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Matt Hickman
Your Home

NY Design Week 2012: 12x12 exhibition
Appealing to both design aficionados and NYC history buffs, an exhibition titled 12x12 showcases the work of a dozen furniture designers supplied with lumber reclaimed from 12 demolished buildings across the Big Apple.
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Michael d'Estries
Culture

Heath Ledger's 'treehouse' sold to 'Hunger Games' star
Josh Hutcherson scoops up $3M Hollywood Hills home with stunning natural views.
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Robin Shreeves
Food

Plant the Plate infographic argues for increased fruit and vegetable production
America does not grow enough fruits and vegetables to satisfy the USDA recommendations of all its citizens. This infograhic makes the argument for growing more fruits and vegetables easy to understand.
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Chris Turner
Green Tech

My big fat New Urbanism conference rundown, Part 2
At the 20th Congress for the New Urbanism, there were many big ideas on display. The best: How to transform China into a New Urbanist showpiece, plus how to use 'tactical urbanism' and 'sprawl repair' to rebuild American cities.
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Russell McLendon
Earth

Happy World Turtle Day
With roughly half of all turtle species at risk of extinction, conservationists say now is a crucial time to stick out our necks for these ancient animals.
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Melissa Hincha-Ownby
Money

5.44% of Portland workers bike to work
Portland, Oregon tops the Biking to Work Bloomberg Rankings list.
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Starre Vartan
Lifestyle

Hotel food gets healthier
Room service is getting a good-for-you upgrade at U.S. hotels.
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Kimi Harris
Food

Native American tribe fights diabetes by turning to traditional foods
Arizona's Tohono O'odham Nation is fighting back in the diabetes epidemic. One way members of the tribe are striving for better health is by returning to their traditional diet.
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Jenn Savedge
Family

9-year-old's blog shames school into serving better lunches
A young Scottish blogger serves her school a slice of humble pie by documenting standard school lunches in her posts.
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Jim Motavalli
Cars

New electric car conversion kit will charge your car (and wallet)
It may take a while for automakers to build enough EVs to matter, which is why conversion companies are looking to electrify our current fleet. The drawback is that it's still pretty expensive. Fleets are likely to be the early adopters.
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Shea Gunther
Earth

Hawaii bans plastic bags
The island state is giving businesses two years to adjust to a world without plastic shopping bags.
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