Smitten with Mittens

Bernie Sanders' wool-and-fleece mittens delighted the world on Inauguration Day.  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Want a Pair of Mittens Like Bernie Sanders'? A lot happened yesterday that we could talk about, but this being Treehugger, we'll go for Bernie's knitted mittens. As Katherine notes, "They are so incongruously ordinary, the kind of mittens anyone would want for shoveling a snowy driveway, doing the school run in midwinter, or hauling recycling to the curb, that they stood out amid the sea of dark formal wear that the rest of the audience was wearing." Oh, there was lots of talk about climate change and fixing the planet, but mittens! READ MORE Design Lessons from the Washington Monument We came very close to having it look like something very different. READ MORE Another One Bites the Dust: Paul Rudolph's Burroughs Wellcome HQ This is why we have to stop demolishing buildings just because tastes have changed; because what is unloved today might be treasured tomorrow. READ MORE Bellroy's Beautiful Limestone Bags Are Made From Recycled Ocean Plastic Now if they were only made of limestone, they would fit right in with all these buildings. READ MORE These Customizable Modular Units Reduce Construction Costs and Waste This is clever: Bao Living's prefabricated Smart Adaptive Module system is designed to make it easier and cheaper to create efficient spaces with a smaller footprint. READ MORE 15 Awe-Inspiring National Forests in the United States Less chance of these being chopped down now. READ MORE Mountain Gorillas Are Friendly with Some Neighbors "In humans we know that our social relationships can have really important consequences for how we share space. We tolerate a stranger on the street but not within our house and we might happily have a friend over for dinner but be offended if they start poking around our bedroom. We see similar patterns going on here within the gorillas." READ MORE This newsletter has been curated and edited by Lloyd Alter. We’d love to hear from you at lalter@dotdash.com. Thanks for reading. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to Treehugger newsletter. Unsubscribe © 2021 Dotdash.com — All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. A DOTDASH BRAND 28 Liberty Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10005