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Your trash is my treasure

If you want to find an inexpensive, entertaining way to furnish your house, try raiding the garbage in a resort town like Crested Butte, Colo.

by Dawne Belloise, Feb 03, 2012
Resolutions for living smarter in 2012

We could all live healthier, more fulfilling and sustainable lives if we would try to do more with less.

by Linda Hasselstrom, Jan 10, 2012
Did the Park Service bow to pressure from Coca Cola on its bottle ban?

A former Grand Canyon National Park superintendent believes that corporate pressure may have undermined a proposed ban on disposable water bottles in the park.

by Nathan Rice, Dec 12, 2011
Oregon sculptor turns beach trash into meaningful art

Angela Haseltine Pozzi makes thought-provoking art from the trash that washes up on Oregon's beaches.

by Eliza Murphy, Mar 24, 2011
The Universe on Blacktop

A Colorado family finds satisfaction -- and cash -- in scavenging metal for recycling.

by Laura Pritchett , Mar 18, 2009
INNOVATE, Part II

Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking: Green detective, Healthcare for the hard up, Developing to stop development, Low carbon brews and more.

by Jodi Peterson, Ray Ring, Terray Sylvester, Jonathan Thompson, , Mar 11, 2009
Use it up, recycle, and never buy anything new – whew!

Proud packrat and scavenger Jeannie Pomeroy urges Westerners to “think outside the Dumpster” when they’re getting rid of clutter.

by Jeannie Pomeroy, Mar 03, 2008
Tackling Utah’s trash

Issa Hamud, an engineer who was born in Somalia, helped Logan, Utah, create a successful recycling program.

by Mary Jackson-Smith, Jan 21, 2008
Ashes to houses

One of coal's big messes is transformed into building blocks

by Jonathan Thompson, Nov 20, 2007
Heard around the West

Worms at work; stupid hunter tricks; fighting starlings with falcons; cemetery soccer; Schweitzer’s dang-tootin’; Mount Rushmoo

by Betsy Marston, Nov 13, 2006