Melissa Breyer
Melissa Breyer has been a nature-loving, energy-saving, trash-recycling, waste-composting, stuff-shunning, healthy-eating, animal-advocating, espouser of sustainably since her first Save the Whales rally when she was a kid. She has also been known to vehemently defend the serial comma.
With a background in food, science, and design, she has edited and written for national and international publications including The New York Times Magazine. She is the co-author of True Food: Eight Simple Steps to a Healthier You (National Geographic, 2009) and her writing can be found across the Web.
Melissa lives in a converted 19th-century convent in Brooklyn, NY with her two daughters and an exuberant collection of cuckoo clocks.
Latest Stories from Melissa Breyer - Page 4
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Photo of the Day: New Life for an Old Book
An artist turns pages into art.
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An Apple a Day Significantly Helps the Heart, Study Finds
Just in time for apple season comes new research suggesting truth in the old adage.
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How to Preserve Fall Leaves
A simple method to help you maintain the vibrant colors of autumn foliage.
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Artist Creates Iconic Masterpieces with Garbage
French artist Bernard Pras is a modern Michelangelo of discarded matter.
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10 Inventive Pumpkin Recipes, From Whoopie Pies to Tamales
Think outside of the pumpkin pie box with these inspired recipes using fall's favorite squash.
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10 Simple Swaps to Sneak Super Foods Into Your Diet
Making vitamin-packed swaps, like trading sweet potatoes for carrots and kale for spinach, can have a remarkable effect on your health.
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Your Dust Bunnies are Likely Toxic, Study Reports
A new study found 66 hormone-disrupting chemicals in household dust.
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From Energy Bars to Peach Soup: 6 Vegan Recipes From Terry Walters
The queen of clean eating shows us six simple and scrumptious seasonal vegan dishes to make at home.
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Veggie-Packed Vegan Vegetable Pot Pie Recipe
If it's autumn, it's time for the comfort food to begin.
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Austin's Cathedral of Junk Rises from the Ruins (Video)
The folk art shrine to detritus was condemned by the city and dismantled in 2010, only to be built again.
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Lab-Grown Leather: Cool or Creepy?
Modern Meadow plans to mass produce "tissue-engineered" animal skins by 2017. Would you wear it?
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Top 10 Dirtiest Cities in America
Dirt, grime, filth, smut, muck, mud, sludge, slime, litter, trash, smog, and rats -- these cities have it all.
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How Neighborhood Design Can Make Us Sick
Whether your neighborhood is conducive to walking could determine your risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study.
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DIY Non-Toxic Dish Detergent for 8 Cents a Load
How toxic is your dish detergent? Check here and then find out how to make your own on the cheap.
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Beautiful Human Sculptures Float and Sprout With Grass
Mathilde Roussel's stunning human forms are comprised of recycled metal and fabric filled with soil and wheat seeds.
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Method Introduces Sheet-Free Dryer Sheets
Nothing beats line-drying, but Method's new fabric-softener-meets-dryer-sheet spray is better than traditional dryer sheets.
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Nature Outsmarts Monsanto: Pests Develop Resistance to GM Corn
You just can't fool Mother Nature.
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10 Luscious Desserts with Hidden Vegetables
Vitamin-packed eggplant, beans, beets, and zucchini covertly tucked into delicious desserts? Here come the stealth vegetables.
