4 Ways To Cut Over-Idling From Your Car’s Winter Routine

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Beth Buczynski .

For most of us, winter is just around the corner, or as is the case in my Colorado town, you may have already experienced some of the ice and snow that make this season exciting and difficult all at the same time. Many people try to use alternative transportation in the Spring and Summer when [...]

Naturally Sustainable Packaging: Apple Cider in Apple Cups

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Becky Striepe .

We’re all about simple, green alternatives to disposables around here. Not only do these apple cider cups fit that bill, they’re seasonal, too!

These look incredibly easy to make and perfect for any Fall-themed shindig.

What a 44 Year-Old Toaster Can Teach Us About Sustainable Design

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Tim Hurst .

How $2 bought me one of the best appliances I own
I like my toast. I’m one of those people that believes bread simply tastes and performs a better when thoroughly warmed and a little crispy on the outside. So you can imagine my consternation when my toaster recently stopped working.  It’s not that the toaster [...]

Naturally Sustainable Packaging: Sasa-dango

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

Talk about sustainable packaging… These Sasa-dangos (mochi pounded rice balls filled with red bean paste and seasoned with mugwort) are wrapped in bamboo leaves and bound with a vine.  You steam it inside the bamboo grass wrap then unwrap and eat.  Simple, functional, beautiful and tasty.  

Art Glass: Bottles in the Sun

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Liz Grotyohann .

Western Art Glass creates amazing art from reclaimed bottles: building a mobile from beer bottle bottoms, or wrestling a curving leaf from the side of a discarded wine bottle.

Far Foods Carbon Footprint Labels

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

So you are buying organic and mostly local, that’s pretty good, but if you live in New England like me come winter time local produce is a little harder to come by so end up buying tomatoes from… China!? The fact is there’s no reliable and easy way to know where your produce is [...]

The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

If you venture deep into the rain forest of Cherrapunji you’ll find these amazing examples of natural architecture, root bridges.  Cherrapunji is one of the worlds wettest places covered with rivers and streams.  This is also the home of the Ficus Elastica tree, a species of Indian rubber tree that boasts a very strong root system. [...]

Roof Tiles that Power Your Home? Just say, Solé!

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Beth Buczynski .

These days it seems there are plenty of reasons for homeowners to consider the switch to solar power, not the least of which is a pretty attractive tax rebate from the good ‘ole federal government. But for those who also take aesthetics into consideration in their home improvement decisions, there has always been the pesky [...]

Piet Hein Eek: Reclaimed Wood Furniture

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Matt Embrey .

There are many roots to our addiction to consumption, but in this post I am going to discuss just one of them… aesthetics.  It’s funny that dispite the inherent aesthetic beauty of nature and the environemnt, our desire to make our own environments aesthetically pleasing can wreak havoc on the former.   Now obviously there [...]

Daniel Beltra’s New Photos Show Amazon’s Glory and Destruction

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Doug Gunzelmann .

Daniel Beltra, a Spanish photographer, is traveling the world to capture the world’s three major rainforest regions. We have some of his amazing shots from the first leg of the trip… the Amazon! From cattle men in the deforested Mato Grasso region of Brazil to smiling native Indian children pointing down the barrel of his [...]