Good Question: A Green Way to Get Rid of Cat Pee?
"Cat pee is evil, evil stuff."
-Monica
Many more after the jump, including:"One good way to determine whether or not office tap water is safe t...
Mozmun20 left this question as a comment on Wednesday's "Save the Bees" post:
"I know that you guys are trying to save the bees, but first thing my wife is really allergic to bees and second is tha...
Vermont's Rutland Herald introduced us to Alexander Lee, the person behind Project Laundry List....
It's Onzo -- another gadget that can tell you the amount of energy you are using (and wasting) in your home. One you have that information, you can work on improving that big old carbon footprint.
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They popped up on Earth Day back in April. On Montague Street, the struggling commercial street in Brooklyn Heights, green shoji lanterns were installed by the Montague Street Business Improvement D...
The Kansas town of Greensburg, devastated by a tornado in May 2007, is rebuilding as an entirely green community of 1500 people. There is a lot of publicity surrounding the town's reconstruction: a ...
Perfect for Spring Cleaning Month — The New York Times explores the growing number of people eschewing store-bought, big name brands and making their own cleaning products at home. In addition to cu...
In our new apartment we've only recently begun to use a new feature, one that we'd never encountered before, a Mr. Slim split-ductless AC system. Not totally attractive at first because these bulbo...
We spotted an ad for Ecohaul on a bus shelter this morning in Berkeley.Looks like they're a Bay Area hauling service that promises to be greener than the rest. The prices are reasonable, if not cheap...
We've been a little obsessed with packaging as of late.
It all started when we switched from our regular old organic milk to Strauss Family Creamery. We're a sucker for their glass bottles. They tak...
We've just moved to Berkeley, California, where the city runs a fantastic food waste recycling (that is, composting) program. Stephanie blogged about the little green bin that showed up on her doorst...
If you have a yard, and you aren't deathly allergic to bees, there are a number of things you can do to help them out. Because bees are having a hard time these days and need a little TLC.
First, y...
Many folks these days are using Reel Mowers to manage their lawn. They require little up keep and are better for the environment by far, but have you ever wondered how to maintain them properly?
Clic...
The auction house Phillips de Pury asked a group of international designers to work with their waste materials when creating homes for some of Britain's threatened species of birds, bats and bees. M...
We just heard from Aaron at AT:NY that Zipcar is running a special promotion in Chicago this summer called the Low Car Diet. If you agree to forgo using your car for 1 month (7/21 - 8/15) and use a co...
Copies become original in the hands of Jens Praet. He turns discarded spreadsheets, et al, into shelves and consoles with the strength of wood and ghost of old business....
We've got too many roommates of the eight-legged variety. What to do?...
Although we'd hate to believe it -- we know there are plenty of households out there that haven't yet switched over to CFLs.
Now's the time!
They're getting cheaper. Their mercury levels are com...
We've been trying to figure out whether it makes economic sense to replace an old 1.6 gallon per flush toilet that needs repair with a nifty new dual flush model. Given the drought here in California...
Last week we found out how to make a flower box out of a credit card. Now this little project, also from Instructables, makes an incandescent light bulb into a symbol of green, not waste......
Room & Board has always been a favorite of ours for interiors, but they do beautiful and environmentally responsible outdoor furnishings, too......
Maybe it's just us, but we don't use paper towels in our home. When guests are hanging out in the kitchen, they're always shocked that we don't have a roll on hand. We think it started out as thrift...
We popped into Mohr & McPherson’s clearance center last week and discovered these great side tables from India. They’re 20” square and constructed of Shesham wood, also known as Indian Rosew...
Like to garden? Live in or near San Francisco? Want to make a strong statement about the Slow Food movement?...
Sometimes we feel like the only people on the planet who don't have a flat screen TV. The folks just bought one over Father's Day weekend, and we're apparently living in the dark ages.
But there ar...
Just the other day, a friend was giving us a super hard time about our lack of preparedness. Seriously. We live in the Bay Area (i.e., earthquake central) and we don't even own a first aid kit. We'r...
The Post-Materialist, blogging at the T Magazine site, found green inspiration in these way retro cottages with their anachronistically green box beds and high-back chairs......
Nothing like a hammock! For the first time, we have room for one at home - just have to get used taking it down if rain is coming (our b&w all-cotton one bleeds and would eventually fall apart, we fea...
Spotted over at ReadyMade, this DIY project arose out of a move. The resident had just moved into a new home and had lots of bubble wrap around from unpacking. One thing they didn't have, though, we...
Now, this is really living small. But hey, it is Garden Month and this is Apartment Therapy. So, check out how to make this tiny flower box for your own home......
Since we're blogging all things outdoors this month on Apartment Therapy, we thought we'd highlight a great article that recently popped up on EcoWorldly listing "17 Reasons Why Bicycles Are the Mos...
$1.40 isn't a bad price for a decent quality CFL, but the PGE rebate (for Bay Area electric customers) makes these FEIT Conserv-Energy bulbs cost 65¢ each. That's actually less than incandescent lig...
Wouldn't it be nice if, at the end of the month, PG&E owed you $703.46? They wouldn't exactly cut you a check, but wouldn't the knowledge be gratifying?
That's the kind of energy bill Steve Greenbe...
We're moving and trying out with different ways to go green in the process. We liked the idea of U-Haul's reusable boxes. They are preprinted with labels for multiple moves so that they can be easil...
We're not exactly sure what these blue plastic flower pots used to be, but they certainly served some other purpose.
We saw them as we were walking to the grocery store yesterday afternoon and grab...
Chicago firm Wilkinson Blender has been featured on AT before. (Remember the ultra-cool, LEED-certified live/work space of Smog Veil Records? They did that.) They're great at making use of spaces th...
Sometimes we get a little sick of seeing FLOR everywhere. Even though we love the fact that it's recyclable and easy to maintain, we get tired of the limitations of the grid. When you have a FLOR ru...
Terra Keramik Ceramics is a great way to bring some life to your table or your morning cup of joe. They are 100% food safe, durable and so earth friendly it makes you wonder why other companies are...
Short showers and unplugged refrigerators? What a pleasure to wake yesterday to see our old college (Oberlin) still pushing buttons and making people think on the front page of the NYTimes. This ti...
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