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The Lemon Bonus
We've been helping a friend with a project for the past few weeks, and yesterday we received a great gift: the lemon bonus. That's lifetime rights to walk by and pluck a few organic lemons from her t...
Hot or Not? Aviator Sunglasses Lamp
The Celebrity Lamp is made of 40 pairs of mirrored aviator sunglasses. You can buy it at Deeply Madly Living for $1,600.
Is it ...
Via Treehugger...
The CleanWell Company: Green Antibacterial Sanitizers
CleanWell antibacterial products were invented by a family whose son was born with a rare immunodeficiency that made him extremely sensitive to germs. The family found that toxic agents in everyday ...
How To: Install a Rain TankErin Covert Hands On 05.2008
We discovered Erin Covert, a writer for the Dallas Morning News, through her DIY landscaping and gardening blog, Hands On. In a recent post, she details (with great photos and captions) how a contra...
Best of Modern Wallpaper: Judit Gueth
Judit Gueth is a designer based in Toronto. We recently saw her wallpaper which is a bit art nouveau, a bit geometric and a bit floral - in other words, an interesting mix. It's also eco-friendly; as ...
Frying Pans for Vegetarians: The Vege
Oooh - we like these new cast iron pans from Finnish designer Mikko Laakkonen. They have raised leafy patterns that print your pancakes. ...
New Shower Timers from Ripple
The drought in California just seems to be getting worse, and we're feeling more and more guilty about our most wasteful indulgence: long showers. Steph's blogged shower timers, a workable solution t...
Danny Seo's Homemade Beeswax Candles
We love the soft glow of candles.
Luckily, around the holidays we amassed a small collection of soy candles ... but we're starting to run a little low. We never considered making our own. ...
Secondhand Sunset
Ever wanted your house to look just like a magazine? If you'll be around Menlo Park, California, this weekend, you're in luck. Sunset is unloading props and crafts that have been featured in the mag...
Habitat for Humanity of Kent County
This is cool: Remember last month when, through the 1% for the Planet program, we sent a check to Habitat for Humanity of Kent County?
Well, they just sent Maxwell an e-mail update ......
Ecolect: Online Library of Sustainable Materials
Organized for designers and renovators, Ecolect is a website that catalogs sustainable materials. Features include user images and reviews, case studies, and a design blog. Their green criteria? Alt...
Eco-Me Cleaning Kits
These kits consist of 100% natural ingredients and cover the gamut of needs: for home, body, baby, and pets. We've given cleaning supplies as housewarming gifts before, but this green batch of goodne...
House Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home
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Yesterday, we trekked down to the Museum of Science and Industry to do the press tour of architect Michelle Kaufmann’s MK Solaire, which officially opens today. It was stormy, ...
How to Start a Green Roof Garden
Garden-lovers without backyards, go vertical!
Such is the cry of a Park Slope resident who recently showed a crowd of New Yorkers (including yours truly) how to start a green roof garden. Since star...
Survey: Cutting Back
Yesterday, General Motors announced it will close four plants that build fuel-guzzling SUVS, citing "long-term changes in consumer preferences." GM may even sell off the Hummer brand. That means tha...
Mobile Light by Kyouei Design
We've always loved mobiles ... and we (more recently) love LEDs. So this mobile naturally caught our eye.
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How To: Improve your I(a)Q
Green paint claims to improve indoor air quality, or IAQ, but exactly what defines high IAQ? That depends on who you ask. There are a number of public and private organizations, from the EPA to the ...
How to: Convert Your Gas Mower to Solar
You probably already know this, but in case you don't .... gas powered lawn mowers are not that great for the environment.
If you haven't already lost your lawn, you could consider a push mower. If...
Look! Korean Grass
A few blocks up from where we live is this lawn. The grass looks like it’s been attacked by a bunch of moles…but it hasn’t. (We know. We made our friend stop the car once when we were drunk a...
The Many Uses of Kirei Board
We'd seen Kirei board (an eco-friendly wood substitute) on the pages of magazines - but this was the first time up close. It is complex and interesting to look at, extremely light, and can function pr...
Pinwheel Wall Hanging by Perch
Brand new from Perch (actually more like coming soon - we don't see it up on the site yet): the Pinwheel Wall Hanging. Eco friendly, mod AND warm, it manages to hit a number of attractive points for t...
City Gardening: How Do You Deal With the Mess?
One of the biggest difficulties of city gardening is the mess of getting started. When you're gardening in pots and containers you need to fill them up, turn the earth, water it and plant seeds or sma...
Blogging The New York Times: On Green, Race, and Gentrification in Portland
We lived in Portland, Oregon for three years, and can say first hand that it really is the epicenter of green. If there can be an epicenter in an epicenter, then it's the ReBuilding Center, a non-pro...
EKLA's Sustainable Sofas
We are really digging designer Emily Kroll's new line of sustainable sofas. They're made with FSC-certified wood, zero chemical flame retardants, and a lot of other very healthy materials....
Green Moving?
We've got a move coming up. We took the easy way out and signed a new lease with two weeks of overlap, and the move is just across town, so it's not going to be that bad.Still, it's moving.We're wond...
VivaTerra Summer 2008 Catalog: Our Favorites
The VivaTerra Summer 2008 Catalog came in the mail yesterday. When that happens, we like to sit back, flip through the pages and see what's new. And, honestly, this time around a lot of the items we...
Chandeliers by Madeleine Boulesteix
Madeleine Boulesteix makes lovely chandeliers from teacups and jelly bowls....
Cartonnistes DIY Cardboard Furniture
We're now looking at all the large cardboard boxes in a new light after seeing these impressive DIY furniture creations made by the Parisian artist collective known as the Cartonnistes. Founder Eric G...
SF Flickr Finds: Little Green's Colander Light
You've probably seen Fethi Atakol's colander as lampshade -- but Little Green did it first. (Her photo in our Flickr account is actually a couple of years old.) Check out the one that's all lit up i...
Recycled Glass Counters
A friend of ours is in the midsts of remodeling her kitchen. Now faced with the daunting task of picking out new cabinets, appliances, countertops -- everything -- she has been asking anyone and eve...
17% of Americans Will Pay More for Green Supplies
It's come two days too late for Spring Cleaning Month, but we're going to cover it anyway. From our marketing friends over at BrandChannel comes this insight: us greenies are a profitable market seg...
TribeWanted Baby Zaishu Stools
Reader Kaz recently tipped us off to these flat pack stools. They're small (designed for kids), and we love the colors and the patterns.
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Survey: Do You Snooze with Fido?
Pets are great for a lot of reasons, and, as some of us will attest, one of those is a failsafe ability to keep our feet warm at night. Some folks keep their pets out of the bedroom entirely—or...
Blogging Time Magazine: Growing Up Green
"Want to wreck the environment? Have a baby."
The first two sentences of this article in Time magazine quickly grabbed our attention.
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Organic Cotton Blanket by AreNaturals
We're kind of weird in that we need to have a blanket when we sleep, even when it's hot. Something about the weight - we like feeling all snug and tucked in. But with the recent change of weather we r...
Free Freshaire Choice Paint Samples
Freshaire Choice Paint looks to be a smart choice if you're looking to paint your walls without worry of VOCs or harsh chemicals mucking up your interior air. And you can give this eco-friendly brand ...
Good Product: 9-Bottle Bag
What a great idea! Here's a sturdy nylon bag that has 9 individual compartments for transporting nine 1.5 liter bottles....
Green Tip: How To Recycle Appliances
With Earth Day not too far in the past, we're still thinking about ways to be greener in the kitchen, such as recycling old appliances.
Until recently, most unwanted appliances were simply dumped in ...
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