By Dawn Burden Bates Happy New Year! It’s not too late to make your recycling resolutions. The holidays are finally …
Recycling
Is Your Clothes Washer an ENERGY STAR?
How much water does an ENERGY STAR-rated clothes washer save? It can literally cut your water usage in half. A standard …
Recycle! A Handbook for Kids
School may be out for summer, but seize the opportunity to increase your children’s vocabulary and environmental literac…
Newspaper Dispensers Turned Into Flower Pots
Here’s a neat idea. Somewhere in Toronto, an artist is taking old newspaper dispensers and reclaiming them into flower p…
Recycle Old Crayons!
When I was growing up, my grandmother would buy me a new box of Crayola 64-count crayons each summer, with the cool shar…
Empire State Building to Slash Energy Consumption
New York City was built up a long, long time ago when energy efficiency wasn’t part of the plan. So nowadays buildings c…
World Tour of Recycling Bins
It’s always weird to see what mundane things like phone booths, parking meters and trash cans look like in other countri…
Washington, D.C. Debates Fee for Paper, Plastic Bags
I eat a lot of fresh fruits and vegetables. So I’m at the supermarket fairly often and I always bring my reusable bags w…
Enough with the Free Labels!
You see that! That’s my giant pile of free address labels. You know, those things you get from all sorts of nonprofits a…
Brooklyn Rooftop Goes Solar
In Brooklyn, an old building, originally constructed in the 1880s and newly renovated into 25 commercial spaces, gets a …
