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Lifestyle
Five Surprising Reasons You Should Shower Less
Are there good reasons not to bathe daily? Yes! Here are some surprising benefits-from upping your sex appeal to reducing irritation and infection.
Environment
The GOOD 30-Day Challenge: Waste Less
In July, we're getting less trashy by trying to reduce our garbage to one grocery bag per week. Waste not? We'll certainly try.
Environment
London Restaurants Shame Drinkers Into Saying No to Plastic Straws
If businesses are going to promote more sustainable choices, they should promote choices that matter.
Environment
GOOD Instructions: Things You Didn't Know Were Made of Oil—and How to Avoid Them
More than just car fuel, our dependence on oil includes everyday household products, clothes, and beauty products.
Technology
Thwarting Waste with a File Format That Can't Be Printed
The World Wildlife Fund has released a new file format—WWF, of course—which is, essentially, "a PDF that cannot be printed out."
Business
Wal-Mart Recycling Program Pays Cash for Trash
Wal-Mart already does some other recycling collection, but this is the only way I know of to get paid for used yogurt containers.
Technology
Video: Canadians Return Hundreds of Phone Books to Yellow Pages Office
Two Canadians collect hundreds of unrequested and unused Yellow Pages books and dump them back on the doorstep of the Yellow Pages offices.
Environment
Eight Eco-friendly Halloween Costumes (and a Tip for Cheaters)
Tips for trick or treaters who don't want to be wasteful (or spend money) on a crappy wear-once Halloween costume. Plus: Tell us yours.
Lifestyle
Superb Idea: Spaghetti with Built-In Portion Control
This elegant hexagonal spaghetti package contains six single portions, so you can make the right amount no matter how many people you're cooking for.
Environment
The Plastic Bag War Is Moving Toward the Produce Aisle
You don't use plastic bags at the grocery checkout. So why do you still use them in the produce department?
Environment
'Greening' the Disposable Coffee Cup: The Value of Simple Fixes
No matter how sustainable options are out there, there’s little chance the number of disposable cups sold will dwindle to zero.
Lifestyle
TourDeFork's Clever Designs Give Food Scraps a Second Chance
Hold onto your orange peel and coffee grounds: Italian design studio Tour de Fork wants to make your trash bag smaller and your house smell better.
Lifestyle
'Go Halfsies' Fights Hunger, Waste, and Crazy Restaurant Portions
This new initiative fights ballooning restaurant portions, food waste, and hunger at the same time.
Design
Changing Diapers, Changing the World
Here in the United States, we generate 18 billion pounds of dirty diaper waste per week, and each filthy diaper takes up to 500 years to...
Lifestyle
Feeding the Tiny Humans of the Future: Amsterdam's Disproportionate Restaurant
A new restaurant explores the way genetically-engineered one-and-a-half foot tall humans might cook, eat, and farm.
Business
Plastic Association Takes Aim at Reusable Grocery Bags
This morning I was tipped off to a new article over at Self called "The Dirty Truth About Reusable Shopping Bags." It cites a study that found "64...
Environment
Good Instructions: How to Move Houses With Less Waste
Moving into a new home can put undue stress on both you and the environment, and since I'm moving this week, I've been researching ways to move...
Lifestyle
What Does a Sustainable Restaurant Look Like?
Celebrity chef Arthur Potts Dawson's TED talk explores how to create zero-waste restaurants and supermarkets.
