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A No 'Poo Movement, At-Home Dry Cleaning, and More
Hot Posts for 03.27.2009

Here's a little sample of what was hot at Re-nest this week: A discussion of the "No 'Poo" (shampoo) movement, a look at a few at-home dry cleaning options, a debate over liquid vs. bar soap, and a su...

The Spring Cure: Clearing the Path
Week 2.75 - Show and Tell

As you’ve (hopefully!) discovered, the assignments in Week 2 of the Cure can be so liberating. Editing your home—cleaning, sorting, and allowing yourself to detach from items you don’t need—is...

EcoDrain: Waste Water Heat Exchanger

Hot water down the drain seems like a waste of energy, right? Well, a low-tech product called EcoDrain is aiming to recapture that energy by placing a heat exchange device between your outgoing shower...

PURE Furniture Design by Ami McKay

Cyrilla Daybed We were taken aback when we came across Canadian company PURE and Ami McKay's beautiful and "guilt-free" furniture line. They've managed to create green furniture without sacrificing o...

Survey: Consumers Want to Save Money Not the Planet

According to a telephone survey of 500 preformed by The Shelton Group in January 2009, consumers are more interested in saving money than they are in saving the planet. Are you surprised? See the res...

Make Your Own All-Natural Carpet Refresher

Ever since she was a puppy, our dog Fin has loved to bask on the carpet in any sunny spot she can find. It's really cute, but keeping the carpet clean is always a chore. To keep our place smelling f...

The Weekend Green Guide: Sales & Events
Online and In-Stores 3.27.09

THIS WEEK • Velocity Sale • Structured Green Sale • Gaiam Free Shipping • The Company Store Organic Bedding Sale • Amenity Home Linen Pillows Sale • EConscious Market Sal...

Does the Economy Affect the Green Movement?
The New Yorker 3.30.09

U.S. gasoline consumption fell nearly 6% in 2008. As someone who doesn't drive a car, it's easy for me to think that gas prices should simply remain high if it encourages people to drive less, walk mo...

Share Your Garden Using Veggie Trader

Visiting my mother in the summer usually means returning home with bags full of tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and whatever else she happens to be growing in her vegetable garden. She always has too mu...

Cheap Ways to Spruce Up for Spring
SF Chronicle

Creating a carpet runner at SCRAPEven if your budget for home-related expenses has shrunk, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can't spruce things up a bit for the new season. The SF Chronicle shares...

Look! Amish Pennsylvania Kitchen

We came across this Amish kitchen from a historical farmhouse site, and we think it is so beautiful. The appliances surprised us, too; the refrigerator is gas-powered!...

Scotch-Brite Greener Clean Products

If you're anything like us, you're starting to get that "Spring Cleaning" itch. We're thinking that next weekend might be the right time for our all-out cleaning bonanza. We'll probably need a few su...

The Spring Cure:
Clearing the Path Week 2 - Tips & Tricks

This is where the rubber meets the road! After absorbing Abby and Laure's tips last week, you're probably ready to roll up your sleeves and start turning your creative vision into your home's reality....

Survey: Paper or Cloth Tissue?

We talk a lot about making the switch from virgin to recycled for toilet paper, and entirely eliminating paper towels - but what about the other household paper product, facial tissue? Grist recently ...

Etsy Find: Colorful Modern Bird Feeders

What kind of birds do you have? If you have rustic, shabby-chic loving birds, then your standard wooden bird house will do. But if your birds are the cutting-edge, futuristic type, then they might...

Drink Bottle Lights by Sarah Turner

While the Drink Bottle Lights aren't a completely new idea, this one actually looks really good. Thirty 500ml plastic Coke bottles were reused to make this lampshade and the inner base is made from re...

Community Involvement: Green Volunteerism

As the weather begins to turn to spring (ok, maybe you have a few weeks of winter left, but go with us here), we can't help but start thinking about outdoor volunteer opportunities. Chances are, you...

OWL: Objects With Light by Georgiosi

We're in love with Georgiosi's OWL ("Objects With Light") collection. Reclaimed lighting is not a new concept, by any means, but these objects have been particularly chosen for their picturesq...

Book Review: Prefab Green

Attention fans of Michelle Kaufmann and fans of prefab design! And, also, fans of really beautiful photos ... We've got a book to suggest for you: Prefab Green by Michelle Kaufmann and Cathy Remick. ...

Look! A Play Kitchen Made from Fresh Direct Boxes

We just saw this project over at Ohdeedoh and thought it was genius. A very crafty mom turned Fresh Direct delivery boxes into a precious little play kitchen. That's a brownie pan as the sink! Get a "...

Barn Conversions

Built from materials made to withstand the elements, barns can make beautiful and long-lasting homes. They often come equipped with lofty ceilings, wide-plank wood, and impressive landscapes. With s...

Window Love: Hubcab Trim Turned Portal Windows

We're always excited to see what projects our favorite interior designers take on in their own homes, and Erika McPherson Powell of Urban Grace Interiors certainly does not disappoint! Wanting to gi...

Hank&Cheef Handkerchiefs

Yesterday we showed you Allyson's strategy for keeping cloth handkerchiefs handy around the house so now our mission is to procure handkerchiefs. We saw a pack at our local discount store the other...

Look! Suitcase Table at Oakland's Waterfront Hotel

We just happened upon this photo, while browsing through Bay Area hotels. We absolutely love the way they've used vintage suitcases as the base for a large table in the lobby....

3.5" Floppy Disk Into Record Player Greeting Card Project

We're afraid to ask if some of you still remember 3.5" floppy disks. But if you happen to have a few of the archeological technology remnants still around, wasting away to oblivion, how about this coo...

Locavore App: Tracks Seasonal Produce

Eating locally and seasonally just got easier with the new iPhone App, Locavore. This app uses GPS technology to detect your location and then displays a list of fruits and vegetables that are locally...

AT Survey: Bagged vs. Bagless Vacuum Cleaners

Confession: I hate bagless vacuum cleaners. Granted, it might be the greener choice because you're not using and throwing away all those bags. But isn't it a little self-sabotaging to have invest...

Simple Green: Grow a Butterfly Garden

Butterflies are not only beautiful and harmless creatures, but they also provide natural pest protection against destructive aphids, eat rotten fruit aiding in composting, pollinate flowering plants a...

Keeping the Water Clean: Simple Home Gardening Tips

Here in Austin, taking care of the environment is at the top of the to-do list. We're quite proud of all the city's efforts, especially because helpful information tends to circulate quickly. With on...

Designers Find Inspiration in RISD's Nature Lab
I.D. March/April 2009

Nature is a great source of inspiration, as interaction designer Philip Worthington and product designers Todd Bracher and Anna Rabinowicz discovered when they spent a day at the Nature Lab on the c...

Annie Shopping Cart Chair by Reestore

Rescuing unwieldy shopping carts after they've been abandoned in an alleyway, ditch or under a bridge, Reestore gives them new life as a chair......

DIY Victory Garden, Multifunctional Furniture, and More
Slinks for 03.24.2009

Plenty to sink your teeth into today: Take your cues from the Obamas and start your own Victory Garden (with some help from CasaSugar), daydream about a tiny vacation home, and gaze at 10 pieces of ex...

Waterhog Doormat Collection from L.L. Bean

L.L. Bean asks, "Is it wrong to love a doormat?" Don't think so. If you're reading Apartment Therapy, chances are that you're the type of person that loves something in your home that others find neut...

Alesina Design
Baltimore

Inna Alesina is a designer who takes sustainability and functionality into account when designing her products. Graduating with a degree from Parsons School of Design in New York, her mission is "t...

Green Idea: Handmade Hanky Storage

We've switched to CFLs, outfitted the family with Klean Kanteens, dutifully recycle everything we can and are looking for the next painless green step we can make in our household - the reusable han...

In Case You Missed It: Solar Lighting at Ikea

While the Ikea Summer 2009 sneak peek at AT LA had us lusting over the Arholma outdoor sectional, what we didn't, and should have taken a closer look at, was the solar lighting selection. We are yet t...

Manforts: Adam's 135 sf DIY

Boys used to build forts. Men used to hang out in the garage or go ice fishing. We recently blogged "The Man Room." Now they just get handy and build themselves forts that look like something out o...

MIO Eco Products at Target

As newbie gardeners, with very little outdoor space, we're just getting geared up for our very first foray into the mysterious world of plants. Seriously, they baffle us. But we're determined to grow ...

The Spring Cure: Clearing the Path

Wow, we're really growing this time. I couldn't be happier. Hopefully our new page and the emails (first one went out on Saturday) are helping, and we've also got one Flickr account that we can all us...

Vintage Grain Sack Seating by InstallationAntiques

InstallationAntiques is an online vintage house wares shop that carries a number of early and mid-century pieces. The shop offers many fun and funky refurbished styles of furniture, but we were partic...

Right Brain Terrain: Alternative Motivational Posters

We've never been much for motivational posters. While the sentiment is right, they always come off looking cheesy and cheap. Right Brain Terrain's AMPs (alternative motivational posters) try to avo...

Best New Green Materials for Your Interior

New for 2009, these innovative interior building products are not only eco-friendly, but also better-performing and more attractive that those of last year. See 7 great new green products after the ju...

A Food Revolution?
New York Times 3.21.09

We spent time harvesting my mother's garden over the weekend, whisking pounds of kale, spinach, sugar snap peas, onions, turnips, and carrots back to the city with us. Farm-fresh food, dirt still clin...

Grow Your Own Fresh Air

Ever wonder what are the best plants for your health? Green architecture activist Kamal Meattle shares the top three plants he thinks can make a big difference to your indoor air quality. And he s...

How To Homestead

Usually apartment dwellers are trying to get rid of vermin--not bring them in. Over at How To Homestead, one urbanite shows how to compost indoors with a homemade worm bin, along with videos about a K...

Inspiration: Laurie Owen's Romantic & Organic Interiors

click thumbnails for larger pics South African designer Laurie Owen creates amazingly peaceful spaces. Her interior designs for African homes and hotels are inspiring for both aesthetic and env...

Farmers' Market Report: Spring in Silver Lake
Los Angeles

Though the skies have been rather cloudy in LA these past couple of days, the scene at the Silver Lake farmers' market was bright and lively. There's still quite a bit of citrus, but between the crate...

Sneak Peek: Before and Afters from Danny Seo's Home
Simply Green Spring 2009 LookBook

click thumbnails for larger picsReaders of Daily Danny know that he's been hard at work doing a green renovation of his home and working with JCPenney as their Green Living partner. Here are a f...

Roundup: The-End-All-AT-Laundry-Guide

After returning home late last night from our Chicago get-away, we opened our suitcase to find our favorite white shirt had become best buds with our red lip gloss (which we swear was in a zip top ba...

Hot or Not? Deodr by Wu Kun-chia for Scenario Lab

This is sort of cracking us up and intriguing us ... it's Deodr, a contraption that freshens your clothes through the power of a photocatalyst light tube and fan-induced convection (whatever that mea...

Recycled & Biodegradable Home Goods by Casabella

We've always liked the design of the Casabella goods from a purely visual standpoint and now they have taken the line to a green(er) place. At the Home & Housewares show yesterday, we saw their crad...

Green Gadget: BLUEline PowerCost Monitor

Sometimes the easiest way to cut down on power usage is by visual feedback – real-time information displaying your household electric consumption. The BLUEline PowerCost Monitor and Energy Meter doe...

Eggshell Stationary from Studioroom906

No, we're not talking about the color eggshell. We're talking about actual eggshells. Studioroom906 has designed a stationary set called Childhood Memories made of eggshells melded together under v...

DIY Branch Trellis in a Pot

Instead of buying a trellis at the local home improvement store, why not try your hand at making one from scraps of branches with this simple DIY....

Earth Hour 2009: Mark Your Calendars
Saturday, March 28, 2009

We know it's Monday, but that just means we're all thinking about the weekend already--so take a moment to mark your calendars because you'll want to be a part of Earth Hour this Saturday, March 28, a...

Flickr Finds: Ironing Board Picnic Tables

We love this. Vintage ironing boards used as outdoor tables! Yes, they're a little narrow, but they're colorful and sturdy. We found this image from Flickr user One Take Movie, and apparently it ...

Liquid vs. Bar Soap

We tend to buy liquid soap for our bathroom sink. Since we share it with guests, using the same bar would kind of ick us out. But then we started thinking about how liquid must weigh more, plus there'...

Battery Recycling Made Simple

We were holding onto some old batteries until we could finally make it to an electronic recycling drive, but we just found out where we could properly dispose of them any day of the week......

10 Masterpieces of Cardboard Design, Egglings, and More
Slinks for 03.23.2009

Here are a few things for you to take a peek at on this beautiful Monday morning: A fascinating post on packaging waste (by the CEO of TerraCycle), some tips on recycling beauty product packaging (and...

Reduce Waste: Cycle Older Foods to the Front

In the restaurant biz, this is called "FIFO," or "First In First Out." Unlike some of those crazy molecular gastronomy shenanigans, this is one restaurant trick we can definitely apply at home! Let's ...

Why Not? How To Go Paper Towel-Less in the Kitchen

It's really not as hard as you might imagine. And just think: You don't have to find somewhere to install a paper towel holder. We've got some tips, plus a few questions for you, below......

Green Ideas: The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides

The Environmental Working Group has just put out their fifth edition of the classic, "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides" including the Dirty Dozen and the lesser known Clean 15. This is a great way to ...

House Tour: Marcella's Miracle Cob House
Cullinan, South Africa

Name: Marcella de Boom Occupation: Artist Location: Cullinan, South Africa Type: Cob house Size: 970 sq.ft. Years lived in: 9 >> See Marcella's Gallery! Marcella de Boom is no ordinary woman, s...