Image credit: Olive Garden & Peter Baker (Creative Commons) When I wrote about drying clothes indoors , I was surprised to hear that some folks had considered opening the windows and cranking up the heat on the thermostat as a “green”...
The Tentstation campground is just five minutes from central Berlin’s main Hauptbahnhof train station. Photo via IgoUgo . In the crowded heart of Istanbul lies a secret garden. Actually, there are probably at least a few, but the one I had the...
Daily Mail’s Liz Jones and People Tree founder Safia Minney, left to right, in Bangladesh’s first organic cotton farm. Image via Daily Mail . The not so sweet reality of garment workers conditions in Bangladesh is, in short, very bad . Thanks...
When it comes to green living, Planet Green is the go-to for how-to, and has been beating to death the subject of beating the heat. We round up a few cool thoughts: Should We Declare Heat Days Like We Declare Snow Days? People have lived without air...
+ Start your pregnancy right with some of our favorite suggestions, from practicing prenatal yoga to avoiding exposure to BPA . + Are you really eating for two? Learn&emdash;and bust&emdash;some common myths about Go here to read the rest: Best of...
Photo via: Komo News. Guest blogger Sara Snow is a green lifestyle expert and board member for Discovery’s 24/7 future-forward network Planet Green. I recently got an email about a “life architect,” Nick Kolesnikoff and his book Your...
Image credit: Image Shack Ever feel like you live in a parallel universe? From the selective flush , to the slightly less controversial shared flush , I thought I had covered all the options for alternative toilet flushing methodologies. Heck, I’ve...
Photo via Neuro Software If you thought the Toy Story movies were about overcoming differences to become friends, then you missed some of the more subtle lessons: That stocking your kid’s toy room can be an exercise in sustainable, eco-friendly...
Image credit: Periodista Digital From dumpster diving , to living without cash for a year , Mark Boyle—aka The Moneyless Man—has certainly inspired his fair share of debates around consumerism, sustainability, and the potential for living...


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