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Couple builds viral 'dream home' with two $5,500 recycled shipping containers: 'Functional, cozy, and full of character'

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The pair decided they didn’t want to spend their money on renting an apartment and instead built the home of their dreams.
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33 Ideas To Meaningfully Celebrate Earth Day

Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. We’ve put together the best ideas and activities to help you meaningfully celebrate it...
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24 Ways To Celebrate National Park Week

National Park Week is an annual celebration in April dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of America's national parks. Here are some ways to celebrate the week-long event.
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Why Sikhs celebrate the festival of Baisakhi

On the festival of Baisakhi, celebrated usually on April 13, Sikhs the world over will joyously wear yellow saffron colors, symbolizing spring harvest and the solar new year, when the Sun enters the constellation Aries.
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Ocean Cleanup in new TED Talk: 'We can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 5 years' time'

With the organization’s technology, an area of the ocean the size of a football field is being cleaned every five seconds.
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Hank & John Green launch new eco-friendly cleaning line that donates 100% of profits to coral reef restoration

Hank & John Green have expanded their give-back products to include eco-friendly cleaning and home products.
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Second wind: Retired wind turbine blades recycled into innovative surfboards

Pro surfer Josh Kerr has partnered with renewable energy company ACCIONA to create the prototype.
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The World Has More Trees Than It Did 35 Years Ago

This might come as a surprise: Worldwide tree cover has grown — not shrunk! — by 2.24 million square kilometers — the size of Texas and Alaska combined — in the last 35 years, according to a paper in the science journal “Nature.”
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8 Famous Animal Conservationists You Might Not Know Yet

There are dozens and dozens of people you should know about who are protecting wild species and their habitats, and our hope is that today you’ll learn about someone new who inspires you to find your own way of helping animals in your corner of the world.
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This man wants to fix America's low voter turnout with mobile phone voting. Here's what it would look like

As Congress approves the SAVE Act, venture capitalist and political strategist Bradley Tusk hopes to make elections more accessible.
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Couple builds viral 'dream home' with two $5,500 recycled shipping containers: 'Functional, cozy, and full of character'

The pair decided they didn’t want to spend their money on renting an apartment and instead built the home of their dreams.
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These national parks will still be free to visitors for National Park Week, despite Trump funding cuts

As the National Park Service continues to face uncertainty in workforce and funding, parks will still be free to visitors on April 19, in celebration of National Park Week.
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24 Ways To Celebrate National Park Week

National Park Week is an annual celebration in April dedicated to the appreciation and preservation of America's national parks. Here are some ways to celebrate the week-long event.
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