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Coastal Maine Home Showcase

This recently build home located in Maine is the third LEED Platinum home built in the country, and brings together energy and resource efficient design, with locally harvested wood, cabinets made fro...

Cheap Ways to Spruce Up for Spring
SF Chronicle

Creating a carpet runner at SCRAPEven if your budget for home-related expenses has shrunk, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can't spruce things up a bit for the new season. The SF Chronicle shares...

Can Etsy Save the Economy?
Blogging Wired Magazine

OK, so the Wired article we're referring to doesn't really answer the question "Can Etsy save the economy?" But it does approach the trend of micromanufacturing from a pretty interesting angle -- aski...

Cook Pasta With Less Water and Less Energy
Blogging The New York Times

Pasta is a pantry staple in most homes, in some way, shape, or form; we find ourselves eating it probably twice a week, whether as a main dish, stirred into some soup, or cold in a noodle salad. The...

Christmas with No Presents: No Impact Man
Blogging Yes! Winter 2009

Anyone familiar with Colin Beavan (aka No Impact Man) is probably not at all surprised that, in 2007, he and his family chose to skip traditional Christmas gift buying and giving. He went for a holi...

Choosing Greener Tech: Energy Efficiency in Home Technology

Did you know the average American spends about $100 per month on our electric bills, with a good portion of that amount going to power the myriad of electronics and gadgets that we've incorporated int...

Cartesian House by Mark Allison

We found the Cartesian House through Dwell's Green Home contest last month. It stuck in our head ever since for its super-smart use of natural ventilation as well as its relationship to a beautiful ...

Chicago's Studio 1a.m. in ReadyMade

Cork has some serious power, and really, we think there's nothing not to love. The current issue of ReadyMade is the Green Design issue (Apr/May 2008) and you can bet it's packed with eco-goodness. Fo...

Clothing Tag Pillows by Pieces of You / Bridget West

Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Dior... When it comes to luxury items, for many, it's all about the labels. Designer Bridget West, based in London, has taken that theory and given it an eco twist, by making cus...

Counterintuitive Green "Advice" from The Guardian

It seems someone always has to be the contrarian. We're not too impressed by this article, which ran in the UK paper The Guardian. It lists six "myths" that "distract" people from the real problems ...

Craigslist: A Green, if Testy, Alternative

We love Craigslist, but sometimes it feels like a badly behaved lover. Craigslist requires constant maintenance and you never know if you're going to get a call back. But, just often enough, you end...

Canoe

This is the kind of store we dream of opening ourselves. From the freshly waxed natural pine floors to the nebulous blue-grey of the interior wall, you can tell how much thought has gone into every de...