Nuestras Raices in Holyoke, MA has been doing the same thing, but with fenced in family plots. I think the average equivalent income based on produce grown is around $2000 per family plot - which ...

Interesting. I found the design blueprints to make this exact couch in a nomadic furniture book from the 1970s... I guess it's just a popular design?

Of course glass is better than plastic. But is buying a new product from CB better than buying second hand? Weigh the environmental cost of energy spent to create the new products versus shipping t...

Very nice. While many people fear that showing the "machine" that is environmental design is not aesthetically pleasing (a la solar panels, wind turbines, compost piles, etc), I have to say this ma...

Ha! What luck! We bought a black shell with damage this weekend too! Thanks!

This sort of thing has been done for years at Arcosanti in Arizona. For examples of their work, look through Flickr: http://ww...

I know a lot of people don't like the permanence of it, but I would mount the tv to the wall. Also, if you moved the chairs forward a couple feet, the fridge wouldn't be in the way. I...

Arcosanti: http://www.arcosanti.org/expArcosanti/visit/overnight/main.html Between $30-$65 for a one night stay, ...

Wow... you would think these people would be over gender roles by now. This piece is 1) played and 2) nauseating.

Question - aren't some evergreen species better carbon sinks? Such as hemlocks, firs, or spruces? Evergreens grow quickly with a ready water source. AND Un...

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I need a new cutting board. Badly.

...but I still want to coat my old couch in it so I can make it waterproof and put it on the patio.

From what I've heard from my friend who used this stuff for some art projects, this stuff is really really toxic, and you get sick breathing in the fumes.

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I love them. So posh, so chic. Would look great with some asparagus sticking out of em.