Tag: Holidays - Page 9
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Christmas Tree Made of 100 Bicycles Lights Up in Australia
Standing 23 feet tall is a strangely gorgeous holiday tree made of bits of bikes. It is installed at The Rocks in Sydney Australia, one of many trees made from recycled materials. While it is on display for just a
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Do Your Shopping On Small Business Saturday
Dense, walkable, resilient towns and cities are a key component of getting off oil, and viable main street retail is the key to having vibrant main streets. For historic preservationists concerned about the fabric of our main streets, successful stores
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Crazy Things You Didn't Know You Could Compost (Plus, Some You Can't), Holiday Edition
Fresh on the heels of the pizza box scandal, in which EcoSalon
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How an American Bird Got the Name 'Turkey'
For a species of bird found only in the forests of North America and so symbolic of a U.S. holiday, the humble turkey sure has an oddly Eurasian name -- but have you ever stopped to consider why? Well, it turns out that the
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So Many Special Days To Celebrate This Month
On Thursday night, Americans are thankful for what they have, and on Friday morning, many will go out and get more of it. It's crazy, especially in these economic times, to be shovelling money into big box stores. Kalle Lasn of Adbusters thought so,
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8 Better-Than-Turkey Thanksgiving Entrees -- Plus Two Guilt-Free Birds (Slideshow)
If the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving dinner has always been a majestic stuffed bird, then it might be time to turn toward more sustainable options -- like vegetarian entrees, stunning squash, rich pastas, and
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8 Better-Than-Turkey Thanksgiving Entrees -- Plus Two Guilt-Free Birds
If the centerpiece of your Thanksgiving dinner has always been a majestic stuffed bird, then it might be time to turn toward more sustainable options -- like vegetarian entrees, stunning squash, rich pastas, and juicy sustainable salmon. And if your fa
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Trademark Wars Taint Remembrance Day Poppies
Photo Credit Striatic Remembrance Day in Canada is Veterans Day and Memorial Day rolled into one big deal, a statutory holiday in much of the country. Just about everyone wears a poppy, sold by the Royal Canadian Legion to support veterans. The Legion
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The Week in Pictures: DIY Halloween, Sleep Makes You Skinny, and More
Maybe you'd like to dress up as a roller coaster this year? We can tell you how to do it -- using materials you have at home! We also have news on a new study that says sleep makes you skinny, a toilet paper manufacturer getting rid of the tube, and
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Candy and Costumes for a Sweet and Spooky Green Halloween (Slideshow)
Calling Halloween an environmental terror might be going a bit far, but the impact of those one-night-only costumes, pounds of candy (about 24 per person in 2007), and plastic pumpkin candy totes is undeniably scary.
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Candy and Costumes for a Sweet and Spooky Green Halloween
Few things about Halloween are scarier than the over-consumption that goes along with it: One-time use costumes, processed candy by the bag-full, and off-the-shelf makeup full of mysterious chemicals are just the beginning. This year, leave the tricks to
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Celebrate The Biggest 10.10.10 Day (AKA Eames Day) Ever
Every year the Eames Office, heirs to the legacy of the great designers Charles and Ray Eames, celebrates the Powers of Ten on 10.10. This year is special, being 10.10.10.
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On This Labor Day, Demand Safe Green Jobs, And Honor Those Who Work With Their Hands
There is a price to pay for cheap energy and gas for our cars that goes beyond dollars, as we saw this year with the 29 dead miners in West Virginia and the 11 on the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf. American labor used to make things and fix
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Muslims Fight Food Waste During Ramadan
When the evening call to prayer rang out as I went to board the tram the other night, the platform attendant
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Balloon Blamed For Setting Rio de Janeiro on Fire
Photo via Global Voices Rio de Janeiro is a city known for its spirited festivities and all-night celebrations, but part of those revelries are being blamed for inadvertently setting a blaze on one of the city's hillside national parks over the weekend,
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10 Really Great Animal Dads (Slideshow)
While many male birds make proper "Mr. Moms," sharing duties with their mates, fewer than 5 percent of all male mammals play any role in directly tending infants of the species -- leaving a
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What Are You Doing This Memorial Day?
When I was a kid on Remembrance Day (the Canadian version of Memorial Day) my grandmother would take me down to the Cenotaph at City Hall and I would see thousands of World War II vets, hundreds of WWI vets and a smattering of survivors of the Boer
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Red, White, and Green: 6 Sizzling Eco-Fashion Options to Celebrate Memorial Day in Style
If you're heading to a Memorial Day parade or brunching at a picnic on the beach today try dressing the part in a red, white, and/or blue ensemble. We've culled our favorite online eco-boutiques and very own archives for the hautest,
