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How Rooftop Solar Benefits Your Neighbors

Ten years ago solar panels were like status symbols; according to one study "The status conferred upon demonstration of environmental friendliness is sufficiently prized that homeowners are known to install solar panels on the shaded sides of houses so that their costly investments are visible from the street. We call this behavior 'conspicuous conservation.'" But things have changed; the price of panels dropped by 82% and nobody is impressed anymore. They are still controversial (just read the comments!) but according to Sami, things are getting sunnier.

Intrepid Travel's Virtual Tours Allow You to Travel From the Comfort of Home

In 1965 phones were marketed as "the next best thing to being there." Now it's Zoom.

Bite Reinvents Toothpaste to Go Zero Waste

What we have here isn't just a tooth tablet, it is a different way of addressing the problem from the ground up, asking "what if we could design a system without waste?"

On Presidents' Day: 6 Eco-Friendly Presidents

Roosevelt's Conservation Corps may be coming back!

Habitat Loss and Deforestation Are Stressing Out Animals

Higher levels of stress hormones were found in animals in smaller forest areas. I suspect the same in people stuck in smaller apartments.

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