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Seriously Living With Less: Your Life On A Hard Drive

BBC Chris Yurista lives out of his backpack. He tells the BBC that “It’s always nice to have a personal sense of home, but that aside – the internet has replaced my need for an address.” He’s got a job and moonlights as a DJ, but likes it this way, noting that his MP3s never wear out like his records used to. But can one carry minimalism too far?… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Seriously Living With Less: Your Life On A Hard Drive

Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China’s Water Project Since Three Gorges Dam

Photo via Le Grand Portage China has a water problem. In fact, the only resource constraint standing in the way of their rampant growth is water. There just isn’t enough of it, especially in the north. That’s why the country has been working on a massive water relocation project, diverting water from the south back up to the parched north. It is the largest water man-handling project since Three Gorges, and it will force the relocation of some 330,000 people. The first of… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Relocation of 330,000 Residents Begins for China’s Water Project Since Three Gorges Dam