From the monthly archives:

June 2007

In Search of Less Scary LED lights

June 28, 2007

I was in Costco the other day and saw a package of “Wireless LED under Cabinet Lights” . The package contained 2 strip lights with each strip containing 6 LEDs. The lights are dimmable, and the light head pivots for a directional light. LED lights are our future and this wireless light seemed like the [...]

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Let Green Crawler be your Fairy Godmother and Turn you into a Savvy Eco-Shopper

June 25, 2007

Between work, kids, and errands, it is just too exhausting to find out where I can find the right organic skin products or household cleaners that meet my needs. Once I find what I am looking for, I end up spending even more time comparing prices. Thanks to Green Crawler researching and comparing eco-friendly products [...]

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HOW CAN I REYCLE THIS?, A Website Dedicated to Breathing New Life Into Unwanted Stuff

June 19, 2007

I found the website, How I can Recycle This?, through Green Media. It was one of the best websites that I found. Before you decide to throw anything away, visit this website. People write in and ask where you recycle random items in your home such as old ashtrays, bundled wire, and all other assorted items [...]

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Happy Father’s Day

June 15, 2007

Sunday is Father’s Day. How to green Father’s Day? Well, I could tell you a multitude of green things to do but none would be important as this piece of advice.
We spend our lives moving at such a fast pace. Work deadline, soccer games, dance recitals, and countless of errands. Take this one day to [...]

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Jetson Green previews First LEED West Coast Residence

June 14, 2007

I usually do not post other people’s articles but I have a lot of respect for Preston Koerner of Jetson Green. His website is dedicated to featuring green building all over the world. In describing his website, Preston states,” [g]enerally, I try to focus Jetson Green on modern + green building. Specifically, I try to [...]

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Used Upholstered Furniture and Flame Retardants

June 11, 2007

In my previous posts, I have extolled the benefits of buying used furniture. What is more eco-friendly than buying something that already exists? However, the downside of buying used upholstered furniture is that you have to worry if it contains a certain flame retardant known as PBDE.

Environmental Working Group (”EWG”) conducted the first study in the United States [...]

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UsedFurnitureFindex, Online sale of Loved Possessions

June 7, 2007

Groovy Green’s Michael d’Estries’ recent article about UsedFurnitureFindex.com caught my eye. (Visit Groovy Green. It is a fun green website.) Interior Designer Denise Cooperman started this website as a resource for people to sell their loved possessions. She found that her clients did not know how to dispose of their old furniture. Many did not [...]

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Freecyle, a Site for Trash to Treasure

June 4, 2007

Freecycle is a website where people give away their used possessions for free instead of putting them out at the curb. This site is truly about someone’s trash, is someone else’s treasure. Freecycle was started in 2003 in Tucson, Arizona to help reduce the waste in Tucson’s downtown as well as to help save the [...]

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