Important Business & the iHouse
Sorry I’ve been so absent lately….I had to attend to the important business of graduating. In other news, this story about the Clayton Homes iHouse got passed around the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago, and I wanted to mention it here briefly. What I think is really intriguing about the iHouse is that is [...]
Happy Earth Day 2009!
If I have one request, hope, or wish for you this Earth Day 2009, it is that you stop using plastic bags. Entirely. Forever. And ever! My suggestion? Get some reusable bags! Everyone sells them by now, from Ralph’s to IKEA to Trader Joe’s. And like everything, you’ve got plenty of choices, from economy to [...]
Woe is me: A Packrat’s Dilemma
One of the things that I didn’t understand for a long time was that to lessen my impact on the Earth, I needed to consume a lot less stuff. Part of my urge for consumption in the first place surely comes from being an American – as Americans, we are told that consumerism is, in [...]
This can’t be right.
Exhibit A: Looks like a normal battery for a 17″ MacBook Pro, right? Exhibit B: Not so much. This is the old battery from my roommate’s 17″ MacBook Pro. One day it just … started expanding. Then she left it in the sun and it … kept expanding. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all [...]
A Green Designer’s Happy Place
I recently discovered a new retail establishment that I think we can all get excited about. It’s called Green Depot, and I bet you can imagine what it sells by its name association with the Big Orange, aka, the Home Depot. Where the Home Depot sells building supplies of all kinds*, the Green Depot supplies [...]
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