But you know the signs some buildings put up—”To conserve energy, please use revolving doors”? They’re actually true.

Big Belly solar trash compactors have been talked about a lot lately. The idea is that because they hold more trash, garbage collectors only have to pick it up one-fifth as often, thus saving gas (and the garbage collectors’ time). It sounds great, but I’m not sure the product’s quite there yet. A couple years […]

Would it be weird to buy a house just to have chickens in the backyard? Over on Berklee.net I interviewed Jonathan Feist about the chickens, ducks, and geese he’s raising, and it reminded me that I really want chickens. I don’t have a yard, so I have no place to put them right now. But […]

The temperatures this weekend made us remember that we still need to do some caulking before winter. When we moved in last November it was much draftier than we expected, and we spent some time fixing the worst of it: caulking the living room and bedroom windows, weatherstripping the doors and replacing the old sweeps, […]

One of my guiding principles in trying to become more “green” is to look for reusable options instead of disposable ones. This applies to so many things, but its latest incarnation is in my kitchen sink. For years I happily used disposable sponges to wash my dishes without thinking about it. Then I read about […]