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20 ways to burn 300 calories outdoors
You can leave the stuffy gym behind for any of these fun outdoor activities, so step away from the treadmill.

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Dutch designer Thor Ter Kulve addresses those ordinary components of the streets — trash bins, street lamps and fire hydrants — and by way of clever interventions, creates something different in an altogether fun, playful and interactive public experience. Read more here.

5 fun backyard games for Memorial Day

Break out the fun this holiday weekend with these family friendly backyard games.

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Meet Earl, your solar-powered backcountry survival tablet

Sure, you can wrap your high-tech smartphone in a bombproof case, but between its high power demands and lack of ability to charge itself, and its inherent fragility, you might be working against its own design by trying to put it to a use that was never intended.

But Earl, well, Earl is different.

Glad looks beyond the kitchen with trash bag tents

In an effort to encourage outdoor music festival clean-up, Glad, the venerable purveyor of plastic wrap and trash disposal accoutrement, introduces a camping tent that doubles as a giant garbage bag.