In 2500 years of existence, Buddhist monks have built a lifestyle around simplicity and lack of material possessions that's also easy on the environment.
http://sustainablog.org/2013/07/buddhist-monks-environmental-lessons/
HOMES - A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes
With recent gains in home prices doing little for some blighted neighborhoods, Richmond, Calif., is about to become the first city in the nation to try a novel way to stop foreclosures.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/business/in-a-shift-eminent-domain-saves-homes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
HOMES - Bankers With Messy Apartments Started This Brilliantly Simple New York Cleaning Service
MyClean makes ordering a cleaning service as easy as ordering food on Seamless.
HOMES - Shakira Selling Waterfront Miami Mansion For $14.95 Million
Shakira's Miami waterfront mansion. Image via Trulia Shakira. Image via Wikipedia. Shakira is selling in Miami! The stunning international superstar and “The Voice” judge is saying goodbye to the waterfront Miami mansion she’s owned since September 2001. Property records show that the Columbian-born singer, songwriter and new mommy paid $3,380,000 for a 3 bedroom, 4.5 bathroom, 6,672 square foot [...]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/trulia/2013/07/30/shakira-selling-miami-mansion/
HOMES - Touring San Francisco's Most Expensive Home For Sale
FORBES got an exclusive tour of San Francisco's priciest property on the market: a $30 million Victorian mansion in Pacific Heights.
http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml
HOMES - Making Affordable Multifamily Housing Greener A Good Thing
Efficiency investments in particular have a highly localized impact on job creation and the building of economically and environmentally sustainable communities.
HOMES - These Are the Narrowest Houses in the World
These houses are perfect examples of making do with what you've got -- even if it's a really, really narrow plot of land.
http://io9.com/these-are-the-narrowest-houses-in-the-world-960593755?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+io9%2Ffull+%28io9%29
HOMES - 'Smart' homes open doors to hackers
Smart homes that let residents control alarms, locks and more over the internet are opening doors for crooks with hacker skills, according to computer security specialists.
http://phys.org/news/2013-07-smart-homes-doors-hackers.html
MUSIC - Drunkenly delirious insect music
Country diary: Wenlock Edge: You are immersed in a soft white noise: bees, wasps, hoverflies are all feeding from the lime flowers
PEOPLE - UK 'slightly happier than last year'
The Olympics and Jubilee celebrations may have contributed to "small improvements" in people's happiness in the UK last year, the Office for National Statistics says.
SCIENCE - BBC tops best science news site list
The BBC has topped a list of the 10 best websites for science news.
MUSIC - Drunkenly delirious insect music
Country diary: Wenlock Edge: You are immersed in a soft white noise: bees, wasps, hoverflies are all feeding from the lime flowers
PEOPLE - UK 'slightly happier than last year'
The Olympics and Jubilee celebrations may have contributed to "small improvements" in people's happiness in the UK last year, the Office for National Statistics says.
SCIENCE - BBC tops best science news site list
The BBC has topped a list of the 10 best websites for science news.
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