Hopelessly Addicted to Craig’s List I have to admit, I am a Craig’s List junkie. Craig’s List is a service where people post whatever they want to sell at a designated price and people contact them through their Craig’s list email. Go to the website and see if your city is listed. (Note, the link …
Since I built my home to be non-toxic, furnishing it has become a dilemma for me. Many of my own pieces are worn from my children using them as jungle gyms, and the color scheme of my new house is very different than my old house. I could buy furniture from companies that use woods …
It doesn’t have to cost the earth (pardon the pun) to make your household greener you know. I mean, all the energy saving advice means that you get the added bonus of saving pennies too. How many different products do you have for all the cleaning jobs around the house I wonder? Different bottles of …
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The latest video from the ECOHOOD. Ecomachines & Living Machines are ecological wastewater treatment designs originally founded by Dr. John Todd of Ocean Arks International. They are viable solutions for our future. A future in which water wont be so easily accessible and we will need to re-evaluate our wastewater treatment systems and to develop …
It all seems a bit silly when you really think about it. We’ve been wiping chemical filled liquids over our homes and filling the air with chemically fumes. Only if it’s a real chemical stench do we think – “oo that smells really clean”. We’ve been cleaning our baths with bleachy, chloriney, chemically nasties.. sloosh …
Next month sees the UK’s most comprehensive sustainable design and construction event in London. Ecobuild will take place at Earls Court 2 from the 27th February to the 1st March 2007, with over 60 free seminars and 300+ exhibitors. Whether you are an architect or builder looking to improve your understanding of sustainable building, or …
It’s not only the idea of using centuries old reclaimed wood for these dining tables that is appealing, the end product is pretty magnificent too. Maru dining tables are manufactured by greentea designs from slabs of wood flooring and porch supports, salvaged from old Korean country homes and 3-inches thick. These slabs, once under the …
Ecorazzi reports that Prince Charles is building an eco-house on the England-Wales border. Will this be a wedding present for Prince William and Kate Middleton? The Sunday Mirror seems to think so. Apparently the young couple have been to visit the site of their future palatial home, that will be completed by 2010 and will …
The initial cost of installing solar power can make the technology prohibitive for some, so it’s very exciting to see what US corporation Citizenrē is doing for those who would like to install solar panels on their homes, but can’t afford the big outlay. The REnU 25-year fixed rate residential solar electric system rental program …