Unless you're a professional painter, you probably use your paint accessories (read: putty knives and scrapers) every few years when you move into or out of an apartment, purchasing cheap or disposa...
When we stumbled upon this kid-friendly gadget that took second place in this year's Greener Gadgets competition, we just knew we had to share. Designed to help teach kids a lesson about conservatio...
Eco Pool Technologies's Solar-Breeze is to the pool like a Roomba robotic vacuum is to your living room. Except this helpful pool cleaner doesn't require any outlet, taking advantage of two long, thin...
Almost missed this bit of news mentioned in last month's Westways magazine: the South Coast Air Quality Management District is sponsoring a program called "Mow Down Air Pollution," offering LA, Oran...
Showering at a friend's home recently, I spotted something different in their shower: an hourglass. It's the "Shower Coach", a five-minute timer made to help minimize water consumption in the shower...
We’d like to imagine that once we actually have a yard, these beautiful vintage garden tools would be hanging in our tool shed – or maybe the living room?...
Almost missed this bit of news mentioned in last month's Westways magazine: the South Coast Air Quality Management District is sponsoring a program called "Mow Down Air Pollution", offering LA, Oran...
I've used composters inside and outside my house for many years, starting with a wooden one that I built myself and kept under the sink with red wriggler worms (vermicomposting). It was an experime...
For some communities, it's more than idea, it's a reality. Community tool sheds provide a place to borrow garden tools, often for free. Imagine the benefits of borrowed tools beyond purely the cost ...
It's a windy day in Texas, and on windy days our disdain for leaf blowers grows even greater. Our walk from the bus through the city was polluted by the roar of those machines, but more annoyingly, ...
The only reason we make it to the gym is because the machines have cable (and now iPod video connectivity). Working out is a lot less painful when given the excuse to watch some bad cable TV. But we'...
We currently have two white plastic bins tucked underneath an open counter for our recycling. Ugly, but they do the job. So our first reaction to this All-In-One Recycling Center was that it was fan...
Eating locally and seasonally just got easier with the new iPhone App, Locavore. This app uses GPS technology to detect your location and then displays a list of fruits and vegetables that are locally...
Usually the lights only need to be on sometimes. But in our home, we find that they are left on in the hall and the laundry room, and we finally realized why: those are places where your hands are us...
Out of town on business last week, we walked into the lobby of the office and ran into the PG & E ambient energy orb sitting on the receptionists desk. Curious, we took a closer look to see what is w...
We can't decide if this falls into the category of super cool or super silly. The Kill-a-watt is a gizmo that tells you to the minute how much it's cost you to run whatever you've plugged into it. S...
Your typical electical accessories with new found flare. Designer Gilles Belley has not only taken the standard light switch and wall socket to a new level of design, but he has also consciously integ...
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