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Green Your Drainage: How To Disconnect Downspouts
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You may not give a lot of thought to your downspouts, but the water that falls on your roof and through your gutters could be contributing to larger stormwater management problems. Keep reading to learn why stormwater is such a big deal and how [...]
Another cyclist Gets The Right Hook: It's Time For Sideguards On Trucks In North America
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Toronto mom gets killed by truck turning right. Another needless death that could have been [...]
Best Buy Launches Home Energy Learning Centers
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Have you been interested in increasing your home’s energy efficiency, but aren’t sure how to go about doing it? If so, Best Buy has a new in-store and online Home Energy management learning center that can help you decide how to best satisfy [...]
Full Circle Green Cleaning Tools
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In the past we have shared some of our best all natural recipes for home cleaning solutions but what about the cleaning tools you use in conjunction with these solutions? Full Circle makes cleaning tools that are equal parts good looking, functional [...]
Chic and Compostable Partyware
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Holidays mean family, friends, and parties that celebrate all the love (and food) of the season. And parties mean... dishes. Lots of dishes. When your big dinner parties call for more than a few place settings from your cupboard, disposable dinnerware [...]
History and Design of the Bathroom Part 7: Putting A Price on Poop and Pee
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I took some serious abuse in comments when I wrote Gates Foundation Throwing $42 Million Into The Toilet , questioning whether we needed a high-tech toilet solution. Commenters wrote: "This article is a disgrace and a sham." Niels Peter Flint, who I [...]
Building Tips for Reducing Flood Risks
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A lot can change in two hours. At 8 a.m. Sunday, I walked the length of our half-mile driveway here in southern Vermont, checking the culverts and water bars, all fortified and cleared the day before. All good. The brook next to our driveway was [...]
Sunset Idea House 2011: Cargotecture
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This year's Sunset Idea House is an affordable (albeit tiny) shipping container structure designed and fabricated by Seattle-based Hybrid Architecture. Filled with great-looking innovations, the Nomad model goes for $59,500. Read Full [...]
Community Supported Honey: Ballard Bee Company Seattle, WA
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Established in 2010, the Ballard Bee Company began with four hives in owner Corky Luster's yard in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. But what started as a hobby soon grew into a full-fledged business and he now has a series of hives throughout the [...]
Standout Bathroom Water-Savers from the GreenSpec Guide
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Niagara's Stealth toilet offers the performance of a pressure-assist model yet is as quiet as a conventional toilet. If you're looking to renovate a bathroom and save some water and energy in the process, check out some of these... [...]
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