Simple Green: Bake Things Together
Between tomorrow and next Friday, we will be attending three separate Thanksgiving celebrations, one office potluck, and two birthday parties. ('Tis the season!) And since we enjoy cooking and never l...
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Simple Green: Do Yo Turn Your Computer Off at Night?
As simple as this sounds, it can be a rather controversial subject. Do you turn your computer off at night, when it's not in use? It saves energy, but some people argue it's not good for the computer....
Simple Green Entertaining: Buy Wine with Corks, Not Screw Caps
Here's something pretty simple you can do this holiday season: Whether you're hosting friends and family at your home or giving wine as a gift, choose a bottle that's been sealed with a cork, not one ...
Easy Green: Switch and Outlet Gaskets
Insulation is great for retaining your home's heat during the winter, but unless your home is properly sealed it won't perform to its best. We've blogged before about outlet and switch sealers, but ...
Simple Green: Give Consumables this Holiday Season
Instead of buying people more stuff this holiday season, why not buy (or even better, make) them something they can eat or drink? Think cookies, breads, candies (or our favorites) jams, salsas, and ...
Simple Green: Make a Patchwork Quilt
A few months ago, sewing became the new "it" thing in our house. Pillowcases, simple bags, and... well, more pillowcases were sewn with upcycled fabrics. Now we have another goal for our new hobby: ma...
Simple Green: Replace the Disposables to Green Your Swiffer
We spent a few hours helping clean house last weekend for the 'rents, and room after room of wood floors meant we used the Swiffer to our heart's content. But tossing the cleaning pad and reaching for...
Oops! 5 Tools To Help You Remember Your Reusable Bags
We're totally on the reusable bag train. We've been championing it since... well, way before most of our friends jumped in on it, driven by their lust for the Anya Hindmarch bag. We've got small b...
MyEmissionsExchange.com: Save Energy, Earn Cash
Here's a no-brainer fact: lower your utility bills and you'll save cash. What if you could get double rewards? Save money and earn money at the same time? Sounds too good to be true? Not this ti...
Simple (Maybe Radical) Green: Ditch the Running Shoes
When cool air hits, we seem to rediscover running. What better way to get outside and appreciate nature, while getting fit at the same time? We're not installing a bike that will power our blender any...
Simple Green: Use It One More Day, One More Time
We had this crazy great aunt. (Everyone seems to have at least one crazy relative in their family.) She had many quirks that we'd make fun of, but there was one that we thought was particularly hil...
Simple Green: Living With Less
And Explaining Why You Do It
Recently, our home has been getting a preview of the Fall Cure—we've been paring down and organizing like there's no tomorrow. But we have loving family members who want to give us things we don't t...
Simple Green: Cold Brew Coffee
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After biking to work on humid summer days, the last thing we wanted was a hot cup of coffee. But like most folks, we needed something to get us going in the morning. Making ice coffee the usual way ...
Simple Green: Choose Eco-Friendly Services
While stuck in traffic yesterday, we noticed one car of the fleet for a locally-owned pest control service. The car touted chemical-free, organic pest control and had one other special detail: it was ...
A Chart To Help You Save Water
via Good Magazine
Apple or orange? Coffee or tea? Wine or beer? Although we like to think so, it's not the sweeping changes you make that have the biggest impact. Often, it's the small choices that you make every d...
Simple Green: Give Up Dryer Sheets
If you haven't fully given up your clothes dryer yet in favor of a clothesline, there is one small (OK, really small) thing you can do to make your laundry routine a little less wasteful. Give up the ...
Simple Green: Arranging for Daylight
We're working from home a lot this week, and what we've found is that we always set up shop where the light is just right. Turns out, this is not only good for the psyche, as natural light is a great ...
Hot Tip: Get the Most Product Out of a Container
Consumer Reports 09.2009
As frustrated as any consumer with making sure to get every last drop out of a product, Consumer Reports pumped, poured, squeezed, shook, and tapped as much as could out of a variety of bottles and th...
Simple Green: One Tip To Make Going Green Easier
Most of us, when we think about making a change, go hog wild. We're going to clean out all the closets today! We're going to only buy organic and free trade! Which works for about ten minutes and...
Hot Tip: Eight (More) Ways to Clean With Salt
Remember when we suggested cleaning your cast iron pan with kosher salt? Turns out, salt has plenty more uses in the kitchen and around the house. It’s not quite as versatile as baking soda, but it ...
Simple Green: Reuse Packing Materials in the Closet
Over the weekend, a friend and avid Re-Nest reader emailed us to say she'd had a green eureka moment--and it's a good one. In the midst of unpacking after a move, she kept coming up with air-filled pl...
Simple Green: Borrow Camping Gear
You may or may not have noticed, but we're on a real sharing kick these days. We don't want to share something like our our car (unfortunately we have to use it everyday), but when it comes to things ...
Simple Green: More Natural Cleaners From the Pantry
It's no secret that we're fans of all-natural cleaners, especially ones that we already have in stock at home. But read on for a short list of surprising cleaners...ketchup included!...
Simple Green: Turn Off the Fan
Here's a current debate in our house: If a fan is on in a room and there’s no one around to feel it, does it cool the air?...
Simple Green: Wall-Mounted Drying Racks
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Wall-mounted drying racks are a classic small space solution, and air drying is regaining popularity thanks to the significant energy savings you gain from avoiding the electric dryer......
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