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(posted today at f.pea ) Last year I first tried my hand at making some découpage ornaments. This is a fancy French way of saying that I glu...

December has arrived, and Advent has begun in our house. The countdown to Christmas is a tradition brought from my own childhood where we w...

Last night I watched this documentary on PBS about the Karuk tribe of California . They live along the Klamath River. The logging companies ...

a teacher of mine tipped me off to this rad article by michael pollan to our president-elect.

cross posted at twogreenchickens We are lucky that our situation allows us to be a one car family . My husband rides his bicycle / public t...

cross posted at jumilla bugs 1. stop, look, listen 2. make the most of what you've got 3. offer people a place to sit 4. think small for...

hi all... my dad wanted to post this article on green tips for changing your car's oil! [i know ideally we all wouldn't have cars, o...

an architect friend sent me this link to a lecture by Blaine Brownwell . the lecture is really great - he talks about new materials for bui...

AIA & Dwell Magazine have a how green are you contest going. Entries are accepted through June 30th [so you have a few days!]. all you h...

Have you seen this? Guess how many years it would take for your home to disappear - then watch... And that seems to be not withstanding all...

Our friends Alegre and Sean have realized their dream of a brick and mortar location. Come join in the fun! Green and Greener Grand Opening...

I am in the process of moving my office from here . to here . Working from home will have many perks - best of all, the end to my daily co...

For those of you who may not already know, it’s earth hour this coming Saturday night.... Well, that is, in Australia. If you’re in the Sta...

For a few years now I’ve not had a washing machine. It’s called for the occasional trip to my folk’s house to use their machine, and to the ...

Ever since college, a group of our friends has been getting together a few times a year for a clothes swap. I love the clothes swap, partic...

buy local, buy handmade, re-use, re-cycle. sure we all want to do what we can. but what do you do when you just do really want to BUY someth...