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Hot Posts: A Question About Coffee Filters, More Uses for Spaghetti Jars, an Historic Restoration, and More

Readers this week wanted to know more about reusable coffee filters, 10 simple uses for spaghetti jars, what a green historic restoration looks like, and how a wine bottle plant nanny really works. ...

Is It All About the Money?

Would you install a wind turbine even if it doesn't make economic sense? The over 3600 answers to this question are all over the map......

Green With Envy: Stanford's Green Dorm

Our days of dorm living are far behind us -- and we remember them fondly. But not because we were being great stewards of the environment ... Maybe we saved some water in those awful, zero-water-pre...

A New Marketplace for Green Goods: eBay's WorldofGood

eBay's new Web site WorldofGood.com is designed to connect socially and environmentally aware purchasers, with sellers. There are some great items to be found, but what really caught my eye was the Co...

FrogLight by Frog Design

It's an LED that looks like an incandescent bulb and fits into your average light bulb socket. The only question we have is: Why isn't this product already available in stores? (We're impatient gr...

Greening Our Habits: Making the Dishwasher Eco-Friendlier

Around our house, we have a new motto about habits: If you can't beat 'em, green 'em. We're working on our dishwasher habit right now, and we could use some tips. Jump below to find out why....

DIY: Got Too Many Belts?

ReadyMade magazine is forever coming up with new ways to use old things. We love to browse through their projects. And when we're done, we always realize that in order to be truly happy we'll need t...

Look! A Fence of Salvaged Wood

We spotted this fence yesterday afternoon in Portland, Oregon......

Survey: Do You Feed Your Pets Organic Food?

We talk about organic produce here all the time ... but what about pet food? What are your thoughts on organic pet food? image via JnL; Flickr.com ...

Green Idea: HP Boxless Laptop

We have seen a few different situations where product packaging is reused as a protective sleeve or even TV stand. Commendable efforts, but the fact still remains that most people choose to toss the ...

Good Questions: Where Can I Find a Drying Rack that Lowers from the Ceiling?
Washington DC

A DC friend is searching for a drying rack that hangs on the ceiling and can be lowered down when needed. We mentioned the home-made rack in the DIY Home on Mystery Island, and wanted to find somet...

Conscientious Cook: Mindfulness about Waste

Refrigerators are our tombs. I spent the past weekend at Slow Food Nation and returned home with this statement from Carlo Petrini ringing in my head. posted originally from: AT:Kitchen...

Introducing: Design Shizen

We're big fans of Jetson Green, and most of the reasons why are documented in our recent interview with Preston Koerner. So we're always curious when he's up to something new....

The New Organic by Stanley Ruiz

Going out on a limb—quite literally—designer Stanley Ruiz works a creative combination of branches and metal for a modern-meets-folk look, and plaster with post-consumer waste to create spooky Got...

Blogging The Oregonian: An Interview with Ryan Walsh

We just spotted a great interview of the Portland architect who designed the house that won Dwell's "How Green Are You?" competition. His resourcefulness and willingness to try unusual approaches&mda...

Ewaste Wildlife

When old computers shut down for the last time, where do they go to die? If you can’t take your electronics to a recycling center send them to Brenda Guyton, who breathes new life into them. Brenda ...

Uhuru Sneak Peek: Via Design*Sponge

Remember Uhuru? They are the design + build furniture company behind the Bilge Lounge Chair we blogged a few months back. We like their design mission: "... We strive to make furniture and products...

What was Your Green Vacation this Summer?

Fall is getting near and Green Getaway month has just concluded here at Re-Nest. We'd love to hear what your Green Getaway was this summer!...

DIY: Cat Shelves for a Loft

In general, cat furniture (scratching posts, cat condos, cat trees, cat beds) is pretty unattractive. We know, we have the ugliest scratching post known to man. That's why, when we came across this...

Natural Flea and Tick Prevention

Our dog Fin, like a lot of pets out there, is part of the family. She lives inside, and we'll admit, crashes on the bed sometimes. But she loves to roll around outside and doesn't usually wipe her fee...

Green Event: San Francisco Living -- Home Tours

If you live in the Bay Area and are planning on being in town next weekend, then we've got some ideas about how you should spend your time. We love looking into other people's homes -- especially g...

Geos: "The First Fossil Fuel Free Community in the USA"

It's one thing to make a few green changes around your own house. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an entire neighborhood of green-minded people? That's likely to happen at Ge...

Blogging Dwell: The Green Lagoon

Can a vacation home be green? The question is similar to the ones we've asked about homes with larger-than-life square footage. And, to be honest, it probably varies on a case-by-case basis. Take ...

Canopy Beds from Eco-Furniture
Washington DC

On the hunt for a canopy bed, we're impressed by the selection available at Eco-Furniture. All the wood options are sustainably harvested solid hardwood. The metal choices are iron and aluminum cast...

Refresh Paint by Dutch Boy

We can't believe someone didn't think of this sooner! Dutch Boy (paint magnate) has teamed with Arm & Hammer (deodorizing extraordinaire) to come up with Refresh, a wall paint that actually absorbs o...

Good Question: How To Top Milk Bottles?

Here's an interesting question from reader Julia! She has a collection of milk bottles and wants to put them to good use. She says: How do you top a milk bottle? I want to use milk bottles to store...

An Unlikely Cat Treat: Organic Salad Greens

This is going to sound a little odd, but hopefully some readers can relate: Our cat loves. craves. needs. must have... salad. Some cats flip for tuna fish or chicken -- ours might just rip your fin...

Recycling Brita Filters

Remember the AOL CD’s that used to arrive in the mail every week? Turns out they stopped being sent when an organization delivered hundreds of the discs to the company’s headquarters. Now, a gro...

Escapes: Three Rivers, Oregon

This one slipped by a moment too late for for Escapes month—but, in the spirit of vacations, we're going to pretend it's still August. The New York Times tipped us off to the Three Rivers Recre...

Video: India -- Design Like You Give a Damn

"Design like you give a damn." That's the motto of Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit founded by Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr, that organizes designers to provide architectural solutions fo...

Some Stylish Green Gear for your Dog at Home

When your dog is a part of the family like ours, they start to accumulate their own goods and accessories. But how do you make sure their gear matches your decor and your desire to be green? Fortuna...

Recycled Pet Beds at GreenBeds.org

Does your dog sleep on a pet bed? Our cats have eschewed any bed we've ever bought or attempted to make for them -- always opting for our bed, the couch, or a laundry basket. But we know that some...

Recycling: Do You Pack it Out?

Over the long Labor Day weekend, we found ourselves carrying around a number of plastic bottles, cups, and utensils. Normally we try to avoid such things--but out at a family picnic, ice-cold bottled ...

Look! Stairs Made From Skateboards

Wow. We actually like this more than the Jet Set Lounge Chair by Skate Study House. If you think about it, there are a seemingly endless list of possibilities when it comes to building things with ...

Survey: What Kind of Teapot is More Green?

Our plastic electric kettle is warped from heat and we're looking for a replacement that promises to be more durable. Should we stick with an electric kettle (more efficient?) or switch to a old-fash...

BioPlastic: Friend or Foe?

For the last year or so, we've been buying biodegradable dog waste bags for cleaning up our cats' litter box. The ones we buy are biodegradable because they're made out of cornstarch -- they're biop...

Good Question: To-Go Cups for Iced Coffee?

Reader Fiona writes in with a very practical question. She says, I LOVE iced coffee and make big overnight batches at least once a week. I would love to be able to tote it around in a disposable plast...

Corded Phones: More Efficient than Cordless
Boston

Recently we blogged about a company called Old Phone Works which refurbishes vintage corded phones. It turns out that not only are these phones good looking, they're also easier on your energy bill...

New Products from Branch

As we're sure you've noticed, we here at AT are big fans of San Francisco-based Branch. It'd been awhile since we'd checked the site out, so when we visited it this morning we were happy to see that ...

Fu-Tung Cheng on Sustainability

We were browsing through some old videos we've made and we stumbled across a video with concrete master and Berkeley resident Fu-Tung Cheng in it. It's quick, and he tells you his top 3 ways to live ...

Good Question: Clean Diamonds with Vodka?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) mniche asked this question...

Blogging...Time Out New York

After making the magazine table, we decided to purge any old magazine issues we still had. But before we tossed them in the recycling bin, we came upon this 2006 "TONY" article with 28 re-purposed f...

Minimahuella

A light bulb vase... furniture made of recycled materials... zip ties instead of energy intensive metal connectors. Buenos Aries-based Minimahuella is full of good, green ideas....

Recycled Driftwood Frames by Black Eyed Susan

These recycled driftwood frames are perfect for a home with an eclectic, organic style. We could definitely see them in a casual, beachy bungalow. Actually, we think they'd go well with our Chaba c...

The Herman Miller Aeron Chair:
Easy on the eyes - great for your back AND the environment.

Maybe you've heard it advertised on the radio as one of the most comfortable or ergonomic chairs available; tried it out at DWR; or possibly you're lucky enough to have one at work or in your home off...

Best Cat Toys That Cost Nothing

Cats are funny animals. We buy toys for ours and they bat them around with little to no interest -- we accidentally drop a bottle top on the kitchen floor and they play with it for hours. What do ...

Eco-Friendly Flooring
...and a Gentle Reminder to Save the Planet

Last week during our lunch break in downtown Austin, we stopped in our tracks at I F+D Furniture. We didn't have time to go in, but did have time to snap a pic of their front door, sporting this adora...

Wine Bottle Plant Nanny

Here's a green way to solve one of our biggest problems: forgetting to water plants. Not incidentally, it also provides a good reason to polish off a few bottles of wine......

Welcome: September is Pet Month

Yeah, if we can find any excuse to post a picture of a cute puppy here at Re-nest, it's pretty much guaranteed that we're gonna do it. That's why we're especially excited about September, which is ...

Rabbit Run Inn: Green Getaway in Sawyer, Michigan

Spotted on A Fresh Squeeze, this midwestern getaway offers an eco-friendly escape on the beaches of Lake Michigan. Newly opened on Memorial Day, Rabbit Run Inn combines "old world charm" with new cons...

Energenie: Energy Saving for the Lazy

We have seen things like the Belkin Conserve which are designed to help you eliminate vampire power. The idea is to provide an easy way of fully disconnecting devices without having to crawl behind f...

Denim Insulation in the California Academy of Sciences Building

We've heard of denim insulation before, but not on this scale. The new California Academy of Sciences Building in Golden Gate Park is insulated with 200,000 pairs of jeans donated by the Levi Straus...

Asus Goes Green With Bamboo Laptops

Asus launched the Asus Bamboo Series notebook. This isn't the first time that Asus has used natural products in their laptops. They have successfully used leather in the past. The bamboo just goes a s...

Happy Labor Day from Re-Nest

Happy Labor Day We're taking the day off and spending some time outside; however, we're also thinking about those whose homes and families are in the Gulf Coast Area. For everyone whose lives are ...