Life is a voyage, live it well!
By Earth 911 – published on Tonic.com on Saturday, August 14, 2010 Shop second-hand. Safe money and the planet. Usually, the greenest item you can buy is one that already exists, yet it seems as though a new “eco-friendly” product hits the market daily, leading consumers to believe that they’re killing the planet with every [...]
August 16, 2010 Written by Tracy Hepler for YourDailyThread My friends over at YDT have some nifty tips on how to turn your trash into treasure! Great for some fashion forward back-to-schoolers! We’ve written about this idea before, but now we decided to show you how to do it on video. Learn how to make [...]
Your dorm room is your sanctuary while you’re at school, at least, so there’s no better time to learn some green lessons that you can apply to living the rest of your green life. This is where you sleep, study, reflect and relax so it’s important that you make your space your own. In addition, [...]
Written by Sarah McClure for Your Daily Thread on June 22, 2010 When it comes to foliage, sometimes it’s better to just grow up. That’s our consensus after meeting with living wall expert Miguel Nelson, founder of Woolly Pockets, a Los Angeles-based company that makes hanging and freestanding “pockets” for plants. Nelson’s containers literally pocket [...]
Written by Tracy Hepler for YourDailyThread.com on August 25, 2009 Oh yes we know it well, the time of year when hot summer beach days turn into hot summer school days (or at least in the 818 where I grew up.) What you might not realize though is how much buying traditional items for “back [...]
July 16, 2010 Written by Emily Goldstone on yourdailythread.com Better Bags or Big Business As Usual? Want to greenify your summertime barbeque gathering? Ok, you bring the veggie patties and I’ll bring the chips. Wait, come again? The Bother With Bags One obvious environmental downside of eating packaged snacks is wrapping waste. The New York [...]
If you haven’t heard of Dwell magazine, I think it’s time you do. If you’re into hip, chic and eco home style, this is the publication for you. Recently, Dwell hosted a fabulous home show here in LA and obviously, I gravitated toward all the neat eco stuff on the showroom floor. Oh, the way [...]
From Yourdailythread.com March 16, 2010 Written by Candice Dickens-Russell // // We began a discussion of what makes a home green when my husband and I bought a fixer-upper a year ago. Since then, I’ve shared the details of what we’ve done to keep our green promises in each room, like in the last installment: the living [...]
September 29, 2009 published on yourdailythread.com Written by Candice Dickens-Russell Candice is writing a green home remodel series for YDT as she fixes up her first home. Read part three of her quest: “Ditching the Dumpster.” // // What does green really mean when it comes to home design and décor? Is it only in [...]
July 28, 2009 from Yourdailythread.com Written by Candice Dickens-Russell Candice is writing a green home remodel series for YDT as she fixes up her first home. Read part two of her quest-an eco-friendly yard-here. I’m not proud of it, but before moving into our 1940s fixer, my husband, Scott, and I had the words ORDER [...]
