From the monthly archives:

May 2007

Part II of Used Furniture-Becoming An Eco-Chic Trendsetter-My Web and Garage Sale Addictions

May 31, 2007

Photo courtesy of Megan McCormick, under Creative Commons Share-Alike 2.0 license

Hopelessly Addicted to Craig’s List
I have to admit, I am a Craig’s List junkie. Craig’s List is a service where people post whatever they want to sell at a designated price and people contact them through their Craig’s list email. Go to the website and [...]

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Used Furniture–Become a Eco Chic Trendsetter

May 29, 2007

Since I built my home to be non-toxic, furnishing it has become a dilemma for me. Many of my own pieces are worn from my children using them as jungle gyms, and the color scheme of my new house is very different than my old house. I could buy furniture from companies that use woods [...]

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How Would You Reuse Articles That Would Ordinarily go into the Trash?

May 17, 2007

I thought it would be fun to create a page where everyone can post how they reuse “stuff” that would ordinarily go into the trash. I will go first.

How many of you visit fast food places? Come on, be honest. Wendy’ s is actually one of my favorite places. With four kids participating in many [...]

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EWG is the Deep Throat of the Personal Care Industry with its Launch of Skin Deep 3.0

May 15, 2007

I happened to be on the Environmental Working Group’s website checking my facts on an upcoming story about used furniture, when I noticed a press release today about the launching of EWG’s Skin Deep website with updated safety information for more than 25,000 personal care products. According to EWG, personal care products are not monitored [...]

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Promising to Include A Forum

May 10, 2007

I promised myself today Iwould write about all the amazing things I saw at LIGHTFAIR 2007 today but I got distracted because I was blogging on everyone else’s sites. Its’ funny. If you read my answers to people’s posts on Green Options, Debra Dadd, Green Homes, Jetson Green, Treehugger, etc, you will see a different [...]

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A Vertical Wind Mill Designed for the Urban Environment

May 10, 2007

Photo courtesy of Gual Industrie

In FreeEnergyNews.com’s January to March archive, there was a link about the Belgium based Gual Industrie StatoEolien Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine. I found this article interesting because all the wind turbines you see are hortizontal. What made this turbine different?

Also, there has always been controversy about the effectiveness of wind power. Questions [...]

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LIGHTFAIR 2007-With More Fluorescent Technology, Is Our Quest for Energy Efficiency Short Sighted?

May 9, 2007

Lighting Fair NYC this year was home to amazing light technology from energy efficiency featuring LED technology to the reduction of mercury content in the fluorescent bulbs. As an environmentalist I was impressed by the advancement of technology in lighting energy efficiency but was scared at the same time that we as consumers may be [...]

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No more plastic pots!

May 7, 2007

Photo courtesy of Ecoforms

I subscribe to both Home Magazine and Vegetarian Times, and noticed they both featured Ecoforms, organic biodegradable pots. What’s the odds that two very different magazine would feature the same product? There must be something to this product. I have to look into these pots.
The pots are being distributed to retailers all over the United [...]

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