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Preserve: Toothbrushes Made from Yogurt Cups

Yogurt is one of our favorite foods. We buy it in the quart-sized containers and re-use those at home, since in our city we can't recycle #5 plastics. But Preserve—the company we know so well from t...

The 10 Greenest Brands in America

What do all of these brands and products have in common? Apparently, they're the greenest brands in America according to a recent survey. Do you agree? Check out the full list after the jump... ...

The Quest for the Best Eco-Friendly Yoga Mat

We tried yoga a while back, but the experience left us, well, not relaxed. Needless to say, that hardly-used yoga mat went straight to Goodwill. But now we're ready to give it another chance, after he...

Greening Our Habits, Revisited
Or In This Case, Ladies, a Necessity

Our bathroom cabinet is almost as green as it can be, between the recycled TP and natural fiber washcloths, chemical-free cleaners, and all-natural shampoo. There's one thing, though, that could be ev...

Keeping Track of Our Green Consumables
Special Reports from NPR

We'll admit to being enough of a nerd to follow NPR's various Twitter feeds, so last night when we saw one tweet about a series called "How Green Is It?" we were intrigued. There has been so much...

Reusable Tote Messages: Do You Have a Favorite?

It seems as though more folks are remembering to bring their reusable totes to the grocery store--and we're seeing them quite often around town as people use them to tote their lunches, grab library b...

Pharox 6W Dimmable Lightbulbs

We have a confession to make. Although we want to be green in every way possible, when it comes to lighting, CFL bulbs are just...well...awful. We've gotten over the design of them but it's not quit...

Step Stool by BabyBloomers

It’s not just a step stool—Amy Butler’s retro fabric is covering up something… ...

Recycled Letters and Eco Nightstand by Urban Outfitters

Decorating with letters is a trend we never really fell for, but these definitely made us look twice. We were scanning the Urban Outfitters site because we’re in the market for nightstands. And besi...

November Best Posts: Greening Kitty, Recycling Containers, Filtering Water, Heating Water

In November, we found 10 green things for kitty; discussed strategies for keeping recycling from taking over your house; blogged about our favorite water filter; and unraveled why on-demand hot wa...