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Build a Better Bike Basket

Posted by Nicole Gluckstern on April 21, 2008 - 1:54pm.

Tranform your bicycle from a sedan into an SUV by adding a handy dandy bike basket. No welding skills required!


Plastic Paranoia

Posted by Su Avasthi on April 18, 2008 - 10:38am.

Is the reusable plastic water bottle that's practically fused to my hand a health hazard? The debate rages on.


5 Ways I'm Greening Up My Kitchen

Posted by Jessica Harlan on November 28, 2007 - 8:45am.

Atlanta’s drought is causing me to give some thought to my cooking and cleaning habits.


Appetite for Deconstruction 2: Architectural Salvage

Posted by Philip Higgs on July 12, 2007 - 8:43am.

Let's take a look at what we can salvage from the old studio—and what might make me a quick buck.


Something to Aspire To

Posted by Philip Higgs on January 11, 2007 - 6:01am.

A normal man is on a quest to fix up his old house and make it greener along the way. What could possibly go wrong?



Notes from the Reuse Movement

Notes from the Reuse MovementPosted by Philip Higgs on May 24, 2006 - 12:14pm.

Of the three environmentalist R's, I've always seen Reuse as a quiet little brother to the slightly over-glorified Recycle and the get-tough Reduce. Lately, though, it seems like the littlest R is getting all growed up. Reusing building and remodeling materials has become a sizable business, with tax incentives prodding constructors and deconsturctors alike with reason to repurpose those old solid-core doors and clay roofing tiles rather than chuck them landfill-ward. And it's not just earth-shippers and hippies on the reusable tip. The Singing Saw is a lumberyard outside of Boulder that sells wood reclaimed from farmhouses and barns back East for many pretty pennies. They're finishing the interior of a 2,500-square-foot great room with reclaimed fir from a torn-down dairy barn - yes, just the great room, so imagine how big the house must be - just to get the "look" of an old ranch. Ostentatious? Totally. But at least, in this case, far less damaging to the environment than could have been.



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