Bound for the garbage heap? What’s more important to you: A gleaming, sleek computer, or knowing that your purchas…
San Francisco’s Mini-Parks Are a Community Effort
With a little elbow grease, an empty asphalt rectangle can become a restful haven. The concept of using empty metered pa…
How is Your Beach Water Quality? Ask The National Resources Defense Council
Just how clean is that water, anyway? As summer’s heat presses down on cities across America, thousands of people …
H&M Plans to Open New, Higher-End Retail Chain
H&M adds to the fast fashion (slightly higher priced) craze. Recently we learned that fast fashion giant H&M pla…
The Green Lane Project Targets Bike Safety in Cities
No crash helmets or elbow pads here. Helmets have become a magical talisman for bikers and non-bikers alike: As long as …
Outside Magazine Focuses on the Best River Towns
Take me to the river. For my first twenty-one years of life, I did not live in a river town—the result of a decision, on…
Will Plants Be the Answer to Our Plastic Obsession?
Is it plastic technology or just consuming less plastic that’s the answer? It’s up to us. It’s a very simple…
The Desire Project and What Women Really Want
What do you desire? Can you put it into words? Despite feminism’s advances, to express desire as a woman is still an obs…