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If you've been hunting for wall-mounted, closed storage for the kitchen, Toronto-based Urban Product might have just the design for you. They've come up with Kitschin, an ingenious little storage bin that reuses something that might otherwise have ended up in a landfill...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

Slow Home is a movement founded by architect John Brown of Calgary. Slow Home says "We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs...

posted originally from: AT:San Francisco

If you're using place cards at your dinner table this holiday, maybe consider using something that's already on the table as a holder: the tines of each setting's fork. I found this idea when planning for my wedding and put it right to use as it reduces clutter at the table and can save a lot of time and money for more important elements of your party...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

We've been picking up clementines at the market lately, and they generally come in handy wooden boxes. While we've seen Maxwell's neat idea for repurposing the clementine peel, we haven't talked much on reusing the boxes...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

Do you know the six sins of greenwashing? Going "green" can be a bit confusing. It's tough to tell if a product will really help you make a positive impact on the environment or if it's just jumping on the green bandwagon. EcoLogo is a helpful logo we just discovered that helps identify good green products...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

A visit to Montreal's Biosphere over the weekend reminded us of the forward thinking of R. Buckminster Fuller. He designed the US Pavilion for Montreal's World Expo of 1967 (pictured up top). The dome itself is an example of one of his green ideas: to provide as much shelter as possible with as little material as possible. But there's lots more...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

Earlier this week we saw Les Fourmis' Campaign Sign Reuse. They got creative in reusing all of that political signage that's posted during a campaign then generally goes to waste after an election's over. In the days following Canada's recent election, Les Fourmis removed such signs and gave them a new purpose. A few of you asked if instructions were available so you could do this yourself come November 5...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

Montreal's Gazette took us inside the home of Emmanuel Cosgrove last month. His Plateau rowhouse achieved LEED Platinum certification in 2007: an distinction of only four homes in North America at the time. Cosgrove, with his consulting company Écohabitation, helped bring LEED for Homes to Canada, which will start up next spring. Read on for more than a few ways that Cosgrove practices sustainable living in his own home...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

At a party we attended this weekend, we spotted bouquets of carrots arranged in simple glass vases. The carrots were down in the water and their greens sprouted out of the tops. Guests at the party eventually even plucked carrots here and there from the arrangements and nibbled away. We didn't get any snapshots, but these pics give you the idea...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

A tribute to water. Designed in Montreal, Aquaovo's Ovopur uses age-old principals to clean and restore tap water to crystal clear quality in the greenest possible way...

posted originally from: AT:Chicago

Created by the Young Architects Boston Group, Parti Wall, Hanging Green is a panelized system for greening up an otherwise blank brick wall. The prototype is made of planted panels supported on a cable grid.

posted originally from: AT:New York

Green Clean is a remarkable company, creating green cleaning products and practicing what they preach. We enjoyed a look through their website, where they shared their background, their own green moves, and the moves they'd like to make but haven't yet implemented and why...

posted originally from: AT:New York

With many pieces made of reclaimed lumber, 11th Hour Furniture custom builds furnishings with the environment in mind. Their woodworking shop is energy efficient, all finishes are VOC free, and all scraps from the production process are recycled...

posted originally from: AT:New York

Dwell and the American Institute of Architects recently hosted the How Green Are You? contest, challenging homeowners to show off their green homes. Now, the winners have been announced, along with a slideshow of their homes...

posted originally from: AT:New York