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  • Teresa Bergen
  • 04/20/2020

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How clean is your indoor air?

  • Dawn Hammon
  • 04/17/2020

The 2020 Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has created a new normal for much of the population — a daily routine that now means moving from the bedroom to the living room instead of battling a commute and logging hours in an office building. With the kids tackling remote learning and you working from home, the carbon...

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  • Nicole Jewell
  • 04/17/2020

Designed by the creative minds behind Taipei-based Phoebe Says Wow Architects, the Boolean Birdhouse is a massive pavilion built in the middle of a national park in Taiwan. Set up for an annual flower show, the wooden building features five individual pitched roofs that jut up into the sky to create a welcoming...

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Archivist releases shirts made from recycled hotel sheets

  • Dawn Hammon
  • 04/17/2020

Sometimes, being disruptive is fashionable. As for Archivist, a sustainable clothing company, its business plan counts on being disruptive in the name of fashion and corporate responsibility. With this mission, Archivist has found a unique yet luxurious inspiration for a new line of tailored shirts — hotel sheets. The...

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Earth Day

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  • Katherine Gallagher
  • 04/17/2020

With social distancing in full force this Earth Day, the 50th anniversary of this environmental movement is certainly one for the history books. Just because you can’t go outside in large groups this year doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of inventive ways to celebrate Earth, though. The Earth Day 2020 theme...

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Architecture

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  • Nicole Jewell
  • 04/17/2020

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  • 04/16/2020

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  • 04/15/2020

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