Does anyone really love winter? Oh sure, you skiers might rejoice over the first powder as it prowls down to Earth, but what about when it's negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit on a Monday morning and your car is iced up? And little else can rival the aggravation of a drafty house that's supposed to protect us from the elements. Enough with the Snuggies and leg warmers… isn't there something else we can do to keep the house warm?

This holiday season, are you hanging your stockings from the chimney with care? If you’re making your own stockings from recycled materials, you sure are! Get crafty with Santa this year, and surprise him with a chimney lined with handmade stockings you created yourself—and all with recycled materials from your household. Here are five fabulous tutorials for DIY stockings made from recycled materials.

Ready or not, the holiday season is here. And if you plan to host get-togethers and parties this season that means a lot of dirty shoes traipsing through your house. What's a germ-a-phobe to do?

You could ask guests to remove their shoes at the front door. But… is that polite? This classic etiquette question can raise some seriously heated debate in the footwear (or lack there of) community. How do you handle this shoe situation? Try these tricks to help guests feel more comfortable.

This holiday season, decorate your house in a handmade wreath that’s all-natural. You can make these with found, foraged and farmed items around town—talk about decking the halls with sustainable spirit! Here are our top seven picks for DIY all-natural holiday wreaths.

Get creative this holiday season with homemade gifts that utilize the best of recycled, refurbished and refound items. It’s not only an economical way to spread your Christmas cheer to more people, it’s also a way to give personalized touches for each and every person on your list. Embrace your inner “Martha” this year by getting crafty with your gifts—all done with a green thumb. Here’s our official DIY guide for tips and resources to get you through your first DIY Christmas gifting season.

Every year the holiday season generates an incredible amount of garbage, much of it in the form of wrapping paper that is purchased, used once, and then ripped into shreds and tossed in the trash. Reduce your holiday footprint by refusing to buy wrapping paper – try these creative ideas instead.

Chris Lindland is well aware that running a non-sustainable business in San Francisco is, at a minimum, out of the question.

He’s also aware that, in this city, it’s impossible to avoid “geek and science culture,” leaving business owners at an inevitable intersection of the nerdy and eco-friendly. Chris knows this, after all, because he’s one of them; in 2009, he founded Betabrand, an online-only provider of sustainable clothing.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday may have already passed in their flurry of head-spinning discounts, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still score some major deals on holiday shopping.

And what better deal than the eco-satisfaction of purchasing an item bound for the landfill and reusing or repurposing it, especially if you can turn it into a one-of-a-kind gift for a loved one? Shopping secondhand makes your eco-conscience feel good, and it’s even better when you can get it for cheap. Am I right?

Get to surfing the Web for unique eco-holiday gifts with these websites, you thrifty thang.

Who’d have thought two such unrelated things could mesh so well? That classic metal box grater you use to grate cheese, slice and dice veggies, and shave fruit peels into a nice zest can also easily revamp your outdoor holiday décor.

You can easily scrounge up enough cheese graters for your decorating needs at antique malls, thrift stores and flea markets. Plus, these salvaged shredders make hardy decorations. There’s no need to sweat it if they rust; a little corrosion only adds to their old world charm.

Ready to try “grating out” your home? Get inspired with these four ideas to blend cheese graters into your holiday decorating.

It’s the eternal debate: Paper or plastic? And now, in the heat of the holiday season, this question becomes even bigger, literally. Your family must decide on which Christmas tree is most sustainable. Artificial plastic trees are reusable, but they are full of hazardous chemicals. Live trees are natural, but they are a limited resource and aren’t often raised environmentally. Both sides have merit and raise very serious concerns for the green-minded elf. But before you throw your hands up in defeat, check out these sustainable options for finding the perfect Christmas tree.