For one more week, Home Depot will recycle your old Christmas lights and give you a coupon for $3–5 off LED lights. LED lights use 80% less energy and can last ten times longer than regular lights. Thanks to Green Lifestyle Consulting for the tip!

Now I never have to plug my Kindle into an outlet! For my birthday this year Mike and Sharon gave me a ReVIVE solar charger. I wouldn’t have bought it for myself, because I was skeptical about how well it would work, but it’s really proven its utility. I guess this is evidence (not proof!) [...]

From now until July 31, Cambridge Energy Alliance is offering $125 toward the purchase of a new Energy Star air conditioner if you recycle an old, inefficient air conditioner. View the voucher form for more information. Open to Cambridge residents only.

I know that clothes dryers are second only to refrigerators in home energy use, but rack drying clothes has always seemed a little intimidating to me. I don’t know why—my mother used to hang laundry outside (even when it sometimes froze!). But once I was out on my own, like most apartment dwellers, laundromats were [...]

The Minuteman Library Network now has Kill-A-Watts available for check out. If you live in the Boston area, just request one to be delivered to your local library and pick it up at the front desk. It’s a great idea, because it’s the sort of thing that you only use once, and then maybe when [...]