Girl Scouts and CFLs... Again?
We thought there ways no way our bizarre experience with CFLs, Scientology, and Girl Scouts could be duplicated. So you can understand why this ad in the North Berkeley BART station made a chill run ...
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Hot or Not? Cardboard Bike
This cardboard bike was designed by a Sheffield Hallam University and aims to reduce thefts and encourage bike riding in general. Of course, it's also recyclable!
via EcoGeek
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A Green Plea to Home Depot
As a rule, we try to be helpful, in life in general and in our posts here at Re-nest. So, it is with that in mind that we implore thee, Home Depot:...
Green People: Zem Joaquin
We've been slinking ecofabulous for some time now. Although we rarely cover the green fashion world, we get our fix over there. And, we're always finding great new eco-friendly furniture. In fact, w...
Green Home: 700 Palms House
I've seen the outside of this modern house in Venice hundreds of times, basically every time I come home, but with its giant walls I'd never caught a glimpse of the inside until now: ...
A Good Side Effect of Living Green: It's Thrifty
Cookie & Laurie David
Cookie has a great post up with info Laurie David's book The Down to Earth Guide to Global Warming. Included is a chart listing six very easy to implement simple steps that not only are eco-friendly b...
Biothinking's Top 40 Greenest Products
The green top 40. This list of The World's Top 40 Greenest Products by Biothinking is a helpful and interesting introduction to green product design. Some of the standouts for us:...
Green@Home: It's in the Materials
Name: Regina
Location: New York
Profession: architect, AT co-editor
To kick off July's Green@Home giveaway, we're sharing a few green tactics from our own homes. In case you missed it, check out J...
Green Tour: Green By Design in West Oakland, Part I
We met architect Matt Baran in an earlier post. Now here's a tour of the house he's building in West Oakland, California. It's designed to take advantage of the California climate... and to requir...
Survey: How Are You Conserving Water?
This drought, and the mandatory water rationing in the East Bay, has us thinking a lot about conserving water. We're trying to do it in all sorts of ways ... but the more ideas we have the better. A...
Green People: Matt Baran
Matt Baran is a young architect working in Northern California. We'll be following the house he's building in West Oakland as it is built. Matt thinks contemporary architecture should be flexible en...
Knoend's Bean Rockers
We know we've seen Knoend's Bean Rocker's blogged around these parts before, but we couldn't help bringing them back up again.
We work from home quite a bit and, as much as we love our desk, we end...
House Tour: Amy's Green House Goes Platinum
Name: Amy
Occupation: Real Estate Agent
Location: Mt. Pleasant in Washington, DC
Type: row house built in the late 1800's
Size: 1900 sq/ft
Years lived in: owned for 2 (renovations took a year)
>> E...
How To... Use Less Packaging
With my brother heading off for the Peace Corps, we're going to be sending more packages in the mail than usual over the next 27 months. We're going to do our best to keep the packaging in check, with...
Handwoven Rugs by Gene Straus Designs Weaving Studio
The rugs out of Gene Straus Designs Weaving Studio are made mostly from recycled textile scraps, including wool and denim. Available in a standard 3x5 size, the rugs would be beautiful at the foot o...
Green @ Home: The Bokashi Composter
Green month has happily coincided with our decision to try out Bokashi composting. We've always wanted to try our hand at composting but traditional composting requires a solitary corner in which to...
What Does Organic Mean, Anyway?
That's what Kenneth Chang is wondering over at the New York Times' TierneyLab blog. Does organic mean:
a) related to an organ of the body
b) natural, without artificial ingredients, grown without ...
Bamboo Box Knife Holders from VivaTerra
Over the last few holidays and birthdays, we've been building a nice little collection of Wusthof knives. They're quite a luxury (it pays to have a mother who looks at knives the way Carrie Bradshaw...
Fly Ash
If you're planning to build a new house, or looking into concrete countertops, you should know about fly ash. It's a waste product from coal-fired power plants, and it can help make your concrete muc...
Good Question: Green vs. Long-Term House Guest?
This question is ours:
We have a good friend coming to stay in our little apartment this week. She's enrolled in an internship in San Francisco and is staying for three weeks, crashing on the couch...
DIY Upcycled Lighting Ideas from Etsy
Lamps can be made from just about anything heat-resistant using a store-bought wiring kit. We've seen them made from glass bottles, ceramic cups, and sometimes even plastic and metal pieces. Since E...
Grey Water Usage in the City
Center on Halsted and Mercy Housing Lakefront are the only major buildings utilizing a grey water recycling system in the state and it seems to be a trend that is continually growing as more and more ...
Green Office Checklist
The Chicago Recycling Coalition has a comprehensive checklist for those looking to go green either in the office or at home. The list includes the basics as well as a few less obvious ideas, coverin...
12 Things You Can do to Save Energy From Southern California Edison
As we transition from Garden Month to Green Month, we thought we'd highlight the tips that Edison has listed to help us all to save energy and cut down on insane energy bills:...
Zogoflex from West Paw Design
We've got a dog that can destroy just about any toy you give her, so West Paw Design's confidence in their Zogoflex material (it's plastic) got our attention—they'll replace a damaged toy once. ...
Good Product: Trader Joe's Double Wide Cat Scratcher
That's Will.
He is so excited about the Double Wide Cat Scratcher we brought home from Trader Joe's tonight that he can barely contain himself. We're relatively certain that he'd write this post if...
A Green Success: Freecycled Television
There was a time in our lives when we didn't go an hour without checking Craigslist -- we needed jobs, furniture, and housing (luckily, that was some time ago). But, given all that Craigslist depend...
Green @ Home: Reducing Our Water Usage
Name: Shayna
Location: Oakland
I'm a firm believer in the concept of baby-steps. Grandiose ideas are great, but as for becoming reality? The follow-through just isn't always there. Like Janel, I thi...
Green Screen: Do-It-Yourself Carpet Tile Room Divider
The Ample Sample contest was conceived as a way to promote creative re-use of the many thousands of carpet tile samples shipped to architects and designers. The instructions for the winning designs ...
A Glam, Glitzy and Green Hillsborough Mansion
SF Chronicle: 07.02.08
Two questions for you, dear readers: Can you be green and glamorous? And live in a 6,000-square foot Hillsborough home? Michael and Lisa Rubenstein think so. Susan Fornoff's article in today's Chron ...
Green and Clean Kitchen Sponges
To be honest, we never really gave much thought about our kitchen sponges nor what goes into making them. But we just recently realized while replacing our ragged old sponge that the odor fighting ger...
AT On... Upgrading to Borrowing
It seems like every holiday has become an excuse to buy more stuff. We've been hearing more and more abut "upgrading" lately... especially with barbecue grills. Seems like everyone needs the biggest...
Mark Your Calendars: Wooden Duck's Summer Sale & BBQ
Hey Bay Area readers! Good News: The Wooden Duck (one of our favorite green furniture retailers) is having a huge sale in just a couple weeks....
How To: Preserve Fruit
A bit of overenthusiastic shopping amplified by the generosity of a friend (Robin of The Canisters) conspired to give us too much fruit. Rather than let it go to waste or put it in the flavor-robbing...
Welcome: Green People Month @ Re-nest
Hello everyone and happy Monday.
There's something sort of different happening here at Re-nest this month and we just wanted to give you heads up. July is Green People Month ... Maybe you noticed ...
Simple Green: 5 Ways to Clean Up Your Laundy
We hate doing laundry so we put it off and put it off until we have a full load. And we wash everything together in cold water on a short cycle (Even more hateful than laundry is waiting around for i...
Green Tea: Nature's Deodorizer
One of our beverages of choice is iced green tea, both for taste and also for its antioxidant qualities. In fact, we're brewing up a pot right now (we're crazy about Arbor Teas' Citrus Ginger Green Te...
Simple Green: Turn Off the Water While Brushing
There are big changes you can make in an effort to "go green" but the ones we'll try to implement this month are simple changes that, while easy, can have a big impact on the environment while having ...
Eco Wood Grid Shelf
Here's another great small space solution for organizing or displaying your things vertically. Big enough to hold smaller reference books and office supplies on your desk, and small enough to use in ...
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