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Why Your Health Is Bigger Than Your Body
by Claudia Roweposted Aug 21, 2012 - New findings explain how politics, economics, and ecology can help or hurt our bodies.
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Breaking Through Concrete: An Urban Farm Roadtrip
by David Hanson, Edwin Marty, Michael Hansonposted Aug 17, 2012 - Farmers across the country are taking to rooftops, vacant lots, any space they can find to build an urban farm revival.
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In Yoga, Better Breathing Through ... Beatboxing?
by Lauren Hardyposted Aug 13, 2012 - Video: Can the offbeat fusion of acoustic guitar and electronic loops help you breathe your way to better movement?
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Eve Ensler: Freedom Starts With a “V”
by Madeline Ostranderposted Aug 09, 2012 - The “Vagina Monologues” author on why knowing your body can shake up the world.
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Pete Seeger Visits The Colbert Report
posted Aug 08, 2012 - Stephen Colbert talks to the legendary musician about his new book, “Pete Seeger: In His Own Words.”
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Better Eating Through Mindfulness
by Jill Suttieposted Aug 08, 2012 - How can increasing your awareness of tasting, craving, and satisfaction be a tool for healthier eating? Here’s what psychologists have to say.
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Happiness Comes From Respect, Not Riches
by Stacey Kennellyposted Aug 03, 2012 - A series of studies shows that wealth doesn’t make us happier—but the respect of others does.
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Paragliding Africa
posted Aug 01, 2012 - How one photographer captured the continent from the sky—with a fan strapped to his back.
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What Can Change When We Learn to See Each Other
by Akaya Windwoodposted Aug 01, 2012 - Here’s my invitation to you: Let’s take a month and intentionally notice those we would normally not see. Let’s interrupt old patterns of not looking into the eyes of “those people”—whoever they are to you.
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How Cities Can Get Drivers Biking
by Jay Walljasperposted Jul 27, 2012 - How can planners attract the 60 percent of Americans who say they would bike more if they felt more secure? The answer could be cheap and simple.
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How Does Inequality Define the Health of a Nation?
posted Jul 26, 2012 - Richard Wilkinson discusses inequality and the effects it can have on a country’s citizens.
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Carbon Neutrality: It’s Technically Possible
by Richard Conlinposted Jul 25, 2012 - The technology to achieve carbon neutrality exists, or could in the near future. What has to happen to put those capabilities in play?
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What We Learned From Swimming With Leeches
by Shannon Hayesposted Jul 25, 2012 - The appearance of “bloodsucking parasites” in one farm family’s pond got them thinking: How could we be so comfortable with our natural world, yet paranoid about harmless—and helpful—creatures in it?
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Think Small: A New Housing Model
by Doug Pibelposted Jul 24, 2012 - Why go back to the way things were when we can create housing that embraces the best of tradition and the best of new thinking?
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Minnesota’s Ground Zero for Unjust Evictions
posted Jul 18, 2012 - A glitch in PNC Bank’s online payment system meant the Cruz family’s home fell into foreclosure, putting it at the center of a committed community stand-off.
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