Last week we got an announcement that Artistic Tile, the large luxury tile store, has implemented several new green initiatives to lower their carbon footprint and set a new example for the tile ind...
Last week we heard a quick news story on NPR: California is planning the nation’s first ban on large screen televisions to curb energy use. We know that California is typically on the cutting edge...
Are you attending the Greenbuild conference in Phoenix this week? We're not able to be there, but if you're going and/or know someone who is, you could be our reporter! Send us pictures, updates, n...
When ideas gain speed in the marketplace, marketers take note. So when the natural food movement became popular, we all noticed more "All Natural" stickers popping up on our grocer's shelves. Likewise...
Move over No Impact Man, Mark Boyle is living in a solar RV on an organic farm ... and he's given up cash. Take that! (Just kidding, Mr. Beavan. There's more than enough room for both of you!)...
We balk if there's a little visible pollution in our beautiful Texas skyline, or bottles floating in the lake—but we can't imagine living in one of the most toxic places on the planet. Jump below fo...
Remember how awesome HyperColor clothing was? Just imagine the same concept, but this time it’s covering buildings instead of bodies. By now we all know how important light colored roofs are for k...
Were you as excited as we were about the PBS premiere of The Botany of Desire? Based on Michael Pollan's best-selling book of the same name, the documentary examines the relationship between people ...
We know that large-scale farming as it exists today presents all sorts of problems, ranging from the mass-producing scale to soil and resource depletion. Which is why Wes Jackson's work at the Land In...
The Gus* Design Group announced today that it will begin manufacturing all its upholstered seating with FSC-certified wood. Some of the new furniture designs include the GT Rocker, a modern rocking...
Team Germany’s surPLUShome won this year’s Solar Decathlon, making it their second victory in a row. With a façade covered almost entirely in solar panels, the house created twice the amount of...
We have been surprised at just how Food, Inc. has affected not just us, but folks around us. There's another film on the horizon, and Food Beware takes a different approach, giving viewers a success s...
Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation recently unveiled another one of its houses in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward. This one was built specifically to withstand Katrina-type weather. In other words: It...
Remember our friend Jason's project with Urban Tree Forge? Well, they've been busy again. This time for the G-20 economic summit at the Phipps Conservatory. Urban Tree Forge was asked to create 12 o...
Do you like our green tours, but wish you could see something in person? This weekend is your opportunity to see a ton of green homes: the ASES National Solar Tour is the world's largest grassroots...
In case you haven't already heard the green news, we wanted to let you know that Blu Homes has purchased all of the assets of mkDesigns. This is good for anyone who ever dreamed of living in an mkLo...
With our temperate climate the phrase "winter garden" is less of an oxymoron in southern California than in might be in other places. This week's Los Angeles Times Home & Garden section takes a loo...
Until we come up with a viable alternative to toilet paper, our only options are recycled versus the fluffy white. Here’s our question: Why are people still using the “regular” stuff at all?...
Philips — the large Dutch electronics manufacturer — announced last week that it submitted the first entry for the L Prize, a contest run by the Department of Energy that plans to award ...
What if there was a city that was completely run on solar — where there were no cars, but instead a few thousand specially designed solar-powered vehicles to transport its citizens? What woul...
We'll admit it: We tend to give front lawns a pretty hard time on this site. However, we do recognize that, in certain situations, turf is needed. It's tough to play tag on asphalt; it's no fun to div...
Good Houskeeping, the pioneers of the now ubiquitous "Seal of Approval," have announced the first recipients of their new Green Good Housekeeping Seal (GGHS). For 18 months scientists and engineers a...
Google came in at #79 out of 500 When we buy something for our home, we do a quick materials check: nontoxic, recyclable, organic, etc. Something we do less often (but something that is equally impor...
Is it state of the economy or the environment that's given us a new way of looking at things? We don't know about you but we've noticed that lately we're less about the new and more about the re-pu...
Uh-oh. You've probably heard by now that last month the Federal Trade Commission charged four companies that sell bamboo-made textiles with false advertising for claiming their products were still b...
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