We spent a day at home this week, shopping at small-town junk shops (funny how something we hated so much as a kid is now a favorite outing). These two signs stopped us in our tracks at one antique sh...
We remember when we were little, our home was full of fabulous collections of all sorts of treasures. Our parents and grandparents before them knew that almost everything can be used for something e...
While considering the new Apple iPad last week, I found it interesting that this was being presented not as a personal computer but as a family device – something that could sit on the kitchen c...
Julia's post about creating a paper towel-less kitchen earlier this week reminded us that we have made at least one accidentally green move: when paper towels were forgotten at the grocery store trip ...
Of all the rooms in my apartment, I probably spend the least amount of conscious time in my bedroom. Still, I consider it the most important room in regards to my health. So I pay extra-special attent...
When we talk about sustainable living and urban homesteading here, a lot of the skills involved are ones that we have to learn from scratch. They aren't things our mothers or fathers taught us (althou...
Re-Nest readers are no strangers to Etsy. We feature eco-friendly, handmade goods from the online marketplace regularly on our site, and encourage readers to buy local and sustainably produced items...
Disclaimer: Before anyone gets too upset—we're definitely not saying that you can't be serious about the environment and eat meat, we're merely posing the question. What do you think?...
As the holiday season approaches and we're asked for wish lists, it gets us to thinking about living more—with less. Last night when I was trying to convince the BF that I wanted two more containers...
Last night it was cold in my apartment. Really cold. So cold that I considered turning on the heat for the first time since last winter. But our forced-air heating blows up so much dust (especially th...
Recently, I was listening to my mother describe the quilt square she had sewn for 350.org's International Day Of Climate Action on October 24 (that's tomorrow!). As I learned about the quilt and saw i...
In my effort to be a greener human being, I've seriously curbed my urge to purge. Throughout my life, I've been the opposite of a packrat—always happy to toss things rather than hold onto them. ...
I've never been much of a shopper. I'd argue that I'm not cheap (I like to occasionally pick up the tab at dinner with friends; I buy organics; I like to travel), but I've never been big on hitting ...
Each morning as the trip to the office nears, we turmoil about stopping at a coffeeshop on the way in. For months, we brewed our joe at home, but over the hot summer that fell out of favor and the cof...
Yesterday we showed you some of our favorite thrifted collections, where one person’s trash became another’s treasure. We’re fans of collections with value, sentimental or otherwise, but what ab...
Before summer began, we shared our energy saving success with you. Little did we know then, during a verdant spring, that we were in store for the record-breaking hottest Texas summer on record. But t...
A couple of weeks ago, we lugged home 20 pounds of fresh pears from a coworker's farm and, using a decades-old recipe, turned them into jars upon jars of spiced pear butter over the weekend. We love t...
Despite the fact that I have nicknames like "Green Police," "Energy Czar" and "Organi-girl," and have earned quite the green living reputation around my office, there are people —many people&mda...
What's the most useful piece of furniture in your home? That's something we've been thinking about this summer as we travel to visit friends and accommodate weekend guests. As far as our home is conce...
Most of our green acts are done consciously: we recycle, we watch our power usage, we eat locally and organically... But all of a sudden, we're in a situation that's left us with no other choice but t...
This week, I'm spending some quality time with the fam in Southern California. When I'm home visiting my parents, I spend most of my day doing two things: cooking with my mom and watching the Food Net...
Small is cool. Small is also green. A small bedroom can be cozy. A small kitchen can be efficient. A small home in general presents an opportunity to use space creatively, to tread more lightly on t...
Recently, I've been giving a little thought to the way my parents ran their house and how that has affected the way I try to run mine. All in all, I would have to say they set a very good example (whi...
I had a revelation in the shower at 6 AM: the trademark text-heavy label on the Dr. Bronner's bottle makes me dizzy. It's not just the excess of exclamation points and quotation marks! Also sentence...
Years ago, a boss of mine told me she was taking a vacation and that she'd be gone for a week. I asked her where she was going. She said "Nowhere." She was staying home to relax and accomplish a few t...
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