Articles tagged “Green Moving”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

The Top 10 U.S. Cities for Public Transportation By Julia Austin IN Travel & Outdoors Sep 29 2011 The best pizza. The most beautiful women. The finest wines. Plenty of cities claim to have these. But which cities are competing for a medal that means a greener, possibly longer-lasting planet? These ten cities have committed substantial budgets and time to making public transit not only accessible, but also appealing. + READ MORE

Free Parking is Actually Pretty Expensive By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Tech & Transport Apr 1 2010 My town has free parking all along Main Street. It's the kind of thing visitors always remark on: "No meters!!" And we smugly say, "Nope, not here!" and pull up right in front of the nearest restaurant or antique store. Yep, life seemed pretty sweet... until I realized that the abundance of free parking meant one thing: I. Drive. Everywhere. + READ MORE

Meet Change Maker Ana Joanes, Director of Fresh, the Movie By Leonora Oppenheim IN Work & Connect Nov 5 2009 Meet Ana Joanes the director and producer of Fresh, one of the most inspiring movies recently made about our food system and what we eat. + READ MORE

Need Moving Boxes or Have Some For Other People to Reuse? Check Out Moishe's Box Exchange By Mat McDermott IN Home & Garden Oct 21 2009 Need to find moving boxes or want to donate ones for people to reuse. Check out Moishe's Box Exchange online listing service. + READ MORE

Moving? 7 Steps to a Green, Money Saving Move By Laurel House IN Home & Garden Jul 24 2009 Moving doesn't have to be the money draining, environmentally-polluting, back-breaking day that it tends to be.More on Green Moving: Move in With Someone How to Go Green: Cars Green Your Dorm Move-Out Green Your Move: Haul it With Biodiesel Green Your Move: Get Recycled Boxes Sent Right to Your Door + READ MORE

Renovation Nation Slideshow: Building the World's Greenest Home and a Rural to Urban Renovation By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Jul 23 2009 See behind-the-scenes photos and on-site progress from the Renovation Nation episode: Portland, Oregon—Salvage Brothers. Steve visits the Moon brothers who want to build the greenest house in America. Then he visits a Boulder, Colorado couple who update their house from rural to urban, then start a permaculture garden. + READ MORE

Green Your Dorm Move-Out By Stephanie Sharpe IN Work & Connect May 1 2009 It's that time of year again! If you're a student or live in a college town, you know that soon there will be a mass exodus as students move from the dorms/student housing and on to summer. Once finals are done, it's summer internships, jobs at the beach and maybe even crash with mom and dad. But before you move on to sunnier pastures, think about where your stuff will go when after you move from your dorm. Even if you've been subletting a house off-campus, chances are you can't take all your stuff home with you. But that's no reason to send it packing to the landfill. Check out these resources for reusing or recycling your stuff. + READ MORE

The First 5 Green Things to Do When You Move into a New Apartment By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Apr 21 2009 Moving is one of the most stressful things in life. It's up there with death, divorce and debt. Unfortunately, stressful situations seem to go hand in hand with other stressful situations. For example, if you are in debt, you may fight with your spouse about money, get a divorce and have to move. Hopefully, your life is a bit better than the one I just described. + READ MORE

Celebrate Earth Day in New York, Tees for Change Sale, and Hiring a Moving Truck vs. Using Your Car By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Apr 15 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Celebrate Earth Day in New York, Tees for Change sale, and hiring a moving truck vs. using your car. + READ MORE

Planet Green Relocating to Yurts By Lloyd Alter IN Work & Connect Apr 1 2009 Our old discovery headquarters are already certified by the US Green Building Council as LEED Platinum, but that isn't enough for us at Planet Green. We are packing up our stuff and moving out of town and into our own compound of green, sustainable yurts. + READ MORE

How to Reclaim a Toilet By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 26 2009 Rarely are there toilets unique and precious enough to pack up and move with the other furniture and possessions. Maybe if someone installs a waterless john, a low-flow model or some sort of Omni-Flush 6000 8-in-1 Toilet of the Gods, you?d remove it and take it to your new home. + READ MORE

How to Reclaim a Bathtub By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jan 16 2009 When I was home for the holidays, my buddy called me up to help him remove a bathtub from his sister?s house. I went over there and we carried the cast-iron bathtub out onto the porch. He said he was going to take the tub to the dump, and I tried to convince him to sell it for scrap metal and told him he could probably get a pretty decent price for it. + READ MORE

Questions for Steve Thomas, Moving to Detroit, Living in a Closet and Reusing Your Pumas By David DeFranza IN Home & Garden Jan 13 2009 Today on TreeHugger: Questions for Steve Thomas, moving to Detroit, living in a closet, and reusing your pumas. + READ MORE

Move Across the Country the Eco-Friendly Way By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Nov 24 2008 Moving is one of those miserable undertakings in life that we all have to deal with.Use recyclable and/or recycled boxes and no packing peanuts.When you are done moving, don?t trash those boxes. + READ MORE

Tested: 6 Presumed Gas Mileage Savers By Eric Leech IN Tech & Transport Nov 17 2008 Edmunds.com has posted on the myths and misconceptions of the common fuel efficiency tips and now CarandDriver.com has gotten into the groove and done some testing of their own. What they were looking at were these basic 6 common beliefs to save on gas and emissions output + READ MORE

Downsize for Mother Earth in 3 Steps By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Sep 11 2008 We all think about downsizing when the kids leave the house and we no longer need all the space in our family homes. But what about downsizing for Mother Earth? Downsizing your life isn't just easier on the planet; it's easier on your wallet. Why not think about steps that you can take to downsize your life? + READ MORE

Tiny Countries Go Green By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Jul 30 2008 There's been much talk in the media of entire nations going green over the last few years?big countries moving towards big change. Just look at the convention the Greensburg residents attend in Chicago. But what about the small ones, that don't have the power and resources to make as large a splash? + READ MORE

Little, Little Boxes By Megan Cohen IN Home & Garden Jul 25 2008 Micro-dwellings reduce the residents' ecological footprints to the tiniest possible minimum. The next time you're at a moment when moving houses is an option, think about the eco-impact of heading to a new place that has one or two bedrooms fewer than your current residence, or giving up some inches and slimming down to... + READ MORE

Be Green: Work at Home By Natalie Cook IN Work & Connect Jul 21 2008 On Greenovate, Ryan Flegal converts a 2,300 square foot factory into his home and office space.Reduction of transportation pollution: When your commute is reduced to moving from the bedroom to the living room, you eliminate the need for cranking up your car. More efficient use of space: Using one space for multiple... + READ MORE

Talking the Talk, Greening the Block By Brian Merchant IN Home & Garden Jul 8 2008 After being struck by catastrophic disaster, Greensburg pulled together and decided to make their community stronger and greener. But as any one of its residents would tell you, that?s easier said than done. And this might seem familiar (sans disaster): you want to up the eco-friendly ante in your neighborhood, but don?t have a clue where to begin. + READ MORE