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The Victrola Rock Speaker Connect are speakers meant to blend in with your landscaping with a design that makes them look like casual rocks. They're in fact solar and waterproof speakers with a ...

I build houses out of trash. I was inspired by the life of Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangarĩ Maathai, who said, “It’s the little things citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing ...

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