Archive for February, 2010

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Ask Ysanne Brooks everything from making the most of a small-space kitchen, to how to choose the right kitchen lighting Looking for kitchen design ideas? Join our lunchtime webchat at 1pm and ask our expert for tips and advice. Ysanne Brooks, Editor of

Are you a farmer at heart? Start a ‘Crop Mob’

by Tom Philpott
Carbon sequestration: Crop Mob stalwarts Rob Jones, left, and Chris Rumbley create a hügelkultur bed at “the Bog” co-housing community in Carrboro, N.C., summer 2009. Photo: Tom PhilpottA growing number of young people are finishing college and resisting the pressure to plunk down in a cube behind a computer. Others skip college […]

Snowdrops lift their heads

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Talking Vancouver and successful urbanism on the radio

by Jonathan Hiskes
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Decorate a Baby’s Room on a Budget

You can’t walk through a baby store or home center without seeing all the amazing and wonderful things that parents-to-be just must have before the new baby arrives. Movie stars’ nurseries are displayed in magazines for all to see and you’re wondering

Chinese pollution concerns dash Hummer deal, analysts say

by Agence France-Presse
SHANGHAI—China’s environmental concerns have dashed Tengzhong’s dream of buying the iconic Hummer brand from General Motors, but the once little-known firm has now made a name for itself, analysts said Thursday.

Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, based in southwest China, raised eyebrows when it announced in June last year that it would buy […]

Snowdrops: the stage is set

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The attack on climate science is the O.J. moment of the 21st century

by Bill McKibben
This essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom’s kind permission.
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Twenty-one years ago, in 1989, I wrote what many havecalled the first book for a general audience on global warming. One ofthe more interesting reviews came from The Wall Street Journal. Itwas a mixed and judicious appraisal. “The […]

How to plant and prune raspberries

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Van Jones explains his resignation from the White House

by Grist
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