Decadence through simplicity

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Save money by avoiding expensive 'normal' behaviors

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Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko in Culture June 19, 2018

The summer solstice is coming! Here's what to know

Natural Sciences

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer June 19, 2018

London chapel converted into artist's contemporary live-work studio

Interior Design

Kimberley Mok

By Kimberley Mok June 19, 2018

Scientists are fighting to save the banana

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 19, 2018

Got a locker full of stuff? Deposit it in the Furniture Bank

Eco-Friendly Furniture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 19, 2018

Another reason not to drink beer in cans: the aluminum

Environmental Policy

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 19, 2018

Young people feel unprepared for adulthood

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 19, 2018

Should the Glasgow School of Art be rebuilt?

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 19, 2018

EPA proposes change to cost benefit analysis with major potential to reduce regulation

Environmental Policy

Christine Lepisto

By Christine Lepisto June 19, 2018

Reusable to-go container schemes: Does your city have one?

By Sami Grover June 19, 2018

Photo: Great gray owl finds balance

Reader's Photos

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer June 19, 2018

Yosemite spends $40 million to protect 500 giant sequoias

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer June 18, 2018

Rare animals emerge after 20 years of reforestation in NW China

Endangered Species

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer June 18, 2018

Take campsite cooking to the next level with tinfoil

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 18, 2018

Who cares about BPA? Canned beer is more popular than ever

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 18, 2018

Helicopter parenting is bad for kids, psychologists warn

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 18, 2018

Pickiness, begone! How to handle a kid who doesn't want to eat

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 18, 2018

Michael Green Architects do Small Wood in Vancouver boat house

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 18, 2018

Glasgow School of Art burns down. Again.

Green Architecture

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter June 18, 2018

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