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Simple Green: Wall-Mounted Drying Racks
Hot Post From One Year Ago

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......

Liquid Gold: Interest in Water Management Blossoms
San Francisco Chronicle 12.06.2008

We're endlessly hunting for more ways to save water in our home. But, when taking shorter showers doesn't seem like enough, and you're ready to move on to more hardcore means of conserving and managin...

AT On... Will You Join Us?

It's odd to see a big oil company touting conservation, but that's exactly what Chevron is doing. And for us, it's reaching saturation levels—we feel like the woman holding a sign reading, "I w...

Green Ideas: A Cork Covered Power Strip To Save Electricity

We think that everyone is starting to realize that leaving your gadgets plugged in when they aren't in use isn't good. It costs you money. Here at Unplggd, we want you to unplug your gadgets to save m...

Black and Decker Lights Out AutoSwitch

Not the prettiest light switch we have ever seen, but we can definitely get behind the idea of saving electricity while minimizing the effort to do so. Targeted for homeowners that are not comfortable...

Quick Greener: Stop the Phone Books!

We're all fairly plugged in these days, so the phone book has been getting more and more dusty. Make that the phone books... with the proliferation of phone companies, we get no fewer than three sets...

Save Energy for a Strong Economy

Lots of people are putting more insulation in their homes, making plans to add PV systems, and finding more efficient ways to keep warm in winter and cool in the summer. So what are we doing with the...

Roundup: Five (Easy) Ways to Plunge the Wooden Stake in Vampire Energy

Last April Good Magazine and animator Nigel Holmes created a video that explains how wasteful vampire power is. In the short film, Nigel narrates us through the cost of keeping your computer, microwa...

Four Easy Ways Of Saving Electricity and Reducing Your Utilities Bill

We are always trying to save money on electricity. No matter what we do, it's not always easy to follow through. We have selected four items that we thing will help you with your eco-friendly project ...

AT On... Marketing Green Power

A friend pointed out the fallacy of relying on utility companies to promote green energy. When you're in the business of selling a product, you'll tell people just about anything to sell it. But you...

Green Idea: Use Your Tax Rebate to Boost the Green Economy

April 15 is almost here, and for many of us, that means that we'll finally get our taxes filed. We'll also soon be getting a sizeable "rebate" check in the mail -- up to $600. Why not spend that mon...

How To: Catch a Toilet Leak

Jump below to watch the one-minute video and then read on for a written summary of the how-to. Also, the video doesn't tell you how to actually fix the leak, so we've included a few tips on that......

Blogging the SF Chronicle: Farmers Sell Water to Cities

Because it's been raining almost nonstop for the last 3 days here in California, staying dry has been our top priority. But, conserving water is always on our minds (e.g, taking shorter showers and...

These Come from Trees

We were in a public restroom last week and made a random discovery. After we washed our hands, we walked over to grab a paper towel, looked up and saw this sticker pasted on the dispenser. "These C...

Washing Dishes to Save Water

Yes I live without a dishwasher. I'm certain I can't be the only one. I also do a lot of baking which means a lot of washing up. Did I mention I only have a one sink sink, instead of a two sided s...