Though they are beautiful, green, and durable, there are a few drawbacks to wooden tables. Namely, they encourage small …
Japanese Eco-Gifting: It's A Wrap
Japanese culture has no need for wrapping paper, so why should we? We have to applaud any way of preventing all that glo…
The Many Voices of Handmade Notebooks
Last year, at my old workplace, I raided the trash. I couldn’t resist. Horrified by the amount of perfectly reusab…
Breakfast Becomes Biofuel?
The latest innovation in alternative energy is oat fuel. I read the first line of this article at SmartPlanet – an…
Ecosalon Recipes: Weekend Treat: Carrot Cake Made (Mostly) Healthy
Carrot cake is, without a doubt, the best cake in the world. (Objective, moi?) Carrots were first used in desserts in th…
A Bead of Hope
In the Acholi Quarter of the Ugandan capital Kampala, recycled paper is saving lives. This community, in political langu…
Top 10 Chemical-Free Cleaning Tips
There’s only one way to really clean a kitchen, and that’s with corrosive, fuming, toxic chemicals. You̵…
Vegan Sweeties Knows How the Cookie Crumbles
An enterprising San Francisco bakery is producing the following lineup of vegan delicacies: Russian Tea Cakes, Brownie C…