Buying a new home takes a critical eye to evaluate the energy efficiency and embodied carbon of a home’s building products. When we talk buying…
Green
Hi Mark, We have a question about kitchen compost bins. My dad has been using an old pot with a lid for his kitchen waste….
I am NOT the only person the following has happened to: You’re at the store choosing an exhaust fan or range hood for the current…
Spoiled milk can be upcycled. Mind=blown. And it’s not a new invention, either. Invented in the 1930s, milk-based fabric was used to stretch the supply…
There’s something about women and a shoe obsession. I know this, because I’m not an outsider-looking-in. I often pack more shoes than trip-days. I feel…
It may be our annual Tour de France fan-ness that has inspired my love for this Find, but it may just be that it’s simply…
I am a big fan of wood burning appliances in the home—for lots of reasons. The main reason is that there’s just something about it….
The RainPerfect Pump looks like a great solution primarily because it’s solar powered and secondarily because it’s inexpensive. The water pressure is enough to run…
As universal a topic as home and shelter are, we writers and editors tend to cover it at a more hyper-local level—in other words, parts…
We’re shifting into neutral—carbon neutral, that is—and riding the wind to where dreams come true. Windmill owning, cycle-to-work enviro-actor-vist Ed Begley Jr. gives up the…
