Getting Back to Basics: A Book About the Simple Life
We wanted to share our new eBay purchase. It holds some resonance in the current economy. Check out what's inside... posted originally from: AT:New York...
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360SEE Gallery
1924 N Damen AveChicago, Illinois 60647773.698.6340 www.360seegallery.com After you've browsed the green gifts at Grasshopper510, walk down the block to the new art gallery, 360SEE. If you’re loo...
Guide to Green Home Renovations
If you are one of the many people planning to embark on a home renovation and hoping to do it in an environmentally friendly manner, then read on to learn more about tools that may help make your pr...
Book: Make It! by Jane Bull
We love giving books as presents, especially when it comes to kids. This one, which uses recyclables and household trash to craft projects, is so cute it may just bring out the inner child in you. ...
Wikia Green
Yesterday, Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, announced the launch of Wikia Green. Similar to Wikipedia, the site will act as a database of information that can be instantly updated to reflect the mos...
Green Maps for Greener Travel
Want to travel environmentally but don’t know where to go? We’ve posted before about Green Maps of Chicago Neighborhoods, but what about green maps for the rest of the world?...
Green on the Inside: Eco Consulting For Your Space
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Does Apartment Therapy’s July theme of “Green @ Home” have you finally thinking about how to eco-fy your home and life a bit? At the same time, do you feel daunted by the dizzying onslaught ...
Planet Green: Your Thoughts?
Last week on June 4, The Discovery Network launched Planet Green, an all-green, 24/7 television channel....
10 Ways to a Greener Bathroom
Green Living
How much more is there to say about bathrooms? We blogged the heck out of them last month, but found an article about making your bathroom more eco-friendly that showed a few stones had still gone unt...
Green Tips: Recycling Appliances
With Earth Day earlier this week, we're especially thinking about ways to be greener in the kitchen, such as recycling old appliances. Until recently, most unwanted appliances were simply dumped in la...
Al Gore's New Slideshow: Climate Change and Our Generational Mission
Filmed last month and newly posted on TED Talks, Al Gore's new slideshow on the pace of climate change and our generational mission is clearheaded, shocking, informational and very inspirational...cli...
Re-Nest Book Club: Deep Economy Chapter 4
In Chapter 4 of Deep Economy, Bill McKibben leaves the theoretical and starts offering some real examples of communities creating their own local economies -- whether it's through a radio station or...
Re-Nest Book Club: Deep Economy Chapter 3
Hey there! Anyone out there reading along? Other than one very thoughtful comment from tanager96 last week, we didn't have much conversation about Deep Economy. Check in with a quick hello if you a...
Re-nest Book Club: Deep Economy Chapters 1 & 2
Is more better?...
YellowPagesGoesGreen.Org
Talk about an idea whose time has come! We've worked hard at reducing our catalog consumption -- we've battled junk mail ... But what about phone books? We never actually use them anymore, but we ...
Little Homestead in the City: The Self-Sufficient Dervaes Family
Did you read the Laura Ingalls Wilder books when you were a kid? Those idyllic days of self-sufficiency are long gone...or are they? The Dervaes family in Pasadena are "urban pioneers" and they live ...
Low Impact Living Impact Calculator
Yes, it's another footprint calculator -- and this time it comes from Low Impact Living and this time it focuses almost exclusively on your home. We generally pass these calculators by, but we hav...
Re-Nest Book Club: Get Your Copy of Deep Economy
Now that the holidays are well behind us, the sun is shining, it's Spring Break for some people, and Deep Economy is finally out in paperback, it's time to get started on the second installment of t...
The Greenwashing Index
We don't talk about greenwashing too much here -- but it does come up every once in awhile. We're not in favor of greenwashing; however, when it's uncovered in the right way, it can be sort of amus...
Green Decorating: With Books
When it comes to decorating, we think supporting artists is crucial. However, we're also partial to decorating with found objects, produce and other organic materials....
Cook's Resource: Simply in Season Produce Guide
We've blogged about how much we appreciate the More-with-Less cookbooks, a staple of our crunchy granola childhood and a newly rediscovered favorite. We appreciate that their approach comes from more ...
Re-nest Book Club: Update
And, by a nose, it looks like our second Re-nest Book Club book choice will be Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben. We think it sounds like a great read. ...
Annabelle Gurwitch's Big Fat Environmental Crisis
It's not too often that we get to write about comedians here -- probably because comedians aren't generally designing new eco-friendly furniture, solving home-based environmental problems, or addres...
Re-nest Book Club: Cast Your Vote
We enjoyed the first book club so much, we're ready to get started on a second book. Which will it be? Cast your vote! image via lusi; sxc.hu ...
Re-nest Book Club: Suggestions
OK. Judging by the response to last week's survey, it looks like we definitely have enough interest to keep the re-nest book club alive. So, now the question is: What will be our second book? Becau...
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