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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>Human allies of whales and dolphins have long had difficulty reining in the Navy’s use of sonar that harms these animals. But recent developments suggest that may be starting to change.</description>        
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    <description>As climate change forces species to head for cooler climates, biologists are using new tools and partnerships to make sure we help—and don't hinder—their flight.</description>        
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    <title>Instead of Trying to Feed the World, Let’s Help It Feed Itself</title>        
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    <description>We know about the ecological problems that follow when farmers are asked to “feed the world.” What would happen if they just tried to feed their neighbors instead?</description>        
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    <title>People We Love: David Feld</title>        
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    <description>Designing nonviolent ways for humans and animals to live in harmony—in the city.</description>        
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    <description>Author Peter Bane grew more than 150 species on less than 2,000 square feet. Here are 12 tips to get you there.</description>        
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    <description>Former park ranger-turned-professor Margo Farnsworth believes that biomimicry is one of the most important new tools for sustainability. It gets her students outside and unleashes their scientific and entrepreneurial minds.</description>        
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    <description>Aquaponics takes advantage of nature’s processes to fill Americans’ growing appetite for fish—without overfishing or destructive farming.</description>        
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    <description>Every flush of a standard toilet creates a several-gallon problem. Instead of wasting water, plants and animals can transform human waste into water rated pure enough to drink.</description>        
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    <description>Species like green crabs, feral pigs, snakeheads, and zebra mussels cost $120 billion a year in damage. For a cheaper alternative, try eating them instead.</description>        
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    <description>A beautiful short film that will remind you it is, indeed, a wonderful world.</description>        
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