Articles tagged “Eco-Friendly Bedrooms”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Plan a Unique, Perfect Mother's Day Getaway By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 19 2011 No diets. No schedule. No traffic. Just a few of the specifications for my mother’s ideal vacation she had been craving for months. I decided to take my mom on an early Mother’s Day trip and what destination fit the bill for my mom’s no diet, no schedule, no traffic vacation? Home to world-renowned chef-driven restaurants, more than 400 wineries, and not a chain restaurant in site: The Napa Valley, of course. + READ MORE

See The World's Top Treehouse Resorts By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Mar 8 2011 What I remember most from watching Peter Pan as a kid was one whimsical aspect—Never Never Land. The kids living up in small huts in the trees, the sounds of Macaw’s just outside the flap door and the sounds of ship horns—a reminder of human life—off in the distance. + READ MORE

Get a Bikini Body with this Quickie Workout… in Bed (clothes optional- what could be greener?) (Video) By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 12 2010 Doesn’t matter how fab or flab your body is, pretty much every woman experiences at least a bit of insecurity around donning a bikini. So what’s a girl to do? Workout… in bed! + READ MORE

The Best Green Exercise for Abs… is a Quickie Workout In Bed? By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 7 2010 If you want to get great abs without impacting the planet, do it in bed. Yes, some of the best green exercises are those that you do before you start your day, before you even put your feet on the floor, using zero energy (except your own) and requiring no electricity-sapping equipment. In fact, you don’t even have to wear clothes! But don’t for a second think that just because it’s a workout in bed means that it’s easy. You can burn a serious amount of calories and tone your abs to six-pack perfection in just minutes a day. + READ MORE

Morning Quickie Arm Workout In Bed (clothes optional)… By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 2 2010 We get it, green exercises are those that use no energy to power them aside from your own and require no un-ecologically made equipment. Go one green step further and do your workout while wearing organic cotton fitness clothes… or better yet- none at all. Well I’ve got a green exercise routine for you that is just that: a quickie workout for the arms… that you do in bed. Really, what could be greener? + READ MORE

How to Go Green: Commuting By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Jun 1 2010 Commuting may be a chore but that doesn't mean it can't be green. Jump into the HOV lane on the highway to green with How to Go Green: Commuting. + READ MORE

Quickie Thigh Workout In Bed (no clothes required)… What Could Be Greener? (Video) By Laurel House IN Food & Health May 27 2010 So what exactly constitutes a “green exercise” routine? Well, if you strip a workout of the use of any electrical equipment, remove any gadgets made from non-eco sources, and depend solely on your own energy to power it, you’ve got a green exercise routine. Take away even the clothes, shoes, and do it on a bed draped with eco sheets, and you pretty much couldn’t be greener! + READ MORE

Five Items That Began Their Lives as...Pillowcases? By Craftster.org IN Home & Garden May 24 2010 Pillowcases can be made into all sorts of different things, including aprons, totebags, and dresses for little girls. + READ MORE

Going Green Can Be Hot, Steamy, and Sexy By Mickey Z. IN Work & Connect Feb 12 2010 Sexy means being sensitive, being aware, being free, and being in touch with your primitive brain and your natural instincts. + READ MORE

Warming Trends: Room By Room DIY and BUY Energy-Efficient Solutions For A Warmer Home By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jan 5 2010 As the cost of heating continues to rise, so has the awareness of just how much energy is seeping out of homes. Can we continue to enjoy the comforts of a warm home in an age when it is imperative that we consider energy issues first? + READ MORE

5 Ways Your Bedroom is Killing You By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jun 3 2009 Your bedroom is the the place you go to rest, relax, and recharge each night, so you want it to be healthy. Yet, there are a handful of ways that your bedroom might be slowly and silently killing you each night. Avoid these five hazards and rest a little easier each night. + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: A Comprehensive Room-by-Room Guide By Erin Hollingsworth IN Home & Garden Apr 2 2009 These days we're all aware of the prevalence of toxins in our lives. Some are largely unavoidable (if you live in a city, near a feedlot or factory or other outdoor pollutants) but many toxins, especially indoors, are within our control to regulate and mitigate. Our guide to detoxing your home goes room by room, giving you the whats and how-tos of detoxing and improving your indoor air quality, safety and eco-friendliness all at once. + READ MORE

Are Sleeping Pills Worth the Extra Sleep They Provide? By Eric Leech IN Food & Health Apr 1 2009 There is a lot of conflicting information about sleep and the helpful or harmful nature of using sleeping pills to get it. Sleep is good, there is no doubt about that, but some research indicates that drugs may in fact counter the healthful effects of sleep and cause more harm than good. + READ MORE

Sites We Love: Do It Yourself Decorating for Revamping your Green Palace By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2009 Take green into your own hands at our Site of the Week, Do It Yourself Decorating. You can get clear, clean, no-nonsense advice on everything from using color theory to wrangling window hardware. Learn how to turn your digs into your dream home with this exhaustive collection of the web's best decorating how-tos. + READ MORE

Reduce Heart Problems and Other Health Issues Naturally—The Power of an Afternoon Siesta By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jan 7 2009 Lots of cultures do it.In fact, a recent study reported on NewsTarget.com suggests that middle-age working men who take three short naps a week cut their risk of a fatal heart attack and heart problems by 37 percent. + READ MORE

Take a Hottie to Bed; Stay Warm, Save Energy By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 6 2009 Taking a hottie to bed this winter may be one of the most energy-efficient ways to stay warm. A hottie uses less energy than an electric blanket or a space heater, and a hottie can help you keep your body hot and your thermostat down, night after night, all winter long. A hottie, by the way, is New Zealand-style slang for a hot water bottle. The other kind of hottie may also be a great way to warm a bed, but that's a different post for someone more mature. + READ MORE

Stuff Happens: The Power of Television By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Nov 24 2008 A monster may be living in your bedroom; a thirsty vampire that steals energy even when you aren't thinking about it. That monster is your TV, an energy vampire that contributes to the $1,000,000 a year Americans spend to keep their electronics in "standby" mode. + READ MORE

Warmth is Just a Portiere Away: Cheaply add Style and Efficiency to Your Home By Kati Stevens IN Home & Garden Oct 1 2008 El Cid, the century-old flamenco dinner theater built by D.W. Griffith, is a stylish Los Angeles landmark, and though there's little need in balmy LA to keep heating costs low, the crimson portieres, or curtains hung in doorways, reminded me of just that. Portieres, after all, are a great way of keeping your house's temperature up and your heating costs low. + READ MORE

Sleep Green, Sleep Better By Veronica Davis IN Home & Garden Aug 12 2008 Millions of people complain about not being able to sleep or simply not feeling rested after a night of rest. While this can be attributed to everything from insomnia to restless leg syndrome, it's not as well known that it could be your environment! As Margaret Renzullo spoke of on Greenovate, she had a horrible time trying to get any rest at all in her outdated home. How exactly can the surroundings in your home be causing you not to get your much needed rest? There are many, but here is a sampling of why you may be thinking about sleep more than you are sleeping. + READ MORE

Gregory Schaefer Says: Kombu! By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 24 2008 Gregory Schaefer from the G Word here!They really turned me on to the world of seaweed and I've added more of it to my diet since the shoot.Their enthusiasm for sea veggies is really infectious and I look forward to meeting up with them to help out on another harvest soon! + READ MORE