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Whether you want to embrace that swimsuit season is upon us or not, it’s time for swimming, sunbathing and getting down for some heat. In The Best Eco Bathing Suits For 2011, we’ve uncovered a cache of sustainable suits to get you through the dog days of summer.

You think it’s bad just running out to get a coffee early with your yoga pants on and bumping into the neighbor? Imagine if you were a celebrity. In Shade Grown Hollywood: 10 Tabloid Tips For A Hollywood Body, columnist Kathie Butler writes: “Society ravenously consumes celebrity, as it seems ingrained in our brains to judge each other and ourselves harshly. As Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D. recently pointed out in Psychology Today, ‘Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the eyes see what culture socializes.’”

A new trend of craftsmen communities is taking center stage worldwide showing us that the future is in craftsmanship. In The New Artisans: Craftsmen Communities, senior editor K. Emily Bond writes: “I prefer to think of them as New Artisans, neo-traditionalists who dropped the commute and took up tools to pursue a more sustainable way of being.” Bond interviews five artists ready to herald the new trend.

The film “Truck Farm” proves that small scale urban farming efforts are part of the solution. Foodie Underground columnist Anna Brones writes in Foodie Underground: Truck Farm: “Truck Farm is quirky and humorous, yet it hits on the themes that we so often discuss when it comes to food: thinking about where our food comes from, the importance of reconnecting to what we eat, building community and being part of an underground movement that feels empowered to make change.”

Sex By Numbers: Romance And Breeding is a a look into how couples can maintain passion and pleasure in a romantic partnership, while at the same time navigating the ins and outs of parenting. Can it happen in a long-term relationship? You’ll have to read to find out.

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