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Bad Girl: Does M.I.A. Live Up to Her Revolutionary Claims?
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Want to Raise Young Leaders? Don't Hand Out Rewards So Easily
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San Francisco Will Pioneer Electric Bike Sharing
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Apple’s Brand Is at Stake as Customers Demand Better Labor Practices
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It's Time for Some Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education
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Bad Girl: Does M.I.A. Live Up to Her Revolutionary Claims?
today's top stories from our friends at grist

The financial bubble. The housing bubble. And now for a refreshingly different bubbly for the new year—free bubbly tap water.
When you're popping potato chip after potato chip into your mouth, you wouldn't likely think about all the water that's expended during the...
Waxman-Markey, America's first serious climate change bill, is working its way through the gummy gears of our legislative branch as we speak. But...
If we ever find aliens, they'll be thirsty. We all know that people need water to live, but the universe is a big place, which raises...
Well looky here: Some people are hiring, after all. Our good friends at Infrastructist, the new blog that will make infrastructure news sexy, has...

From The GOOD Guide to Saving Energy
Hoping to capitalize on the success of its carbon-reporting program, a leading nonprofit is asking major corporations to disclose water...
Here's a more real world perspective on the oil spill: This graphic is courtesy of the folks at Energy Savvy, and posted by Dave Roberts on Grist...

Apps designed to integrate with your electricity meter are just starting to hit the market. What's available, and what's on the horizon?
A popular rule of thumb among proponents of healthy food is that the fewer ingredients there are in something, better it is for you. With a...
As we become more and more aware that we may be using water at an unsustainable pace, the idea of water footprints-the amount of water an...
The researchers at the EWG have released yet another report about how gross our drinking water is. But before your eyes glaze over and you grumble...
Calling all photographers—amateur or professional. We are hosting our first crowdsourced Picture Show. It's an effort to communicate the...
The AQUS System is a simple way to capture the water from your sink's drain, do some basic filtering, and then run it into your toilet.

From America's Finest News Source: "Republicans Vote To Repeal Obama-Backed Bill That Would Destroy Asteroid Headed For Earth."
1A: A (Clean) Toilet Hack Potential water savings: Up to 18 gallons per day, per person. How to easily reduce the water wasted by every...
2A: Lose the Lawn, Water Hogs Potential water savings: up to 150 gallons per day, per household. There are much better ways to decorate or...
3A: Do's and Don'ts for Kitchen-Water Conservation Some basic guidelines to live and wash by. Compared to bathrooms and your garden,...

Bathroom faucets, showerheads, residential toilets, flushing urinals, and irrigation systems: one of these things is not like the others. Only...

A new Facebook app will allow users to monitor, share, and compare information about their energy use.
