Boning up on some baic sewing skills can save you money by saving old clothes! It’s also useful if you have trouble finding clothes that fit.

By eating PB&J instead of a meat sandwich at lunch, you’ll save 2.5 lbs of carbon dioxide emissions, 962 gallons of water, and 12–50 square feet of land. I’ve gathered up some other great recipes if PB&J isn’t your favorite.

Buy one awesome LED flashlight with batteries recharged by solar panels, and send one to Africa for free!

I’ve always been frustrated by the lack of action on common sense conservation and prevention tactics; Portland seems to be on top of those at least.

I recently read a great article by Sharon Astyk about beginning a Slow Clothing movement. Astyk proposes that we each create an entire homemade outfit. I think this resolution is worthwhile, challenging but attainable, and just plain awesome.

As we’re planning our 50 hour roadtrip to Portland, OR, I’ve developed a list of ideas to make the long car ride a bit less eco-evil.

Despite a couple of oversights, I think Living Green by Greg Horn is worth a quick read, and it would make a great, cheap, last-minute gift to just about anybody.

With the Salvation Army bell–ringers on every corner and Christmas music pouring from the radio, I can’t ignore the “holiday” madness any longer. I thought I might share a few of my holiday tips to avoid stress, save money, and generally get more out of the holidays.

A bit of a theme this week—fabric and magazines! Wrap your presents in style, save that old Ikea furniture and your favorite jeans. Looking to kill an hour online? Check out these 3 great online green mags!

Airline subsidies are destoying green travel.

I finished up the water diet on Monday, and I’m pretty pleased with what I’ve learned. The first week, my calculated residential use was 86.1 liters per day. This last week, I averaged only 39.8 liters a day. That’s a 54% reduction!

I used 86 liters of water per day last week and drank beverages that needed a total of 3272 liters to grow and process. I learned plenty about my water usage, and this week I plan on implementing some conservation measures to lower my totals. With my baseline established, I’ll be able to measure the percentage decrease in my consumption this week.

Record Theory proves that fans and musicians can both benefit from digital music downloads.

I’ll start by assessing my own average water use over the course of a week. The American average is 350 liters/day for residential uses. Then, I’ll scale back to the world average and finally the minimum necessary for health.

Now you know about the water crisis. Here’s what you can do!

We are running out of freshwater. In thie first of three posts, I’ll go over basic water information you need to know to understand the problems we are facing.

I was spending way too much money on magazines. For the sake of my pocketbook, my anxiety level, and the environment I needed to give them up.

Why just conserve water when there’s an emergency? With just a little conscious thought, each of us could save thousands of gallons of water per year. I’ve compiled a list of some of my favorites tips and techniques to get you started as the summer heats up.

This week: yucky plastics, bikes are so fabulous, more reusable bags than you can shake a stick at, and sustainable food tastes better.

Soda is bad, Ikea and soap are good, and The Onion is funny.

Now that you have the facts about plastics, there’s all sorts of action you can take to reduce the amount of plastic in your home. Of the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” mantra, reducing plastic is by far the most effective action. The per capita plastic consumption in North America is 223 pounds, more than any […]