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Recycle A Rubber Hose Into A Cheap, Comfy Chair

Dornob Design | Posted 11.06.2009 | Green


A few pieces of plywood, threaded metal rods, washers and bolts are all that is needed to construct the supporting elements on the sides of the seat. ...

Is Halloween The Most Wasteful Holiday? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Eve Solomon | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Here at HuffPost Green we love a party... and Halloween is definitely a fun holiday. But as the tradition becomes increasingly consumer-oriented, we t...

Life Cycles of Consumable Goods: Lower-Impact Shades of Green

Renée Loux | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green


Renée Loux

Understanding the "life-cycle" of any consumable good offers a fairly accurate sense of how "green" it really is -- basically, where things come from and what happens to them when we are done with them.

11 Creative Ways To Recycle Packing Peanuts

thedailygreen.com | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Traditional packing peanuts are made out of polystyrene and are now color coded to indicate the origin of the material they contain. Polystyrene takes...

Recycling Plastic: What a Waste

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

Every day, single-use plastics ("SUPs" bottles, bags, packaging, utensils, etc.) made from petrochemicals are thrown away in huge quantities after one use, but they will last virtually forever.

Water Bottle Deposits To Start This Fall In NY

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory deposits on water bottles are expected to start this fall in New York, while the Paterson administration considers chan...

Funds for Fridges

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Jennifer Schwab

Even though "Cash for Clunkers" is over for cars, more than 60 utilities across the U.S. will be offering money for recycled appliances such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and more.

The New Face of Fashion: Sustainable Luxury

Jeffrey Hutchison | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style


Jeffrey Hutchison

Embracing sustainability and crafting a new face of luxury need not be at odds; by exploring ways to achieve both simultaneously, an exciting new era of of design can be borne.

ROBO Cop: Recycling Wall-E Cleans Up The Streets of Italy (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 08.09.2009 | Green


This real life robot called DustCart, created as part of the $3.9 million DustBot research program has been busy at work on the streets of Pecciolli, ...

David de Rothschild's Fantastic Plastic Bottle Boat

Grist | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green


The Plastiki is the latest project of British environmentalist and polar adventurer David de Rothschild, the 31-year-old scion of the famous banking f...

DIY: 7 Great Weekend Solar Power Projects

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 07.26.2009 | Green


Looking for a fun project to take on this weekend? Looking to improve your skills with solar? We have some suggestions to accomplish both of these to-...

Prison Doubles Up As Sustainable Living Center

Earth 911 | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green


A prison in Aberdeen, Wash. looks a little different than the bleak landscape, dirty walls and lifeless structure that are standard throughout the U.S...

7 Green Celebrity Homes You'll Love

Tree Hugger | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green


We found seven celebrities whose homes reflect their passion for all things green--even if the square footage isn't especially modest. From Johnny Dep...

DIY: Recycle Your Greeting Cards

The Green Gathering | Posted 07.23.2009 | Green


After major holidays and lifetime milestones, you clear your mantle of thoughtful cards from your family and friends and hesitate on the way to the re...

Media Catches the Boat to Pacific Garbage Patch

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green


Lisa Kaas Boyle

The "away" of our throwaway society turns out to be, in part, a giant patch of broken plastic bits swirling around the Pacific Gyres in an area that has been dubbed "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Six Earth Day Activities for Your Classroom

Ted Wells | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green


Ted Wells

Here are six activities that my fourth grade classroom at The Park School in Brookline, MA has been working on leading up to Earth Day.

From Conspicuous Consumption to Conspicuous Frugality

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 02.09.2009 | Home


Maggie Van Ostrand

Humans are ingenious inventors, which may be what got us into this mess in the first place. Now we must invent alternative products that we can enjoy as much as what they replace.

A New Age for Recycling...Prod the Producers or Reward Consumers?

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green


Graham Hill

Sweden has some of the best recycling rates on the planet. Over 95% of glass gets recycled there, and 85% of newspapers, 70% of metal and 65% of plast...

Greening Hollywood: Enchanted Green Hallow's Eve

Paige Donner | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green


Paige Donner

Ecostation... has created an environmentally aware Haunted Fun House for kids and parents that offers an afternoon of trick-or-treating and learning about Earth's animal-kingdom inhabitants.

The Cyclical and Virtuous Product Lifecycle

Ron Gonen | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green


Ron Gonen

My goal at RecycleBank is to progress societies' view of the product lifecycle from linear to cyclical.

HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green


Stefanie Michaels

Hotels are looking for new ways to run more efficiently and looking to nature to give them some ideas. The latest in green technology is allowing hote...

Reuse, Recycle, Resell?

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 11.02.2008 | Green


Roseanne Colletti

Turning trash into treasure is a way to survive -- dare I say come out ahead? -- in today's economy. What's wrong with reusing "stuff"?

Life Cycle: Styrofoam: Mark of the Plastic Beast

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green


Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Your Styrofoam lunch container of Mooshu pork is labeled with...

The Toxic Crime of the Century

Jackie Fuchs | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green


Jackie Fuchs

For months now, Campania has been suffocating under heaps of uncollected garbage shipped from economically sound northern Italian regions to the much poorer south.

Three Design-Savvy Recycled Salt and Pepper Sets

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 09.20.2008 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

I hate disposable salt and pepper grinders. These things should really be banned. Plastic, packaging, carbon foot print...and then after a few months,...