According to a new exhibition in Amsterdam, centuries of human intervention turned the animal into “a wool-producing machine with ears and eyes.”
Category: Sustainable Living
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Why Coffee Prices Are Soaring (Again)
Wholesale coffee prices are trading near a 50-year high because of shortages related to extreme weather and increased global demand.
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A Modernist’s Dream on Copenhagen’s Harbor
A couple hired an architect with experience designing floating homes, after a decade of downsizing on dry land.
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In Japan, Designers Fit Big Ideas Into Tiny Homes
Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car.
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Kate Raworth Looked Beyond G.D.P. to Create ‘Doughnut Economics’
With “Doughnut Economics,” Kate Raworth looks instead at planetary well-being.
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Weeds Are Everywhere. Why Aren’t We Eating Them More?
Fast-growing and prolific, these plants are the next frontier in foraging.
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In Costa Rica, a Family Found Its ‘No Footprint’ Dream House
Wenji Zhang and Paul Lehmann fell in love at first sight with the all-wood house, one in a series of eco-friendly houses across the country.
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A Compact Weekend House Filled With Comfort
A couple bought a second home with friends, and then decided that being neighbors would be much more fun.
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Tiny, Colorful London Apartment Feels Larger Than Life in 430 Square Feet
A tiny apartment in London shows that you don’t have to paint everything white to make a space feel larger than life.
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He Quit His Job and Bought a Trailer for a Nomadic Life
The customized home has a propane range, an incinerating toilet and movable solar panels (for off-the-grid travel). Now the only question is where to go next.
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Why Plastic Water Bottles May Not Contain as Much Recycled Plastic as Advertised
A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim.
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Two Architects Designed a Tiny Apartment in Rotterdam That’s Only 74 Square Feet
Two architects in the Netherlands made the most of the tiniest of spaces, “maximizing absolutely everything.”