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       The good life doesn't have to cost the planet.
       
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    <description>An installation of creatively shaped benches in Belgium pushes the edge of urban sit-ability.</description>        
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    <description>The reality of motherhood in America has little in common with the comfortable images portrayed in cards and on TV. A set of Mothers Day e-cards you can send for free shows moms that better reflect our diverse society.</description>        
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    <description>Scary stories of kidnappings and explosions lead our news feeds, but it's the good news that helps break down the myth of our own powerlessness. </description>        
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    <description>When artist Lopi LaRoe used Smokey the Bear imagery to encourage anti-fracking activism, the Forest Service threatened her with a lawsuit. </description>        
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    <title>Survival of the ... Nicest? Check Out the Other Theory of Evolution</title>        
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    <description>A new theory of human origins says cooperation—not competition—is instinctive. </description>        
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    <description>Quitting work that leaves you unfulfilled requires a lot of courage. Here are six things you can do to get yourself ready to take the plunge.</description>        
    
    
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    <title>Star Trek’s George Takei: Putting Facebook Fame to Good Use</title>        
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    <description>Famous for his role as Mr. Sulu on Star Trek, today George Takei uses the popularity of his kitchy humor to promote discussion about the rights of women and LGBT people.</description>        
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    <title>Vermont Time Bankers Build a More Personal Economy</title>        
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    <description>Video: Whatever service you might need, you’re likely to be able to get it at Onion River Time Bank, where you pay by doing what you love. </description>        
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    <description>When author Florence Williams learned her breast milk contained chemicals like flame retardants, she started investigating what exactly is in a breast and how that body part connects us to our children, our past, and our surroundings. </description>        
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    <description>Here's a typical day at Brooklyn Free School.</description>        
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    <description>In this sometimes humorous and painfully true TEDTalk, Shane Koyczan's spoken-word poem, "To This Day," shares the anguish of being bullied and the will to survive.</description>        
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    <description>Gia Rae Winsryg-Ulmer knew she found her place to teach when she walked through the doors of Brooklyn Free School three years ago. See how Gia and BFS honor children's rights to be themselves and become the happy, healthy, and independent thinking people they are meant to be. This is Gia's Story.</description>        
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