Add This To Your Blog Roll: ReDesign Diva
From old dresser drawers to new stylin' night tables. Maxwell, this has your name all over it! We don't drink coffee, but boy do we miss that morning jolt. We got it this morning. Not because we a...
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No Impact Week, Again
What's Stopping You?
It's not too late to participate in another No Impact Week, inspired by Colin Beaven, the No Impact Man. We pointed it out last month but didn't hear much back from readers, so either the idea for par...
Pop-up Stuff Swap: Score!
Just in time for the Fall Cure, Brooklyn-based art center, 3rd Ward, will be hosting a pop-up swap event. On November 21st 3rd Ward will be lending its space to a massive free exchange of anything f...
Engrave Your Book
Reusable Leather Moleskine Covers
If you are looking for a way to sneak more artful objects into your everyday life, check out these handsome Moleskine book covers by Engrave Your Book. Their artist series provides a vast array of cr...
G Magazine
Over on the Los Angeles site of Apartment Therapy, blogger Jenny Butler, who hails from Australia, has really opened our eyes to what's going on in the land "down under." It's a place full of cuttin...
I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas
by Anna Getty
Most of us will be doing (or at least buying) less this holiday season, but there's no reason to feel down about it. Less is good for your wallet, your spirit and certainly for the earth. Our plan...
Low Flow Guide: US EPA WaterSense
One of the LEED for Homes requirements is to reduce water use with water-efficient fixtures. Regardless of whether you’re working on a LEED project, a good guideline to follow is to use products c...
Omnivorism: Still a Dilemma?
Meet Fernando, who will live his entire life on a farm in rural Texas. It's encouraging to see so many people vocally concerned with their food choices. People are turning toward local foods and org...
Roundup: It's National Weatherization Day!
Who knew there was a day set aside nation-wide to concentrate on home weatherization? Well, the U.S. Department of Energy has declared that today's the day, so be sure to take a good look at your home...
StillTasty: The Ultimate Shelf Life Guide
Milk, peanut butter, oil, tomatoes, beans – when do they go bad and what can we do with them before they expire? How should they be stored? Can they be frozen or microwaved? Not knowing the answer...
5 Green Home Repair Projects Under $50
It’s Fall Cure time on Apartment Therapy and Re-Nest, and one of this week's tasks is to fix something yourself. This morning Cambria provided a How-To Home Repair list from Apartment Therapy's ar...
VampirePowerSucks.com: How Much Are You Bleeding?
Have you banished all your vampires, or do you still have some lurking around the corners of your home? Here's a snazzy new "Vampire Awareness" Web site and video......
It's No Impact Week: Are You Participating?
We realize we're a little late to this party, but we just realized that the inaugural No Impact Week (hosted by Huffington Post) started on Monday. The point of the week is to live like the original N...
Debunked: 10 Green Home Myths
This Old House
Being green at home has been gaining momentum, even being dubbed as a fad by some folks over the last few years. Even with all the increased attention on the movement there are still tons of myths f...
Open University Podcast: Design and Sustainability
Is your "green" chair truly sustainable? What makes something totally beautiful or secretly ugly? A series of podcasts from Open University aims to educate designers and consumers about these and othe...
An Upholstering Primer: Part 2 of 4 — Finding a Good Upholstery Atelier
Guest Post from Matthew Haly of The Furniture Joint
An example of 8-way hand-tied springs True upholstery ateliers —or as they are more commonly known, upholstery studios— consist of a wide range of services. They normally offer everythin...
NeighborGoods.net: A Community Sharing Solution
Here at Re-nest, we're big on sharing. So it should come as no surprise that we'd be excited about any type of resource that makes lending and borrowing things easier......
New Sustainable Living Magazine: Urban Farm
The magazine publishing market is so rocky these days that we consider the launch of any new title an act of bravery. It is fitting, then, that one of the latest additions to newsstands promotes the...
MyEmissionsExchange.com: Save Energy, Earn Cash
Here's a no-brainer fact: lower your utility bills and you'll save cash. What if you could get double rewards? Save money and earn money at the same time? Sounds too good to be true? Not this ti...
Green Home Rating Systems: Your Time to Shine
Green Architect
(Welcome to Nandita, one of our finalists for our Green Architect blogger search. She's writing from Atlanta. Comment away!) Maybe you missed your chance to win an Olympic medal, but for the go-f...
Contribute 2009: Big Help for Small Businesses
Earlier this year Idaho-based small business, Scentsy, celebrated its 5th Anniversary by giving its employees $100,000 to spend at 40 family-owned businesses nominated by employees. The event was so...
An Upholstering Primer: Part 1 of 4 — Consider Your Furniture
Guest Post from Matthew Haly of The Furniture Joint
Having something upholstered or custom-made is a complex endeavor — and for most people it is a world that is unknown. Taking your sofa in to be reupholstered is similar to taking your car to...
Green Living By Design
Point Click Home
Green Living By Design: The Practical Guide for Eco-Friendly Remodeling and Decorating, a book by the editors of Point Click Home and spearheaded by contributing editor Jean Nayar, aims to unravel t...
How To: Make a Hanging Succulent Garden
Here at Re-Nest, we love hanging and vertical gardens, both on a small and large scale. And we've mentioned before how much of a visual impact a large collection of succulents can have in a space. W...
Stak Blocks at West Coast Green
Because we were out of town, we missed West Coast Green this year. Huge bummer, as we've gone to the last two and they were fantastic. Lucky for us, Jetson Green is blogging some of the clever new pro...
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