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Should You Be Paid for Your Time or Your Work?
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Should You Be Paid for Your Time or Your Work?
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If you can do your job in 30 hours a week, should you still have to work 40?

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This Couple Lives Entirely Off the Grid in a Tiny House
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This Couple Lives Entirely Off the Grid in a Tiny House
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How one family built a DIY paradise in the desert—surviving completely off the grid.

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Keep Your Old Clothes Out of Landfills With These Easy DIYs
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Keep Your Old Clothes Out of Landfills With These Easy DIYs
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What do you do when clothes no longer fit right, or get a little too damaged to wear? Turn them into something else.

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6 Ways to Minimize Your Carbon Footprint at Amusement Parks
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6 Ways to Minimize Your Carbon Footprint at Amusement Parks
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Enjoy the rollercoasters without compromising your carbon footprint.

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How Advertising Has Ruled Your Life (And Your Wallet) Through History
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How Advertising Has Ruled Your Life (And Your Wallet) Through History
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From Ben Franklin to Don Draper, America has a long and tangled history with advertising.

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5 Tips to Help You Ditch Plastic Storage in Your Kitchen
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5 Tips to Help You Ditch Plastic Storage in Your Kitchen
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Glass bowls, mason jars, and tea clothes are easy—and let’s be honest, more beautiful—replacements for plastic storage.

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Is Racial Diversity Just a Buzzword For Sustainable Fashion?
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Is Racial Diversity Just a Buzzword For Sustainable Fashion?
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The sustainable fashion movement expects consumers to change their purchasing practices to foster social good and combat climate change. But their inclusive marketing efforts need work, too.

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How Micro-Saving — Even for the Mundane — Can Keep Your Finances on Track
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How Micro-Saving — Even for the Mundane — Can Keep Your Finances on Track
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Building savings can seem insurmountable. Here are some tricks to actually “see” the value of saving money.

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How to Succeed at Work When You’re Shy
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How to Succeed at Work When You’re Shy
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Working in an office can be excruciating for a shy person. Here are some tips to succeed at work without compromising your personality.

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Is Rebranding the Key to Solving Climate Change?
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Is Rebranding the Key to Solving Climate Change?
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The effects of climate change are getting increasingly scary. Will rebranding it to climate crisis inspire greater action?

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Should You Be Paid for Your Time or Your Work?
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Should You Be Paid for Your Time or Your Work?
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If you can do your job in 30 hours a week, should you still have to work 40?

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9 Hotels That Give Back to Indigenous and Tribal Communities
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9 Hotels That Give Back to Indigenous and Tribal Communities
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Some hotels around the world are providing employment, social, and financial opportunities to local indigenous and tribal communities, whether as a tribal-owned property or through nonprofit initiatives.

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This Is What Happens When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
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This Is What Happens When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned
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To budget for life, plan for the unexpected.

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How to Declutter, Upcycle, and Repurpose Your Old Books
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How to Declutter, Upcycle, and Repurpose Your Old Books
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From little free libraries to unique home décor crafts: Here’s how to save that pile of old books from the landfill.

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Ethical Travelers Are Obsessed With This Amsterdam Neighborhood. Here Are the Best Sites
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Ethical Travelers Are Obsessed With This Amsterdam Neighborhood. Here Are the Best Sites
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The Amsterdam East neighborhood offers plenty of alternatives to overcrowded tourist sites.

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Hungry for Change
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Businesses and organizations around the world are trying to tackle waste, nutrition, and discrimination in the food industry

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Modern Day Feudalism and Other American Housing Trends
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From tiny homes to meth houses, this is the world of American housing. 

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Getting to the Roots of Change with Sustainable Agriculture
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A look into the future of sustainable farming, urban agriculture, and the economics of buying the farm.

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Solving Our Biggest Health Worries
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Even in the slow-to-change health care industry, start-ups, new magazines, and other efforts are trying to solve some of our most difficult wellness issues.

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How to Get Married Without Going Broke, And Other Stories
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In case you missed it, Make Change had a pretty awesome Wedding Week. These stories explore how to get married without going broke, sexist wedding traditions that really need an upgrade, and off-beat weddings that are good for your bank account. 

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