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After an adventurous week of helping two separate friends pack their apartments for cross-country moves, I found myself asking the same question over and over…  chuck it or keep it? And after about the 100th time, I soon took initiative and just started throwing everything away. (Don’t worry, they’ll never miss the stuff!) While sifting [...]

Now that is brilliant!  Rent an X-mas Tree! The Living Christmas Company provides a service that arranges to have a potted tree delivered to your home.  When the holiday spirit has dissipated send it back, watch it grow and have it delivered again next year!

From $50-$150, you can score a great lil tree and even [...]

This story in the New York Times may have you thinking twice.
“Buying offsets is a nice idea, just like giving money to a soup kitchen is a nice idea, but that doesn’t end world hunger,” said Anja Kollmuss, a staff scientist for the Stockholm Environment Institute who is based at a branch at Tufts University.
“Buying [...]

We popped by the eco experience at the Minnesota State fair last week and snapped a couple pictures of the net zero eco house.  It was an open walk through design, set up to showcase green technologies and building practices for the home.  In sustainy fashion, the materials and design of the house pays for [...]

KILLER NEWS!!!  Sustainy has been nominated to receive Nau’s first annual $10,000 Grant for Change,  an initiative that supports those who instigate lasting, positive change in their communities.

Moya, Kush & Eric are working hard behind the scenes to bring you eco-news from everywhere they go!  With Kush currently in El Salvador with USAID, Eric circling [...]

It’s Summer. The fair’s in town.  It’s going green and Minnesota is leading the charge with The Eco Experience Exhibit.  Why make a big to-do about a seemingly small feat?  Because in one turn-o-the-wheel, nearly 500,000 people will be exposed to a varied and diverse weekend event calendar, addressing everything from alternative energies, personal diet, [...]

The difference between ‘old’ environmentalism and ‘new’ is dropping the guilt-laden should, and replacing it with could. Rather then harping on peoples weaker motivations, it’s all about inspiring them to be empowered and think creative, big, fun.
Maybe nothing says sustainability=fun more than The PlayPump system. It’s a pump. Boooring. But, it’s also a kid’s round-about. [...]

I can’t tell if this is irony or good urban planning, but Los Angeles has started a rainwater harvesting program, and backed it with some city funding.  In an attempt to curb storm water run off, residents are encouraged to save money, lower stormwater pollution and take a short survey to see if they qualify [...]

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The new “DewPointe” water cooler (which is a real product that you can currently buy or lease) is a water cooler that gets its water supply not from the tap, nor an awkward 5 gallon upside-down jug, but instead from the air. Yes… the air.
Is this OK!?  Am I going to turn my office into [...]