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Can ‘Environmentalism’ Ever Really Hope to Tackle Climate Change?

Photo from 1st Earth Day via National Geographic The environmental movement, as most people long understood it, was a broad coalition of individuals, advocacy groups, activists, and others who continually work to address conservation issues and to preserve natural resources; to make sure the environment was given due consideration in business and policy discussions. Inspired by oil spills and out-of-control pollution, the environmental movement was the catalyst for creating the Clean Air and Clean Water Ac… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dumpster Pools Making a Splash in Manhattan

Image: Macro-Sea and Vamos Architects (via NYT ) Last year’s Dumpster pool parties of Brooklyn have made it to the big time: Park Avenue in New York. For the first three Saturdays of August, three of these pools — repurposed dumpster bins that have been cleaned, lined and filled with water — are making an appearance on the east side of Park Avenue between 40th and 41st Streets, as part of the third Summer Streets Initiative. The N… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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