Articles tagged “Green Home”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Home With Condiments By Laurel House IN Home & Garden May 6 2011 Did you know that the air inside your home is probably more polluted than the air outside? The average home contains 62 toxic chemicals swirling around and comfortably settling in your carpet, on your pillow, and on your toothbrush. Clear out the chemicals with condiments from your pantry. Yes. + READ MORE

How About a Free Trip for Turning Your Home into a Billboard? By Jeff Kart IN Travel & Outdoors Apr 13 2011 Adzookie offers to pay mortgages if you let them turn your home into a painted billboard. What's your price, and would a free vacation, or a cause, factor in? + READ MORE

Tiles from Toilets! Spotlight on: Fireclay's 'Debris Series' By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Dec 30 2010 The Debris Collection is available in more than 112 colors and is made from over 70 percent recycled materials, more than 50 percent of that post-consumer waste. Fireclay Tile says that by working with local recyclers, the company will take more than 150 tons of porcelain waste out of the landfill. + READ MORE

Winter Gardening: Crops You Can Grow in Cold Weather By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2010 Just because it's cold outside--and SO snowy, if you're in the northeast--doesn't mean you can't keep up the green thumb you were developing all summer. + READ MORE

Low-VOC Alternatives for the Products That Expose You to the Greatest Risk By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Nov 26 2010 You're exposed to volatile organic compounds on an everyday basis, both through commonly-used products like household cleaners, as well as through things you don't think much about, like carpeting, paint, and vinyl flooring—these products don't stop emitting VOCs the day you take them out of the store, or a week after installation. So here are a few ways to start de-VOCing your life. + READ MORE

Water Conservation: Showering Less is Great, But What About Diet? By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Nov 4 2010 Water conservation seems to be all the buzz this week, from efficient appliances to showering less. But there's one factor missing. + READ MORE

Fool Around With The Eco-Cool Measuring Tool By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 27 2010 It is fun and has some good information, but take it with a grain of salt. + READ MORE

In Houses, Small Is The New Big By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 20 2010 New information from the US Census Bureau confirms that houses are getting smaller again. + READ MORE

NYC to Require Biodiesel Heat, and 3 Other Ways the Big Apple is Going Green By Rachel Cernansky IN Tech & Transport Oct 12 2010 Starting next October, all heating oil sold in New York City will have to be at least two percent biodiesel. + READ MORE

3 Ways to Ditch Paper Towels By Care2.com IN Home & Garden Oct 6 2010 Sure, using 100 percent recycled paper products beats using paper towels made from virgin fiber, but the greenest option is to skip the paper towels all together. Whether you’re in the kitchen, cleaning up spills, or out and about, there are reusable options that can help you save a tree! + READ MORE

Lemon Aid: Nature's All-Purpose Stain Remover By NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Sep 24 2010 The acid in lemons makes the citrus a great cleaning agent, and it has a bleaching effect, particularly when exposed to sunlight. Here are 10 great ways to use lemons for all-natural stain removal. + READ MORE

15 Ways to Practice Water Conservation at Home By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Sep 4 2010 Water is a precious commodity, and Americans and Canadians use more water per capita than people in any other part of the world. A lot of the water we use is wasted, but you can save a lot of water between simple adjustments and water-saving fixtures and appliances. + READ MORE

2010 the Year of the Yurt? By Sara Novak IN Home & Garden Aug 28 2010 Down East Magazine has declared 2010 "The Year of the Yurt," and though they were talking vacation, it got me thinking big picture. Could I live in a yurt? + READ MORE

Allergies? Sinus Trouble? Ear Trouble? A Neti Pot Might Be For You By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 17 2010 The neti pot worked when doctor-recommended treatments did not. + READ MORE

From the CDC, Urine Tests Are In: Levels of the Antibacterial Chemical Triclosan Are Up By Rachel Cernansky IN Food & Health Aug 13 2010 CDC data shows triclosan levels in urine samples increased by 40% in just two years. + READ MORE

Solution for Gardening in Tight Spaces: Hang Plants from the Ceiling! By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Jul 31 2010 Someone thinking cleverly outside the box has designed a trick for gardening in tight spaces. + READ MORE

Too Glamorous To Be Environmentalists? By Aysia Wright IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 21 2010 Not. That was the theme of the evening at the EcoStiletto 2nd Anniversary bash hosted at Rolling Greens nursery in Hollywood. According to Eco Stiletto founder Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, “Someone at the event said to me that the guests didn't look like environmentalists--they were way too glamorous!” That's the mission of EcoStiletto in a nutshell--to show people that you don't have to sacrifice style for sustainability—and they illustrate that mission well. + READ MORE

Interview With The Authors Of The Carbon-Free Home By Keith Wagstaff IN Home & Garden Jul 15 2010 Stephen and Rebekah Hren, authors of The Carbon-Free Home (Chelsea Green), give advice on how you can make your home as efficient as their home in Durham, NC. + READ MORE

10 Uses for Beer You Never Thought Of By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Jul 9 2010 For many, summertime is synonymous with cracking open a cold one.That is certainly true around here. Someone in my life whom I love dearly sometimes leaves partially full beer bottles around. I’ve always thought it was a pity to throw the remainder brew down the drain. But, who wants to drink warm, flat beer? + READ MORE

Toothpaste to Hand Soap: Triclosan-Free Substitutes Until the EPA Regulates the Stuff as an Endocrine Disruptor By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Jul 7 2010 Knowing that antibacterial chemicals like triclosan are probably endocrine disruptors, isn't it time to disinfect another way? + READ MORE