Yesterday the NYTimes had a great article on how American’s preference for using soft toilet tissue is terrible for the environment. The soft, fluffy toilet paper like Charmin can only be made from tree fiber and not recycled paper. Toilet paper made from recycled paper works fine and is used ...

When it comes to energy hogs, did you know that your electric dryer, when on, consumes the most electricity compared to every other appliance in your home? It’s true, it easily beats your refrigerator and your water heater (those in total energy consumption, those appliances use more because t...

The North Pacific sub-tropical gyre has a massive spiral of floating plastic crap floating over an area estimated from the size of Texas to bigger than the continental United States. Most of this plastic is from run-off from rivers and streams from around the world, much of it gradually breaks down ...

Technomontage Western Pennsylvania artist Stewart Webb has updated vintage Art Deco design with a thoroughly future-forward “eco” ethos.  His “technomontage” jewelry and objects for the home are crafted using repurposed high tech materials.  If the towering skyscraper, the ...

I’ve never had a real Christmas tree before. I’ve always had artificial trees, the ones made of plastic and wire, and figured that most people did. While I don’t know the statistics but if the number of Christmas tree stores springing up on the side of major roads is any indication...

Nellie’s Dryer Balls Gaiam.com $18. Amazon.com $15.50 These dryer balls may lower your dryer’s energy use by reducing drying time by up to 25%. They also state it will soften many fabrics naturally by lifting and separating fabric to make it softer, and should decrease the amount of the ...

Can’t afford a Prius or Solar system for you home? There is another, basically free, way you can do even more to do your part to help reduce greenhouse emissions and lower your carbon footprint in a big way - Stop eating beef. The constant belching and flatulence from cattle produces enormous ...

Eco Factor: Phone made from hay gets easily recycled. Research indicates that plastic takes hundreds of thousands of years to decompose. So if you throw your old cellphone in a landfill, you bet you will find it in your next rebirth, provided you remember the place where you threw it. However, if ph...

My wife and I have been pretty big recyclers for quite some time now and occasionally people have asked me why I prefer to recycle so much. I’m not an adamant recycler, where I frown on those who don’t and make them feel bad (though I think those who don’t recycle out of laziness a...

Eco Factor: Eco-friendly nightclub hosts a multitude of sustainable features. New York City has finally got its first eco-friendly night club – The Greenhouse. According to its name, the night club hosts many green features to lure eco-activists to come and have a ball. The 6,000-square-foot club ...