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Styrofoam Cup? Paper Cup? Ceramic Mug?

What's the most green container for a cup of coffee? According to Slate's Green Lantern column, the answer is not as simple as you might expect....

Drafting a Green Checklist

This past year has been a real eye-opener for us. We've learned a lot about green design, and a lot about what we've been doing wrong in terms of our effect on the planet. One of the best pieces of ...

Blogging the San Francisco Chronicle: Grass or Turf?

Astroturf and other synthetic alternatives to grass are getting a green makeover. Whereas fake grass was once pitched as a way to save maintenance costs, now it's touted as a way to reduce carbon emi...

Is It Green? Pledge Revitalizing Oil with Natural Orange Oil

We're pretty sure this stuff isn't green, despite the label's promise of "Natural Orange Oil." But when one of our favorite green products, OSMO Liquid Wax Cleaner, couldn't do the trick, Pledge cam...

AT On... The Catch-22 of Green Design

Design is steeped in the tradition of Modernism. A big part of that tradition is the story of progress: the sense that, in everything we Modern people do and make, we are moving forward toward a futu...

Redwoods vs. Solar Panels

So you say you're a green environmentally-minded person. You drive a Prius and plant trees in your backyard and think you're pretty high up on the list of earth-lovers. But wait...what's that? Thos...