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How the Greenest Cities in the World Clean Up Their Trash

More trash means more money wasted and more resources used up. Here are a few ways to clean up a waste stream.

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The Rules Of: Swearing

Six steps toward washing your mouth out with soap.

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Network Overload: How to Get Smart About Social Media

Three steps to cleaner feeds and better privacy settings.

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Spring Cleaning: Clear Your Mind and Reboot Your Karma

Awareness of our actions leads to a sense of responsibility, which is much more empowering than feeling life is conspiring against us.

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Read Better: Five Steps to a More Balanced Media Diet

I had way too many opinions on celebrities and way too few on issues that directly affected me. It was time for a change.

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How I Made Sleep a Priority—And Got More Productive

Think long days and short nights make for better work? Think again.

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Spring Cleaning: Tough Love for the Loo

Let’s clean that commode, and maybe make it a little more glamorous.

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Spring Cleaning: A Dose of Your Own Medicine

First aid for your medicine cabinet.

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Clean Up Your Inbox: Pro Tips from a Gmail Insider

A few simple steps to getting your email situation under control—and keeping it that way.

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Spring Cleaning: End Your Kitchen Chemical Romance

Monsters may be lurking under your kitchen sink rather than your bed. Tips to keep the house clean, green, and chemical-free.

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Spring Cleaning: Better Ways to Sell Your Stuff

Calling all closet entrepreneurs: Your trash may be someone else's treasure.

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Spring Cleaning: Commute Your Driving Sins

If you can’t ditch your car, you’re not alone. But there are things you can do to clean up your gas usage.

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Clean Up Your Fitness Routine: The Case Against Gyms

Gyms are energy-sucking, disease-riddled, crowded, and often expensive.

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Spring Cleaning: My Cell Contacts

A writer purges the lost, obsolete and forgotten members of her cell phone directory.

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Spring Cleaning: Hang Up Your Laundry Habits

Don't let your dirty laundry be a dirty environmental habit.