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Take It Easy: 21 Unexpected Low-Impact Workouts

Posted 04.19.2012 | Healthy Living
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By Laura Schwecherl Every now and then, we have to give the body a break from excessive pounding (read: running, sumo wrestling and other contact...

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Life Cycles of Consumable Goods: Lower-Impact Shades of Green

Renée Loux | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Renée Loux

Understanding the "life-cycle" of any consumable good offers a fairly accurate sense of how "green" it really is -- basically, where things come from and what happens to them when we are done with them.

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Ruminants Roam Where Mowers and Herbicides Once Ruled

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
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Wendy Gordon

What does Seattle, the University of Washington, road crews and the US Navy have in common? They use goats to clear invasive weeds and brush, instead of chemicals and pesticides.

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