Bernie Sanders' wool-and-fleece mittens delighted the world on Inauguration Day.
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Want a Pair of Mittens Like Bernie Sanders'
Want a Pair of Mittens Like Bernie Sanders'?
A lot happened yesterday that we could talk about, but this being Treehugger, we'll go for Bernie's knitted mittens. As Katherine notes, "They are so incongruously ordinary, the kind of mittens anyone would want for shoveling a snowy driveway, doing the school run in midwinter, or hauling recycling to the curb, that they stood out amid the sea of dark formal wear that the rest of the audience was wearing." Oh, there was lots of talk about climate change and fixing the planet, but mittens!
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Design Lessons from the Washington Monument
Design Lessons from the Washington Monument
We came very close to having it look like something very different.
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Paul Rudolphs Burroughs Wellcome HQ
Another One Bites the Dust: Paul Rudolph's Burroughs Wellcome HQ
This is why we have to stop demolishing buildings just because tastes have changed; because what is unloved today might be treasured tomorrow.
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Beautiful Limestone Bags
Bellroy's Beautiful Limestone Bags Are Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic
Now if they were only made of limestone, they would fit right in with all these buildings.
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Customizable Modular Units Reduce Construction Costs and Waste
These Customizable Modular Units Reduce Construction Costs and Waste
This is clever: Bao Living's prefabricated Smart Adaptive Module system is designed to make it easier and cheaper to create efficient spaces with a smaller footprint.
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15 Awe-Inspiring National Forests in the United States
15 Awe-Inspiring National Forests in the United States
Less chance of these being chopped down now.
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Mountain Gorillas Are Friendly with Some Neighbors
Mountain Gorillas Are Friendly with Some Neighbors
"In humans we know that our social relationships can have really important consequences for how we share space. We tolerate a stranger on the street but not within our house and we might happily have a friend over for dinner but be offended if they start poking around our bedroom. We see similar patterns going on here within the gorillas."
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