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If your trusty suitcase has truly seen its last trip and isn’t suitable for donation, consider two alternatives before tossing it in the trash. First, the company TerraCycle offers a program (for a fee) that disassembles...Read More

It’s easy to make new plants from existing plants by taking cuttings and transplanting them into soil to grow. When you want to grow a new plant from a cutting, a simple ingredient from your kitchen pantry can help. ...Read More

Now you can use the power of Google to see if your home is a good candidate for solar panels. Simply enter your home address in Google’s Project Sunroof database. The site uses Google Earth imagery to pinpoint your home ...Read More

We live in a world where when something breaks, you simply buy a new one to replace it, and hopefully the old one gets recycled. But a movement for repair is growing, and the platform IFixIt is a community with the motto �...Read More

Do you chew gum to help keep your breath fresh? You might want to think again. Almost all gums have something called a “gum base” that makes them chewy, and it turns out it’s a mix of plasticizers, fillers, resins ...Read More

If you would love to adopt a dog as a companion animal but simply can’t offer the time or proper home for him, do the next best thing: Help train adoptable dogs. Volunteering time at a shelter to train dogs to walk ...Read More