Ariel Schwartz

Ariel Schwartz is a Senior Editor at Co.Exist. She has contributed to SF Weekly, Popular Science, Inhabitat, Greenbiz, NBC Bay Area, GOOD Magazine and more. For story ideas: ariel[at]fastcompany.com

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What It’s Like To Live On A Bike

Do you get sweaty riding to work? Maybe you should try the difficult–but not impossible–on-bike shower, just one of the many feats this artist performs while attempting to spend his days cycling.

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Is The Open-Office Trend Reversing Itself?

Employers spent years knocking down their walls. Now they are slowly building them back up.

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Take Your Vitamins And Supplements, Minus All The Artificial Ingredients

Many pills contain synthetic vitamins, fish and dairy products, and unknown fillers. A new company says it can make more pure products made only from plants.

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The Countries That Have The Most Resilient Supply Chains

Japan’s manufacturing industry weathered the post-Fukushima crisis pretty well, all things considered. Other countries are less prepared for big disasters.

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This Teenager Just Designed A System That Keeps You Safe From Germs On Planes

Air cocoons insulate you from your sneezing, coughing neighbor.

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The World’s First $9 Computer Does Everything That Your Expensive Model Can Do

Chip is a bona fide Kickstarter hit. But the tiny computer’s implications go far beyond the novelty of a cheap computer.

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Walmart Is Bottling Water From The Middle Of California’s Drought

Buying a city’s water supply for dirt cheap and reselling it for not-dirt cheap is already egregious, even in better, wetter times.

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This Is the First Surfboard Made From Algae, No Petroleum Required

Surfers can now catch a fossil fuel-free wave, with the help of some UC San Diego undergrads and a large biotech company.

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With An Electric Zap, This Bandage-Sized Wearable Provides Instant Pain Relief

Soothe your sore muscles with a simple new device that gives a treatment you used to have to see a doctor to get.

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Need A Break From Home, But Want To Keep Working? Take A Jobbatical

A site that matches employers and wandering gig-seekers wants to foster a new way to travel. Like everything else, it helps if you can code.

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Is Your Country Ready For A Catastrophe?

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The Philanthropy World Is Frightened That Trump’s Tax Plan Is Going To Slow Donations

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Could Hawaii Be The First State To Offer A Basic Income?

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Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

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Open Letter To SNL: Please Let Melissa McCarthy Do Spicey On TV Right Now

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“Fairy Lives Don’t Matter”: Will Smith’s Fantasy Cop Movie On Netflix Is a Racial Allegory

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Go Inside The ISS, The Most Expensive Structure Ever Built

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This Rotary Phone Is A Delightfully Analog Way To Read The Web

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Someday You Could Swallow This Wireless Robot Like A Pill

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Here Are The Trailers You’ve Missed From San Diego Comic-Con So Far

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Four Work-Life Questions To Ponder On Vacation This Summer

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