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Plumen Luminary - Low Energy Light Bulb

Plumen Luminary - Low Energy Light Bulb

Upgrade: $TBD We all know the three mundane shapes the high efficiency light bulbs come in these days. They are rather unsightly and are often hidden as best they can be by shades. Plumen is throwing conventional design to the wind and making the bulb itself the attraction point with their sweeping, wispy, and alluring [...]

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Eco-friendly Bamboo Becca Stool

Eco-friendly Bamboo Becca Stool

Upgrade: $490   Designer Anthony Marschak elegantly combines function and form in this simple yet versatile piece.  Use the Becca Stool it as…lets start with… a stool, with or without a cushion.  Use it as an end table, or stack them to make a unique shelving unit.  Made from fast-growing, rapidly renewable bamboo and with [...]

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Eco-friendly Form & Function - Wood Coffee Cuffs

Eco-friendly Form & Function - Wood Coffee Cuffs

Upgrade: $68 From your wrist to your cup, the eco-friendly Coffee Cuff will keep your fingers cool, your wardrobe hot and mother nature smiling.  The Coffee Cuff is available in Bird’s Eye Maple, Black Walnut and Benge and makes for a super chic bracelet.  When you get your next cup of Joe, tell your [...]

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8" Go Green Stoplight Pendant Lamp

8" Go Green Stoplight Pendant Lamp

Upgrade: $240 Go green literally with a reclaimed traffic light lamp. Green Light Concepts has delivered a creative use for piles of trashed traffic light lenses that were on their way to the landfill. Made of solid glass and fabricated into beautiful fixtures, both hanging and standing, these lights come in the three basic traffic light [...]

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"Early Future" OLED Lamp

"Early Future" OLED Lamp

Upgrade: TBD OSRAM, along with designer Ingo Maurer, unveiled it the “Early Future” OLED lamp at the Lighting & Building Fair this week.  While it is not available to the public yet, this could be the first OLED light to hit the the shelves.  The highly anticipated OLED technology is known for it’s high efficiency [...]

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Green Ghost Busters Hunt Down Ghost Energy Leaks

Green Ghost Busters Hunt Down Ghost Energy Leaks

Upgrade Lurking in your walls, in your attic and basement, all around you are power leaks that are costing you money and impacting the environment.  Don’t know what to do?  No worries, call the Green Ghost Busters, Sustainable Spaces, Inc. of San Francisco, CA.  Armed with an arsenal of hi-tech gadgets, Sustainable Spaces, with [...]

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Sushi Hyacinth Daybed

Sushi Hyacinth Daybed

Upgrade: $3,600 Hyacinth is a renewable and fast growing material that can be woven together creating marvelous fabric like coverings. The Sushi Daybed uses woven hyacinth over a rattan frame to create a mellifluous structure. Like bamboo, the growth rate of hyacinth is astounding and is adapted to perfect functionality and beauty with the Sushi Daybed. [...]

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Eco-Friendly Luxury 360 Vodka

Eco-Friendly Luxury 360 Vodka

Upgrade: $22 Did you ever wonder if there was an eco-friendly booze out there? I mean recycling the 30 rack of Natty Light is great and all but you can do better than that, particularly with 360 Vodka! Touted as the world’s first Eco Luxury Vodka it is made by one of the oldest distilleries, McCormick [...]

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It’s the Wood That Make It Good - iWood Sunglasses

It’s the Wood That Make It Good - iWood Sunglasses

Upgrade: $350 In the words of Kenny Rogers and his rotisserie chicken; “It’s the wood that makes it good.” Not sure if Kenney would have been into these shades but the iWood brings to us exotic wood veneered sunglasses. Using several exotic woods from around the globe (using sustainable sources of course) comes an entire line [...]

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Gloster Furniture Eclipse Set

Gloster Furniture Eclipse Set

Upgrade Gloster Furniture makes gorgeous pieces focusing on teak as their specialty. This furniture is meant for outdoor use and is designed for appeal and comfort. Gloster Furniture has established a sustainable teak plantation in Indonesia where the conditions are ideal for the growth of the tree. Care is taken to nurture each tree to [...]

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