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Reduce Your AC Bill by 20%: Get a White Roof

That's right. If you live in a particularly warm climate, a light colored roof could save you 20% on cooling costs. So it makes sense that The New York Times is reporting that light roofs are catch...

Cute Icelandic Cottage
The New York Times 7.1.2009

Hop on Bjork's Yacht and head over to southern Iceland to check out this wooden cottage from 1953. The New York Times highlights the 2,200 square foot home with an additional 10,280 square feet wall...

Living With Less: Survival Strategies
New York Times

The New York Times has a project page set up to gather the stories that make up "the human side of the global recession". We just watched a video of a young Philadelphia artist who tells a bit about h...

The Greenwashing of the Mattress Industry
The New York Times 1.15.09

Last week, The New York Times helped demystify the meaning of Thread Count. Today, they've moved on to the greenwashing of mattresses — how do the labels organic, eco-friendly and the very vague...

Sustainable Gingerbread Houses
New York Times 12.11.2008

Last week the New York Times featured a cute article about a green inspired gingerbread houses. We love this second place winner – it’s so different from the traditional gingerbread house and it k...

Alternative Energy Faces Headwind
New York Times 10.20.2008

Ever since we started sensing this financial crisis, we've been wondering how it might affect all things green -- green building, green consumerism, green remodels... Now we're seeing how it is adver...

Pint-Size Eco-Police
New York Times 10.09.2008

A little earlier today, we asked you about your biggest green stumbling blocks. Now we're curious: For those of you who have children, are they trying to keep you in check? Do you have a pint-size ec...

Blogging New York Times: Windmills and Corruption in Upstate New York

Remember the saying, "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely"? Apparently it holds true, even when you're talking about wind power. It saddens us to hear that in Upstate New York, where...

Bay Area Green Event: Progressive Reading Series, Aug 16

Houston ... according to the New York Times, we have a problem. Recycling only 2.6 percent of your waste? A wait list of up to ten years to get a recycling bin? 25,000 people waiting for one? Well...

Blogging NYT: What’s Lurking in Your Countertop?

First we had toxic sofas, now this?...

Blogging the New York Times: Square Milk Jugs

These funky-looking new jugs of milk are likely coming to a refrigerator near you. Why the change?...

Biodegradable Furnishings
The New York Times 5.8.08

As more and more products with labels like "green" and "sustainable" enter the marketplace, companies look for new ways to stand out. And the latest development? Furnishings labeled "biodegradable."...

More Grocery Gloom and Doom: Organic Sticker Shock in the New York Times

Another article today on rising food prices, this time in the New York Times Business section. Sticker Shock in the Organic Aisles tells us that organic prices are rising rapidly, and the premium that...

Bamboo Floors
The New York Times 4.17.08

Here on AT, we've asked Is Bamboo Really as Eco as We Think? and looked at IKEA Bamboo Flooring, but there are still lots of questions and confusion due to the many various qualities and prices in the...

Cheap & Green Kitchen Renovation
The New York Times 4.10.08

No stranger to extravagant taste, The New York Times helps keep it real this week with a story on the low-budget kitchen renovation of Brooklyn Heights resident Katherine Belsey Davis. Spending just...

Blogging The New York Times: How ‘Green’ Can a Huge House Be?

Between the title of the article and the photo, it's clear what this article is about. While the knee-jerk reaction may be a resounding "not at all," it's worth a bit of thought......

Blogging NYT: Hey, Kids! Don’t Eat the New Lunch Trays

If cafeteria food doesn't turn your stomach, this statistic surely will: New York City’s public school system goes through 850,000 polystyrene cafeteria trays per day. That's about 4 million a we...

Blogging the New York Times: A Man's 6-Pack Can Serve as His Castle

This story is one part mad obsession and one part recycling phenomenon. When we're finished with a six-pack of beer, we throw the bottles into the recycling. Sometimes we even make business cards o...

The Paperless Home, explained

High quality image: see NYTimes article linked below If you were a bit stumped by our post yesterday on the paperless home, check out this New York Times Article titled "Pushing Paper Out the Door."...