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  • Dawn Hammon
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Every parent wants to do what's best for their baby, and making your own baby food is just one of the many considerations toward that goal. If you've decided to learn how to make baby food at home, you may feel overwhelmed. Thankfully, with some information and helpful hints, you can begin creating homemade, healthy...

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Scientists create super-enzyme to degrade plastic bottles 6 times faster

  • Bonface Landi
  • 09/30/2020

New research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed that a super-enzyme engineered in the lab can degrade plastic six times faster than a previous plastic-eating enzyme. The super-enzyme, engineered by a team of scientists from the University of Portsmouth, is expected...

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Some dual-flush toilets are actually wasting water

  • Teresa Bergen
  • 09/30/2020

The innovation was supposed to save us water. But now, in shocking commode news, the water-saving organization Waterwise has revealed that dual-flush toilets actually waste water. Waterwise estimates that between 5% and 8% of U.K. toilets are leaking a total of 88 million gallons per day. Dual-flush toilets...

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Midcentury warehouse becomes a community-building asset in Mexico City

  • Lucy Wang
  • 09/30/2020

In a bid to sustainably create more inclusive and connective space in Mexico City, local architecture practice BAAQ’ has rehabilitated Dr. Atl 285 — an industrial structure from the late 1960s — into a mixed-use community hub topped with a productive urban garden. Located in the neighborhood of Santa Maria...

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Personal Care

Wellow is the eco-friendly deodorant you've been looking for

  • KC Morgan
  • 09/30/2020

Hopefully, deodorant is a daily part of your life. You use it after a shower, you buy more when you run out, but you probably don't think about deodorant much. Well, it's time to start. Most deodorant comes in a plastic tube with a plastic top, both of which eventually get tossed in the trash. Every time you go...

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Drinks

Proud Pour wines and cider benefit bees, oceans and coral reefs

  • Dawn Hammon
  • 09/29/2020

Winemaking is one of the world’s oldest arts, spanning thousands of years. This has evolved into an industry that fuels destination travel, wedding venues and lively dinner conversation. Now, we can add sustainable practices to that list of accomplishments with a new line of wines by Proud Pour, whose aim is...

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World leaders commit to Earth's recovery

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