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Posts tagged “NPR”

The Fridge Cozy?

Here's the setup: we were listening to NPR a week or two ago (KQED in San Francisco.) They were reading letters to the editor, and apparently had earlier run a piece on people adding exterior insulat...

Water Saving Tip: Don't Wash Your Car (at Home)

Back in the day, we used to drive our car over to our parent's house when we wanted to wash it. We'd park it on the driveway, hose it down, then use all of Dad's fancy car-washing toys to make it ...

Blogging NPR: Smart Home - Green + Wired

One of the newest exhibits at the Museum of Science of Industry that is causing quite a buzz is Smart Home - Green + Wired. A 2,500 square-foot home designed to showcase green living has made its ho...

It's Not That Complicated: Bisphenol-A [BPA]

We've covered the trouble with BPA before: it's the plastic ingredient and endocrine disrupter that has people throwing out everything from baby bottles to Nalgene brand bottles. It seems more and mor...