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December 31st, 2011 · 7 Comments · Design, Family, Green Home, Holidays

Photo used with permission: Juliet R. Harrison Photography, design: Lainey Fink

Clean Air Design: 5 Cool Picks

August 2nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Fashion, Green Home, Health, Music, Sustainable Living

Can clean air design change the world? Like most artists, designers create objects for our families that reflect social and environmental issues and trends. To solve a health and environmental problem such as air pollution, designers are doing their part in creating homes, clothing, cars and communities that address the crisis. The Moms Clean Air [...]

Bridge Chime: Whim Of The Breeze

July 21st, 2011 · 5 Comments · Art, Design, Environment, Music, Nature, Travel

Making the rounds of the design blogs is this absolutely amazing public sculpture of a giant, playful wind chime. Artist, Mark Nixon has created the Chimecco bridge chime. It’s a 600-pipe kinetic sculpture that hangs below a wooden bridge surrounded by woods. Chimecco brings music to a beautiful natural habitat. The sculpture is part of [...]

Not Your Typical Tag Sale

July 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Garden, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping

While some sing the praises of purchasing used stuff until the cows come home (or the horses, in the case of the tag sale I attended on Saturday), I am not a tag sale extraordinaire like many of my eco-cohorts. If pressed, I would probably choose a deeply-discounted sale, or a decent consignment shop like [...]

You Are My Sunshine

June 18th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Art, Design, Family, Music

One of my earliest recollections of my dad was of him playing guitar and singing this song to me: You Are My Sunshine My only sunshine. You make me happy When skies are grey. You’ll never know, dear, How much I love you. Please don’t take my sunshine away. I took that picture of him [...]

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Tags:Art·dad·Design·Family·Music·Ray Charles·video

Reversely Cabled (a free scarf knitting pattern)

March 24th, 2011 · 22 Comments · crafts, Design, Knitting

Show and tell for my knitting readers… Knitters know cables are a one-sided affair. One side looks marvelously complicated and the other side looks like a lumpy mess. Most cabled knitting is knitted on one side and purled on the other – with a few stitches separating the cables. Because of this patterning, projects with [...]

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Heirloom Design At Home

February 9th, 2011 · 11 Comments · Art, decor, Design, Family, Kids, Music, Sustainable Living

When I was a kid, I thought we were Danish. I am going to tell you about it, but before I explain that far-fetched childhood fantasy, I’d like to talk about heirloom design. I promise to circle back to being Danish. Bringing Heirloom Design Home I wrote an article that supported the stance that we [...]

Building A Sustainable Future: The Greenest Living Building and Biomimicry

November 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments · Design, Eco-Friendly, Education, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

As an environmental writer, I have the unique opportunity to explore a multitude of eco-related subjects. With environmental news rightfully focused on catastrophic events such as the Gulf Oil Spill, and stories about greenwashing running rampant, it may seem like there’s a fog descending upon the green world. But, I source exciting fresh information daily, [...]

Can Green Design Save The World?

September 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Art, decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Inspiration, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living

Inhabitat is one of the top environmental blogs in the world. Their mission is simple, “Green Design is Good Design ~ Good Design is Green Design.” Inhabitat also believes, “Green Design Will Save The World.” I follow Inhabitat daily, and want to thank them for choosing an idea from an econesting post. Their post titled: [...]

5 Cool And Unusual DIY Clocks

August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home

“Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way” ~ Pink Floyd One of the 5 clocks, called the ‘365′ (above), I just [...]