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Pee in the shower!

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Matt Berger
Nov 29, 2010
In Brazil there's a movement afoot encouraging households to pee in the shower. They say it can reduce your water consumption by the equivalent o...
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Take the stairs

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Christina Huh
Nov 29, 2010
Let's be up front: Taking the stairs instead of an elevator doesn't save much energy. If you take two flights of stairs every day at work, you're...
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5 tips for cleaning up fall leaves

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Matt Berger
Nov 29, 2010
You want to rake the leaves on your lawn because otherwise they can suffocate your grass. And, if you get pummeled with snow over the winter, you...
Posted In: home
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Replace old windows and doors

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Matt Berger
Nov 29, 2010
By replacing our old builder grade windows and doors with new efficient ones, our home became significantly more comfortable and quiet.
Posted In: home
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Save your water when warming up the shower

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Matt Berger
Nov 29, 2010
Depending on your waterflow, you waste between five gallons and 10 gallons of water each time you wait for the shower to warm up. While waiting for...
Posted In: home
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Be wise about portion size

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Matt Berger
Nov 28, 2010
We've all been to restaurants that heap food on our plates. But that doesn't mean you have to do the same at home....
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Don't Stuff Your Fridge

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Matt Berger
Nov 28, 2010
Today's refrigerators have become so large that keeping them well stocked can mean that you're dooming much of your food to be wasted. Unfortunat...
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Pick up after your pet

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Matt Berger
Nov 28, 2010
When pet waste gets left behind it washes into storm drains and into local waterways that effects water supplies. These leftovers can spread...
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Collect rainwater and reuse it in the landscape

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Matt Berger
Nov 28, 2010
Access to fresh, clean water around the world is getting scarcer by the minute. The growing privatization of our finite supply of fresh water is a...
Posted In: home
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Use solar energy to heat water

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Matt Berger
Nov 28, 2010
It may seem hard to believe, but you can effectively heat water with solar energy even where the weather is sunny only half the time, and winters...
Posted In: home

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld's interview on Marketplace today was absolutely unbelievable. Really. Is one of his rules not to believe your own spin? I...

jgrothues | May 16, 2013
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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Ryssdal's interview with Rumsfeld was breathtakingly inappropriate. "Marketplace?" If Ryssdal wants to promote his obvious biases...

rcd43 | May 16, 2013
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How World Finance makes a killing lending on the installment (loan) plan

There is something fundamentally wrong with predatory lending businesses, whether they are pay day loans or installment contracts. The business...

entropyman | May 15, 2013

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