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3 St. Patrick’s Day Drinks That Aren’t Green Beer
St. Patrick’s day is here (March 17), and with it comes an onslaught of unnecessarily green consumables. I’ve honestly never been a fan of aggressively-dyed beer, not because I’m afraid of food colouring, but because the beer used is usually crap. If you want to celebrate St. Patrick’s day with an on-theme adult beverage that…
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For a Sweeter, Deeper Salsa, Roast the Hell Out of Your Ingredients
I moved into my home in the winter, when the yard was freshly sodded and a few decorative shrub-like plants dotted the perimeters of my yard. Owning a house in the winter is different than owning a house in the spring — things grow in the spring, and a lot grew around my house. Once…
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Should You Even Bother Recycling Your Plastics?
We recently wrote about the dangers of recycling certain products that may not be recyclable, but a new (and mostly bleak) report by Quartz this week takes it further, indicating that the entire system of recycling itself is deeply flawed — particularly when it comes to plastics.
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Don’t Throw Your Old Bicycle In The Trash
There are graveyards of mangled bicycles sitting in vacant lots throughout villages and major cities in China. Local governments have long struggled with what to do with the millions of abandoned bicycles — the result of an initial oversupply to support the country’s bike share program (that later fell apart after major companies involved declared…