Reusable kitchen products have always interested me, ever since the days when my father saved paper napkins to reuse at his next meal. I prefer cloth napkins to paper, and dishtowels to paper towels...
I read Joel Makower’s interview with William McDonough on Green Biz and felt that I had met a kindred spirit—about packaging, that is. McDonough is a designer, an architect, an entrepreneur...
Last October, Todd and I visited a salad joint in the DC metro area called Sweet Green. It’s not all that unusual to see compostable cups these days, but not every restaurant actually composts...
A good sign, eh? When car sharing makes it into popular street fairs? I’m proud that Denver is such a green city. This year, the People’s Fair (organized by Capitol Hill United...
For my first post on this subject, I present two products: Breezesta patio furniture, made from recycled milk jugs and water bottles. It’s an example of “closing the loop” with...
As part of Rodale’s Plastic-Free February, I have been looking for items that don’t contain plastic. Although I have not succeeded in avoiding plastic during the first two weeks of February, I have...