The small house in Washington was designed to sit lightly on the land: It touches the ground in only six places, and they didn’t cut down a single tree.
Category: Sustainable Living
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Amazon Says It Will Stop Using Plastic Pillows in Shipments
They’ll be replaced in North America with paper packing, eliminating some 15 billion pillows a year. Plastic film is a major pollutant.
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For These Pritzker-Winning Women Architects, It’s a Time of ‘Catching Up’
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Dublin’s Grafton Architects are forging a path in an industry that continues to be dominated by men.
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How Electric Car Batteries Might Aid the Grid (and Win Over Drivers)
Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset.
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‘You Can Be a Little Different in Queens’: Why This Home Is Not Like the Others
Instead of a conventional renovation, one New Yorker took a progressive approach. Now he pays almost nothing for energy, and the air is always fresh.
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He Bought a 1953 Trailer on Impulse. Here’s How He Renovated It.
The renovation that followed turned his backyard into an upscale version of a campground — complete with a marble shower in the trees.
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These Native Plants Aren’t Weeds
Pollinators recognize a good thing when they see it — and so do gardeners in search of organic pest control. As one put it, “My prairie is my pesticide.”
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With Its Latest Vessel, Azimut Envisions ‘Conscious’ Yachting
The creators of the latest vessel from Azimut Yachts went to great lengths to reduce its emissions, but even they won’t call it green.
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Lawns Draw Scorn, but Landscape Designers See Room for Compromise
Conventional turf lawns have come under attack. Landscape designers are using water-wise and native plants to balance green with “green.”
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Amanda Seyfried Asked for a ‘Sustainable’ Met Gala Dress
The story behind her semi-recycled red-carpet look.
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They Found a Tiny Home in the Catskills: an Original Bolt-Together House
The tiny cabin, one of the few extant examples of a popular 1970s design, had no heat or toilet. But it was theirs for $65,000.