Recent Posts Tagged With 'recycling'

• Junktion: If They Can’t Upcycle It, Nobody Can

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 09:00 in art, design, furniture, sustainable, recycling, decor, trash, junk, chairs, tables, sofas

  There’s a sad sight. After they’ve lugged your belongings from one corner of the world to the other and obviously won’t last another mile, the final stop for your careworn companions is the trash. There’s no alternative. It&#...

• Wisconsin Brewery Lights Up Hospital the Green Way

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 in news, recycling, wisconsin, clean energy, biogas, energy independent, city brewery, converted methane gas, gundersen lutheran hospital

  As a rule, hospitals aren’t all that keen on the alcohol industry. Alcohol, after all, is seen as causing many of the accidents that bring victims through their emergency room doors every day. But one hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin is starting to...

• Send Your Green Message on a Stamp

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 10:00 in mail, Paper, lifestyle, endangered species, conservation, green, recycling, earth, invitations, messages, fair trade, postal

  If you’re sending correspondence through the mail these days, why not design your own stamps to promote your green message? Many sites, including Zazzle.com, allow you to either select from their designs or customize your own using photos or i...

• Sharing Family Garb Is Good Savings (if You Can Stand the Loan)

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 09:00 in family, gay, budget, fashion, shoes, teens, community, frugal, Jeans, recycling, swapping, sharing

  My lovely, celebrity-style dressing room is a spare bedroom I stole in the house, a spare that once housed a maple crib, green nursing glider and armoire of precious, spit-up stained Baby Gap dresses on mini-hangers. Today, it’s my own little r...

• Why Is It So Hard to Get My Mom to Go Green?

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 07:00 in italy, children, parenting, Renewable Energy, recycling, seniors, featured, composting, towels, conserving, jewish mothers

  My mother, the nice Jewish lady seen here at her box at the Hollywood Bowl,  is among the biggest paper and water consumers in the country. It hasn’t been easy getting her to turn over a new leaf. (Or rather, fewer of them.) She has a varied ...

• Hall of Fame

  Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 11:00 in Wine, conservation, California, recycling, solar energy, decor, leed certification, radiant floors, local building materials

  Is it possible to make great California wine in an unfriendly environment? Not according to Hall St. Helena, the first winery in California to achieve Gold LEED Certification. LEED is an internationally-recognized green rating system that measures ho...

• Read All About It! 5 Good Uses of Paper; 5 Sheety Ones

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 06:00 in lifestyle, novels, recycling, e-books, love letters, plates, catalogs, greeting cards, online banking, biodegradable, napkins, newsprint

  If killing trees is murder, we need a darn good reason to commit the act. In truth, it is very challenging to morph into a pulp-free society -  one that celebrates without greeting cards and wrapping paper, communicates without monthly statements an...