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• Sowing the seeds of love

  Ask Umbra’s video advice on making personal lubricant 3

  Posted 8 Feb 2010 11:58 PM

  Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Umbra shows you how to make your own eco-sexy lube with flaxseeds. Watch and love. Read More

• Get a heart on

  Ask Umbra’s pearls of wisdom on Valentine’s Day 3

  Posted 5 Feb 2010 12:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra digs through the archives for her best advice on green romance. Read More

• Get down to business

  Ask Umbra on sustainable manufacturing jobs, sexless fish, and matches 3

  Posted 31 Jan 2010 11:59 PM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra gives the lowdown on working in sustainable manufacturing, takes the bait on intersex fish, and lights a fire under the matches-versus-lighter debate. Read More

• Less Space, the Final Frontier

  Ask Umbra’s pearls of wisdom on apartment dwelling 1

  Posted 29 Jan 2010 12:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra digs through the archives for her best advice on leasing sustainably. Read More

• Feeling flush

  Ask Umbra on toilet paper, dryer balls, and Twitter 20

  Posted 25 Jan 2010 12:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra follows the toilet paper trail and bouncing dryer balls while you follow her on Twitter. Read More

• Local-ujah with Reverend Billy and Savitri D. 1

  Posted 19 Jan 2010 12:11 PM

  New York City artist/activist and Green Party mayoral candidate Reverend Billy talks about a local approach to climate change. Watch this! Read More

• what should eau do?

  Ask Umbra on perfume bottles, wax paper, and alternative beverage bottles 8

  Posted 18 Jan 2010 9:00 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra tackles quandaries on how to recycle your eau de parfum glass without any bloodshed, waxes crafty about used food wrapping, and gives props to readers for braving burned fingers in the name of conservation. Read More

• Winter Warmers

  Ask Umbra on water bottles, gas dryers, and tea lights 8

  Posted 10 Jan 2010 9:57 PM By Umbra Fisk

  Is a gas dryer really worth the cost? Which water bottle is best? And can you recycle old tea lights? Umbra advises on these hot topics. Read More

• Auld Lang Sigh

  Ask Umbra on judging greenness 6

  Posted 3 Jan 2010 9:42 PM By Umbra Fisk

  Are your eco-choices the target of derision? Or maybe you're the derider? Umbra says it's time to stop casting stones and start making this planet a better place. Read More

• Twiggy Pudding

  Ask Umbra on Christmas trees, broken lights, and naughty birds 6

  Posted 20 Dec 2009 9:08 PM By Umbra Fisk

  Should you put up a live tree, or an artificial one? What do you do with old strings of lights? Umbra answers these and other burning questions in her last round of advice for 2009. Read More

• Give and let live

  Ask Umbra on holiday donations, green magazines, and more 7

  Posted 13 Dec 2009 10:43 PM By Umbra Fisk

  Which green groups deserve your bucks? Is there a list of magazines printed on recycled paper? What's the right way to dispose of meds? And why are recycling guidelines so weird? Umbra advises. Read More

• Greetings from Copenhagen: Umbra’s first video postcard

  Posted 10 Dec 2009 10:04 AM By Umbra Fisk

  Umbra Fisk arrives in Copenhagen for the climate talks. Read More

• Study says green shoppers more likely to later cheat, steal 11

  Posted 9 Dec 2009 3:46 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Ask Umbra on globetrotting friends, thorium reactors, and more 5

  Posted 6 Dec 2009 9:45 PM By Umbra Fisk

• Umbra goes to Copenhagen

  Posted 4 Dec 2009 3:51 PM By Umbra Fisk

• Toxic toys and BPA-exposed babies, just in time for the holidays 5

  Posted 2 Dec 2009 6:53 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Ask Umbra on ditching dirty things 6

  Posted 29 Nov 2009 9:12 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Ask Umbra’s video advice on composting 2

  Posted 25 Nov 2009 3:31 AM By Umbra Fisk

• This Friday, don’t just Buy Nothing—use nothing! 7

  Posted 23 Nov 2009 9:52 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Ask Umbra on trash, toxics, and tots 7

  Posted 23 Nov 2009 1:50 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Ask Umbra on shower caps, computers, and junk mail 20

  Posted 16 Nov 2009 1:01 AM By Umbra Fisk

• Ask Umbra on climate-skeptic teachers, low-flow toilets, and more 32

  Posted 8 Nov 2009 9:23 PM By Umbra Fisk

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