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Low-Flow WaterSense Faucets from Moen

Moen is commonly recognized as an industry leader for its water conservation and waste reduction initiatives. Most of Moen's bath and sink faucets and showerheads have WaterSense certification, and fe...

Evolve Ladybug Showerhead Adaptor: Save Your Hot Water!

We live in the front apartment in our small complex and the water heater's in the back. This means that getting the water hot enough for a shower in the morning means turning on the shower and waitin...

Waterpebble: Helps Reduce Water Usage in the Shower

The Waterpebble is a little device that monitors the amount of water going down the drain while you shower. After monitoring your first shower and using it as a benchmark, Waterpebble indicates via ...

10 Outdoor Showers for Summer

We know it's not summer yet, but we're getting anxious! Now, outdoor showers aren't necessarily green by default, but it could be argued that it keeps the mess outside (reducing cleaning) and that a...

The Best Water Conservation Helpers
Roundup

There's nothing wrong with conserving water the old fashioned way, by turning it off when you don't need it, but there is definitely something to be said for the myriad devices that will help us do it...

16 Eco-Friendly Kitchen Countertops
Sunset Magazine

We like to keep good green materials resources tucked away for that eventual day when we own a home and are working on a design/renovation. So, here's a list of some of the best eco-friendly and su...

The Best Low-Flow (Yet High Pressure) Showerheads
The New York Times

We all know the green merits of going with a low-flow showerhead; typically it's the first piece of advice given to green newbies wondering what steps they should take to live a more sustainable lif...

Rami Tareef's Green Shower Concept Will Save Water

It's a given that we waste a lot of water in the bathroom, most notably in the shower. We heat up water and it goes down the drain. There have been some systems that recycle and reuse this gray water ...

The Smart Faucet

One of the easiest and simplest ways to be a little greener is to turn off the water while you're brushing your teeth or soaping up your hands. But that's not always possible: you've got a job that...

H2Orb Monitors Toilet Leaks and Overflows

It's not much to look at, but the battery powered H2Orb from AquaOne Technologies is one of those devices that can prevent disasters from going from bad to downright, "empty your bank account" worse...

Retro Kitchen: A New (But Old) Way to Wash Dishes
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We ran the dishwasher about five times last week between all the pies, birthday cake, sweet potato muffins, and regular dinners that got whipped up in our kitchen. Since we have an Energy Star-rated...

Etsy Finds: Cotton Tea Towels

Tea towels seem to be the kitchen towel du jour, but as Susie recently pointed out, not all towels are created equally when it comes to absorbency. Based on her advice, here's a roundup of 100% cott...

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...

5 Tips for Greening Your Bathroom
National Geographic

The other day we posted some easy bathroom fixes. And, in fact, the bathroom's an ideal spot for starting, or tweaking, your eco-friendly life. Here are five easy tips from National Geographic's n...

A Sweet Green Kitchen Remodel

There's nothing more disheartening than looking at an over-the-top green remodel. All we can ever think about is how we'll never be able to afford anything like it .... ever. So a tasteful, small-scal...

Vtouch Faucet: Digitally Control Water Temp and Flow

We don't know about you, but whenever we have to wash dishes in the sink we have the hardest time getting our water temperature just right. Sure, it's not that complicated, but I like to make sure I'...

Best Outdoor Garden Hose Showers 2009

It's been really hot lately, and I've been wanting to find and purchase a simple outdoor shower that would hook up to a hose and stick into or sit on the lawn. At the house we visited in Italy in J...

Compact & Green: Flow2 Kitchen by Studio Gorm

Check out the design for the Flow2 efficiency kitchen (key word: efficient) — Oregon-based Studio Grom has integrated all the functions of a kitchen so that drying dishes help water plants, co...

Bamboo Tension Rod from Umbra

Sometimes we get weary of shiny things like chrome, craving a natural, grounding element instead. So for us, this bamboo veneer tension rod is a novel and refreshing departure from the typical showe...

The Plugless Sink: A Modern Basin

Here's another way to monitor your water usage in the bathroom: use a plugless sink! It's a modern take on the old traditional basin bowls. In order to get rid of the water in the sink, you have t...

Gardenside: Premium Teak Furniture
ICFF 2009

This booth had something we'd never seen before: a full wood bathroom (sink, tub and all!). We stopped to chat with Laurie and Daniel, who run Gardenside and take pics. More info and pics below.....

Green Warrior Shower Curtains

Do you wish you were more disciplined about limiting the length of your showers? Well, we decided to show you a couple of eco-oddities that would aid you in your struggle to conserve resources... ...

Green Choice Showerhead by Showertek

We've talked about Navy showers here before. But, honestly, to us there is nothing worse than being cold in the shower ... and unless you live in a tropical climate, turning the water off while sham...

9 Ways to Upgrade Your Kitchen and Bath
Cheap, Quick and Easy

Kitchen & Bath Month is coming to a close, and hopefully you're inspired to make some changes and try new ways to green your bath and kitchen. But, it's easy to feel a little intimidated, so we’ve f...

Green Idea: Water Pressure Powered Shower Light

I am fortunate to have a lot of natural light in my bathroom which definitely helps in the morning stumble from the bed to the shower routine. In previous places I have lived however, I haven't been a...

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