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Pre-Columbian artifacts dating back 500 years finally returned to Mexico

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The Parthenon Museum is making amends by repatriating a 250-piece collection.
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Is a real or artificial Christmas tree more sustainable? Here's what the experts say

Three-quarters of U.S. households display a tree during the holidays. Here's the most sustainable way to celebrate.
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Protect public media: Here are 8 gifts that give back to PBS and NPR

After the Trump administration has cut billions of dollars in funding to institutions like PBS and NPR, here’s how you can support public media this holiday season.
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Giving Tuesday: What It Is and How To Celebrate

Giving Tuesday takes place on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. We’ve compiled a guide on celebrating this annual tradition of giving back.
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60% of all fashion materials are made from plastic. This startup makes clothes from kelp instead

Keel Labs’ Kelsun material is made from kelp, one of the most regenerative materials on the planet.
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Activists offer $1M to create first-ever Climate Nobel Prize: 'The funds are ready if the Nobel Committee agrees'

Organizers are prepared to cover the prize endowment if the Nobel Committee recognizes the award.
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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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Pre-Columbian artifacts dating back 500 years finally returned to Mexico

The Parthenon Museum is making amends by repatriating a 250-piece collection.
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Scientists discover 'pumpkin toadlet' in Brazil’s misty cloud forests. It's a new species

Mini pumpkin toadlets are incredibly cute, highly poisonous, and very bad at jumping.
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FedEx delivers 325K free Christmas trees to military families as part of annual 'Trees for Troops' program

The “Trees for Troops” program was started in 2005 and has been growing with the support of Christmas tree farmers across the country.
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Florida banned Pride crosswalks — so St. Pete installed rainbow bike racks instead

The city is cleverly asserting its support of LGBTQ+ community members while still complying with new state regulations.
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Floating gardens, clean energy, and community first: Why 'solarpunk' architecture gives us climate optimism

In the face of climate doom, more and more people are dreaming of a future full of “solarpunk” architecture.
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