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Need an idea for a climate-friendly gift? We have 79.
For when you love giving presents, but you hate Earth-destroying consumerism.
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Should I give all my money away?
I think giving up on a future that I can look forward to, that I want to have some money for, dampens the will to fight for it.
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What are the most sustainable vegetables?
How much detail is too much when you're trying to limit the ecological impact of your diet?
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Do you have to travel the world to know what poverty is?
Can you do "poverty tourism" in your own country? Or, better question: Should you?
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What do firefighting chemicals do to a forest?
If you cared purely about the ecosystem, especially in the West, you’d just let it burn.
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What does it mean to take responsibility for our waste?
Modern waste disposal: triumph of civil engineering, or environmental scapegoat?
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My parents love to travel. How do I get them to stop?
It’s your values, fundamentally, that make you cringe at the jetsetter lifestyle your parents have adopted.
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When I buy local, does it hurt farmers in other countries?
You want to know what you *can* do to make a more climate-friendly and economically equitable food system.
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Is there a right way to talk about climate change?
There’s been a huge amount of fretting over the *proper* way to discuss human civilization's demise.
