Here's what readers of Re-nest were hot for this week: A homemade humidifier, a grey water toilet system, a garbage disposal survey, and a list of the top 10 most dangerous foods.
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Tweet-a-Watt won 1st Place at the Greener Gadgets contest this year – it’s an open source hack that takes the data from a Kill-a-Watt and publishes via social networking site, Twitter. The device ...
We just can't get over this bright and cheery Flowered Enamel Tinware set from VivaTerra. It's just so perky and fun. While it's intended as a reusable picnic set, we can see it sitting pretty on ...
With spring nearly here and summer just around the corner, what better to help set the mood for your outdoor parties and barbecues than some solar powered lights from Ikea. And they're hitting the gro...
It's bathroom month here, and that gives us yet another excuse to bring up... toilet paper! We talk a lot about TP here. We've talked about using less, about going recycled, and even about alternative...
THIS WEEK
• Amenity Home Linen Pillows Sale
• Branch Home Sale
• VivaTerra Sale
• Shirts of Bamboo Sale
• 7th Generation Sale
• Gaiam Sale
• Eden Home Sale
• Lo...
We looked into renting a car this weekend for a possible quick ski trip. (Love my bike, but it only gets you so far.) Though when we learned the cost of renting one, we decided to do a bus trip inste...
Here are the things we're looking at this morning: a gizmo that filters your bath water, a good-looking rainwater cistern (finally), solar lights at IKEA, and a SmartSwitch.
Get the links after the j...
RBW Core House is a project undertaken by Nonya Grenader and students in Rice University's Building Workshop program, where Grenader is a professor. The goal of the project was to update and maximiz...
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Every year, Baltimore gets to host one of the American Craft Council's annual shows. While the Council also holds shows in Atlanta, Charlotte, St. Paul, San Fra...
From makeshift side table to auxiliary storage to pet bed, we thought we'd seen plenty when it came to reusing a suitcase. But this takes the cake as a creative option for a travel-themed bar area o...
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Check out Petz Scholtus's environmentally responsible renovation of her 18th-century apartment in Barcelona, Spain — The New York Times shows us the result...
This past Christmas we got a great biodegradable pot and organic seed set made by Rosso International. Now that March has arrived, we decided it was finally time to plant the seeds and see how it work...
1. Ron and Lisa's Sustainable House Tour
2. Amazing Missouri Home Built in a Natural Cave
3. Little House in the Woods
4. Ann's 2-in-1 House
5. The VHouse
Check out a few of our top Hous...
This isn't the first time we've seen art-from-car parts. These functional and recycled pieces come from Chicago artist Scott Sullivan and are available for purchase on Etsy....
Last weekend we sowed seeds for herbs, peppers, and even berries and have our fingers crossed that they'll come up in a few weeks and begin to grow with gusto! (See that tiny little bean sprout in the...
Rosanna Bowles' tableware collection is stunning, and we've long been fans of it. But we recently checked out her green collection made of 100% recycled Mexican glass, and loved the sparkling color...
Not only do they help install green roofs, this woman-owned company also plants gorgeous succulents in recycled paper and concrete containers. ...
Just when we thought we were over lighting made from salvaged objects (we've seen a lot of it lately), we stumbled on these lights over at Haute*Nature.
We're smitten....
Funny, organizational, multi-purpose, recycled "friend figures," these animal caddies can be used to store your stuff, serving as an eye-catcher (and catch-all) in a home office, bathroom, bedroom, et...
Photo from: Survey: Would You Add Solar Panels to Your Home?
We were excited to learn that the District Department of the Environment (DDOE) is offering grants to help support clean energy technolog...
The tiny house movement continues to hold strong, with coverage by big media outlets such as CNN, the Oprah Winfrey show, and now the Economist. The British magazine focuses on two builders we've fe...
Since it's Kitchen & Bathroom month here, we're thinking a lot about water conservation. Because we don't have a garden, the majority of our water usage takes place in those two rooms.
We're always t...
We first heard about LUSH from friends who lived in England and raved about their bath bombs. When LUSH opened up shop in Chicago we got to see first hand that LUSH is great for so many reasons other...
Alena Hennessy is a North Carolina-based designer who creates based on the things she loves in art and in life: "simplicity, stillness and a sense of little things relating to one another, all peac...
This morning before work I took another sad look at the seeds we started a few weeks back, disappointed by our lack of sun inside our home and frustrated by the snow on the ground outside. While there...
Since we're all abuzz about bathrooms this month, let's talk skin care for just a minute. Now here's a market that involves large amounts of processing, packaging, and shipping. Not to mention, natura...
Do you ever get confused by all the different eco labels out there? Certified Organic, Verified Organic, All Natural, Environmental Choice, Forest Stewardship Council Certified, Fair Trade Certifie...
This could be the first Leed Platinum project in Pennsylvania. The developer, a trio of brothers, including an architect, a real estate agent, and a plumber, have applied for the USGBC's highest certi...
We've got a theme for this morning's Slinks: Trash.
First, we've got 10 easy ways to reduce household waste, then a trip to the San Francisco dump, then a Repair Manifesto, and finally a story about ...
Last week I visited Tara Kolla at her home, also known as Silver Lake Farms in Los Angeles. Her backyard is a half acre or so of paradise where she grows flowers, citrus and herbs for herself, for mar...
I am not really giving anything up for Lent, but my husband, sister and I decided to keep a joint food journal online for the next 40 days. Why? Well, a food journal is a good idea for so many reasons...
Least Is most. There's something poetic about pallets. These are just a couple of statements made by Tiny Free House creator Michael Janzen about his project of making a house out of wooden shipping...
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A very good friend of mine happens to be a very talented handy man — there are so many elements in his home that one could take inspiration from. March is ...
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"When I first saw Breanne's project, I was simply blown away by the rooftop garden. Rainwater harvesting...
I grew up with a garbage disposal, but didn’t have one in any of my apartments for the last 8 years and I really missed it. So when my BF and I moved into our condo last year, we were incredibly exc...
We love these botanical felt pillows from Etsy seller Alexandra Ferguson. All of her pillows are made from 100% post-consumer recycled felt pillows. Each pillow is approximately the equivalent of 4 ...
That doesn't look like it's made from cardboard! We've had some great posts on cardboard furniture you can buy that doesn't LOOK like cardboard, but most DIY options resemble the brown recyclable s...
Pasta is a pantry staple in most homes, in some way, shape, or form; we find ourselves eating it probably twice a week, whether as a main dish, stirred into some soup, or cold in a noodle salad.
The...
It's Bathroom Month here on Re-Nest, and we're kicking it off with a list of ways to make your bathroom cleaner and greener. We're not talking about any major renovations, like replacing your floor...
The hand-painted colors of this clock caught our eye, and then we learned the piece was actually upcycled...
Can you tell what it is?...
click for more picsThank You all! After one month of remarkable submissions, we want to thank everyone who contributed to this grand sharing and to all the readers who used our new "thumbs up" wi...
Continuing with our coverage of the affordable housing movement in Austin (check out previous posts here, here and here), we had the pleasure of getting involved last week with a great program of the...
Unplggd recently sat down for some Japanese food with Jason Hill, Principal of Eleven, LLC and Designer of the revolutionary Aptera electric and plug-in hybrid/electric vehicle coming out this year. ...
Sustainable Pet Design has created this eco-friendly dog house for the Obamas' eagerly-anticipated dog-to-be. Green vendors and even a rockstar have contributed to the design and interest in the Summ...
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. 3r. Opened in 2004, 3r Living's Park Slope location has been keeping the 'hood (and the rest of us as well) well-stocked in the green department. The products that you’l...
Have you enjoyed seeing all the DIY and How To tips and projects in this year's February Jumpstart? If so, now is your last chance to give helpful projects a big thumb's up. All the projects have be...
March is Kitchen & Bath month here at Re-nest, so we thought we'd start things off by discussing one of the more controversial green bathroom topics: composting toilets.
We don't know too much about ...
Valcucine has been know for years for being a high-end, but green conscious kitchen and furniture company. Their products are incredibly well thought-out, but they’ve taken it to the next level by c...
“Cow poop is cow poop... Can’t you guys do something with this stuff — make a flowerpot or something?” Uttered at a brainstorming meeting for Connecticut dairy farmers in 1998, those wor...
I've had my tankless water heater for little under a year and I'm still in love. Though the installation was involved, the savings on my energy bill and convenience of unlimited hot water when we have...
Over the weekend, the bf came down with a cough, and was very close to buying a bottle of cough syrup to combat it. But when we stopped in at a natural foods store, we came across a display of vials, ...
When it comes to fruit and vegetables, we've discussed the dirty dozen before, but this iist is worth a read because it takes into consideration fish and poultry....
All kinds of strange and wonderful things in the green blogoshphere this morning: A desk that becomes a bed (sort of), furniture that grows mushrooms, patio furniture that is beautiful and sustainable...
We loved Jer Thorp's charts he created for Ouno Design. They're at once beautiful and informative, conveying in an instant the shifts and changes in our language and lives. When Ouno Design tipped u...
Earlier this week Jon Stewart (yes, we are a little obsessed) invited Amazon's Jeff Bezos on the show to talk about the new Kindle e-reader. In between the loud and jovial laughter by Jeff, Jon broug...
Composting, says the Gorilla Composting mission statement, "is a necessity and a responsibility".
The group, founded by biological engineering alum Daniel Spitzberg and Kealan Gell, has created an...
In this week's AT Boston House Tour (Two Friends Create a Blended Home), we revealed Sarah and Megan's lovely, homey apartment which they decorated and furnished almost entirely with trash finds and...
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