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Hot or Not? I'm Not a Paper Towel Dish Towel at Target

Remember the I'm Not a Plastic Bag bag from Anya Hindmarch? Well, what do you think about this little interpretation from Target? We got a chuckle when we came across it while looking through a frie...

1,001 Uses for White Distilled Vinegar

We love white distilled vinegar. We don't love the way it smells. But we love it. It's pretty cheap, it's non-toxic, environmentally-friendly, and you can use it to do (literally) like a thousand thin...

Kitchen Sponges: 5 Tips for Greener Cleaning

We were discussing kitchen sponges with some friends recently (riveting party topic!) and were surprised to hear that one of them discards and replaces her sponge every week. Certainly this isn't such...

Paper Towel Alternative: The Skoy Cloth

I'm happy to report that my household is almost completely paper towel-free! I keep a roll tucked in the back of a cupboard for those rare, really awful situations, a roll which (luckily) I haven't ...

The Electrolux UltraSilencer Green Canister Vacuum
In The Test Lab

Reviewers: Emily and Robert, Upper West Side, Manhattan Product: The UltraSilencer Green Canister Vacuum Designer: Electrolux Price: $299 Rating: Recommend* When Cambria suggested that my Manhatt...

Wall Mount Folding Drying Rack

We must be going through a wall mount phase. Earlier this week our friends at AT:Boston blogged about wall mount cabinets from CB2. Now this: a wall mount drying rack that folds down when not in u...

Green Ideas: Plastic Bag Dryer

Even if you're trying to use mostly reusable bags, chances are sandwich bags still come in handy- especially for snacks and traveling with the kids this summer. Is it gross to recycle them? We're pr...

New from ABC Home: Eco-Intelligence

This past June NYC-based ABC Home launched a new line of eco-friendly home products, equipment and accessories called Eco-Intelligence. Each product explains its energy and cost saving potential and...

The Xeros Waterless Washing Machine

Southern Californians are hopefully aware of the required water usage limits being placed, meaning every drop counts in an ever expanding market of demand. So any household cleaning device or applianc...

Best Green Cleaning Products 2009: Editor's and Reader's Home Lineups

It can seem hard to be green when you live in an apartment in a big city. Particularly if you live modestly and don't drive a car everyday, you can come to feel that your environmental footprint is...

What's Inside Palmolive Ultra
...and why you might want to wear gloves.

To most non-scientists, the ingredients listed on the back of non-natural cleaning products or personal products are completely foreign. Wired Magazine's series "What's Inside" deconstructs the ingred...

Test Lab: Haan Steam Floor Sanitizer

Product: FS-20 Steam Cleaning Floor Sanitizer Designer: Romi Haan Price: $100 Rating: Recommend** The Haan Steam Cleaning Floor Sanitizer promises to clean and disinfect hard surface floors with a ...