Articles by Heather Smith
Heather Smith (on Twitter, @strangerworks) is interested in the various ways that humans try to save the environment: past, present, and future.
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This tool could help Montreal cyclists route around bad air
A Google Maps mashup overlays air pollution data on the city street grid so bikers can go easy on their lungs.
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The smog that texted me
A new Sierra Club service will message you when the air gets really bad in your area.
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Can zippy startup ideas and code speed local food to urban plates?
San Francisco's Good Eggs is taking another run at the dream of using apps and the internet to change the way we buy food for the better.
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How the Bay Area’s last slaughterhouse dodged the axe
You want local meat? You're gonna need a local slaughterhouse. It took a tanking economy and a massive beef recall to save the last such outfit in the Bay Area.
