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Cedar-clad shipping container becomes architect's home office

This architect converted a shipping container to accommodate an expanding office.




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Story of Stuff's Annie Leonard becomes executive director of Greenpeace USA

Best of luck to Ms. Leonard, I'm sure she'll do great things at Greenpeace USA!




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San Francisco becomes first major US city to mandate rooftop solar on new buildings

In which the City requires new buildings to go from 'solar ready' rooftops to solar actual.




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When it comes to kids, "There is no Mediterranean diet anymore."

The nations once renowned for their way of eating now have the highest childhood obesity rates in Europe.




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White Castle becomes first fast food chain to serve plant-based Impossible Burger

The so-called "bleeding" veggie burger is bleedin' everywhere these days.




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Deadly ground beef recall comes with 'High' health risk warning

Cargill Meat is recalling 132,600 pounds of beef products nationwide that may be contaminated with E. coli.




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The Week in Animal News: Long Lost Cat Comes Home, Animals Bathing, and More (Slideshow)

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.




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The sharing economy comes home in Cohousing

Copper Lane, a cohousing project in London, shows how design by committee doesn't have to look like a camel.




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The sharing economy comes into the commercial kitchen

Commercial kitchens are really expensive to build. Why not share?




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Converted minimalist work cabin comes with secret telescoping ladder

All work and no play? Here's a work space with some playful humor built in.




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Look Ma, no heatsink! After the innovative flat LED, here comes the hollow one (review)

Look Ma! No heatsink!




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The Joy of Fix: Experience the true joy that comes from a fulfilling fix life

Fixing and making feels good, and everyone's doing it, so don't be shy. Experience the Joy of Fix.




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Converted ambulance becomes one man's traveling home-on-wheels (Video)

Diverging from the Sprinter van conversion trend, this man revamped an old life-saving vehicle into his own tiny home.




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Silver nanoparticles in porous gel becomes bacteria-killing sponge for water purification

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.




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Brooklyn Fashion and Design Accelerator welcomes its first entrepreneurs

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.




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Australian School Ditches Bottled Water, While Another Becomes First Carbon Neutral School

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst




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The circular economy comes to your living room

How to choose things for your home that have had, or can have, second lives.




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How Long Until The Rust Belt Becomes The Life Belt?

Alabama is contemplating a pipeline to the Great Lakes. We've said it time and again: transient drought will not drive the US Federal government to pipe Great Lakes water to the drought stricken states. If it becomes severe enough, and the impacts come




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Alabama Becomes First State To Officially Adopt Anti-Agenda 21 Legislation

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.




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Are people clueless when it comes to their carbon footprints?

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?




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Less isn’t always more when it comes to product packaging

“Lightweighting” often shrinks down packaging into items that are unrecyclable, difficult to capture, highly polluted and designed without end-of-life solutions.




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Reusable cup program comes to Victoria, British Columbia

The Canadian city is the latest to rethink disposal culture and insist on something better.




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Monochromatic 430 sq. ft. apartment comes alive with bursts of color

Bright pops of yellow, orange and neutral wood cabinetry warm up this small apartment renovation in Moscow.




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Apartment renovation comes with kitchen-in-a-box & floating desk

An old apartment is refreshed with a new scheme that stacks things up to gain more space.




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'Walking the walk' matters when it comes to climate activism

The public wants to see activists practicing what they preach.




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Reborn as a Restaurant, a Berlin Building Overcomes its Dark History

A building that once housed a Jewish girls' school, shut down by the Nazis, is now home to a fashionable restaurant.




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Bogotá car-free day becomes car-free week

Bogotá was a pioneer of car-free day. Now, it has decided to one-up that and move to having a car-free week.




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When it comes to cycling, Delft wasn't always Delft

Changing attitudes about cities and getting people out of cars takes a lot of work.




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Wretched Excess Comes To The Bedroom

Beds designed to be earthquake proof and that put you inside an aquarium




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Urban tiny house's versatile lounge comes with an elevator bed (Video)

This well-crafted tiny dwelling has its own space-saving elevator bed that can go up and down with the push of a button.




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When it comes to Montreal's "ugly" Christmas tree, we're TreeHuggers.

Because it is really a Solstice Tree, and it is all about life in a harsh climate.




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Fair trade falls short when it comes to hired farm workers

But this doesn't mean we should give up on fair trade certification.




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When it comes to cycle accessories, the wurst is yet to come with the Backbrat

German designer creates a convenient and light barbeque for your bike.




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"The Story of Plastic" is a moving film that reveals where plastic comes from – and where it goes

The film exposes a global catastrophe driven by corporate interests.




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Jedi Performers Engage in Epic Lightsaber Challenge at the Top of the World's Tallest Building - Dubai's Burj Khalifa - as Star Wars: The Force Awakens Becomes Available for Digital Download - Two Jedi performers ascend the world’s tallest buildin

Two Jedi performers ascend the world’s tallest building




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Jedi Performers Engage in Epic Lightsaber Challenge at the Top of the World's Tallest Building - Dubai's Burj Khalifa - as Star Wars: The Force Awakens Becomes Available for Digital Download - Two Jedi performers ascend the world’s tallest buildin

Two Jedi performers ascend the world’s tallest building





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Frontier Airlines becomes first US airline to institute temperature checks

The travel landscape continues to evolve during the coronavirus pandemic. CNBC's Phil LeBeau reports the details about temperature checks for airline passengers.




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Nintendo profits surge as 'Animal Crossing' game becomes fastest-selling title on the Switch

Nintendo said "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" sold over 13 million copies in the first six weeks, making it the fast-selling Switch game.




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Overeating, boredom, self-medication: How grocery bills skyrocket even as food becomes scarcer

Eating more healthy food? More junk food? Nearly everyone's eating and shopping habits are feeling the fallout of the pandemic — and boredom and anxiety are driving plenty of change.




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Global report: Russia becomes Europe's coronavirus hotspot

France confirms lockdown-easing from Monday as WHO warns on domestic violence

Another record rise in coronavirus infections has propelled Russia past Germany and France to the fifth highest tally in the world, as the French government confirmed the country would start gradually lifting its strict eight-week lockdown from Monday.

With much of Europe now easing itself out of confinement, Russia has become the continent’s new Covid-19 hotspot. More than half of the country’s 177,160 cases are in Moscow and the capital’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said research suggested the actual number was nearer 300,000, more than triple the official figure.

Related: Covid-19 puts Putin's power plans on hold and economy in peril

Coronavirus cases in India have risen past 50,000, according to the country’s health ministry, with the pace of infection showing no sign of abating.

A new report suggested January’s Sundance film festival, the annual gathering of cinephiles in Park City, Utah, may have been a key early coronavirus hub in the US.

Iran said on Thursday its coronavirus outbreak was “relatively stable” as it announced more than 1,000 infections for a fourth straight day.

Poland has postponed Sunday’s presidential election. The postal-only ballot will now take place as soon as possible, but probably not before June.

Mayors in many of the world’s leading cities have said there can be no return to business as usual in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis if humanity is to escape catastrophic climate breakdown.

Italy’s government and Roman Catholic bishops signed an agreement to allow the faithful to attend mass again from later this month.

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Jim Cramer: Wall Street welcomes positive coronavirus news, but investors should remain cautious

"We need to acknowledge that good things can still happen without going into denial about all the bad things that are currently happening," the "Mad Money" host said.




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My favourite game: Panini pest Zoltan Peter comes unstuck against USSR | Paul Doyle

Before the 1986 World Cup my brother and I had nearly 100 stickers of the Hungarian and we wanted him to lose, badly

Before the internet ruined the World Cup there was wonder in ignorance. You could look forward to discovering great players and teams about whom you knew next to nothing. In 1986 my brother and I hoped the tournament would be all about some Hungarian called Zoltan Peter. Our reason was bad.

All we knew about Peter was his name and his face because he seemed to be in every pack of Panini stickers we bought. Every time we removed that shiny wrapper there he was, seemingly mocking us with his Lego-man hairdo and the haunting expression of someone who knew there is no problem so grim it cannot be made worse.

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Here Comes The Sun

photo taken April 2020




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Doctor Who virtual reality experience The Runaway comes to YouTube and launches internationally

More Doctor Who fans than ever can now step inside a VR version of the TARDIS as the BBC’s hit virtual reality experience Doctor Who: The Runaway comes to the Doctor Who YouTube channel and launches internationally.




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La Scala: the theater comes to you

Back in the 18th century, visitors to La Scala Theater in Milan had to scramble for good seats. Though the aristocrats owned their boxes, most people just had to stand on the ground floor the whole time, with no chairs at all. 

Starting today, nobody will have to worry about getting a good seat because La Scala of Milan, one of the most iconic theaters in the world, is raising its (digital) curtain on Google Arts & Culture. You’re invited to take the best seat in the house.

By bringing its treasures online on Google Arts & Culture, La Scala is opening for a global digital audience, after closing its doors due to the current Covid-19 restrictions. Even with its stage dark, the creativity of the artists endures. To celebrate the theater’s past and present, 92 artists from five countries have come together to create La Scala’s first opera performed in quarantine. Enjoy an aria from Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” that fittingly represents a story of unity and resilience.
At home with artists from La Scala performing Verdi’s "Simon Boccanegra"

By recording 92 artists (6 soloists, 26 choristes, 60 musicians), currently in lockdown in their homes in 5 different countries, the video (re)introduces viewers to an aria from Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.

In La Scala’s online collection, you can now walk through the theater with Street View. Discover what it feels like to stand on the main stage like an opera star, enjoy a ballet performance from the Royal box or, even look around the industrial workshop, where  artisans create impressive stages, props and nearly 1,000 costumes every year, including creations by fashion designers Gianni Versace and Yves Saint Laurent. With high resolution imagery captured by our Art Camera you can even zoom into the finest details of the costumes—from ivory brocade and gold cabochons to black velvet and ruby mirror stones—worn by opera icon Maria Callas.

Go even further behind the scenes and explore over 259,000 images digitized from the theater’s archive. You can flip through the pages of a rare edition of the rare hand-painted edition of Turandot music score, the first libretto for Verdi’sNabucco or learn about the many different artists whose work has graced the La Scala stage, including artists David Hockney and Giorgio De Chirico.

Wherever you are, you can look behind the curtain of one of the world’s greatest theaters. And while we wait to travel again, La Scala Theatre comes to you, online on Google Arts & Culture.

To discover even more about Performing Arts browse Google Arts & Culture online, or download our free app for iOS or Android.



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When public health becomes a casualty of the right-wing culture war, innocent people will die.

As we watch right-wing agitators, Fascists, media personalities, and the impeached president howl about ending Stay at Home before the public health experts say we should, remember that, as a […]




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When It Comes Up

I learned via some of my excellent Patreon supporters that some trans folks can experience period symptoms too! Hormones are WILD




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Friday Polynews Roundup — More on sweet polyam on ABC sitcom, a Christian writer self-trolls, and that damn word "throuple" becomes unstoppable