Well, I’m not sure…but my husband thinks it’s a good idea…
September 10, 2008
Kohler “Steward” waterless urinal. It seems like a good idea, I think…? Anybody ever seen one of these installed in a house? Heh.
What’s in a name?
September 10, 2008
Reasonably-priced dual-flush toilet from Kohler: The Persuade
From the Sept/Oct issue of Natural Home Magazine
September 10, 2008
Some sites I want to check out:
“Think Green!” TV show from Designing Spaces
Green Builder Magazine
August 17, 2008
Picked this magazine up from a sub-contractor family member. I think I nearly squealed as I snatched it off their counter…they’d been throwing them away, so I was glad I spotted it. They’re going to save them for me now. 
I also found on the site you can download the PDFs of back issues, so I’m planning on doing that.
I found it mostly filled with information about products, which was informative and interesting, but I especially enjoyed the short article on “budget green building” – right up my alley! There was also a blurb about a reflective roof covering – I’ll have to look up the product name when I get a chance. Seemed worthwhile here in the desert.
Mosier Creek Homes
August 16, 2008
We passed this development when passing through Oregon a couple weeks ago. I’m in love with it! The design and the solar panels scream “sustainable building” when you drive past and it made me smile. What a view of the river they have, too…gorgeous! Maybe sometime we can stop and get a tour…I can’t afford to live in them, since the town houses are around $400K, but I’m sure it would be neat to learn things and see the see the “solar system” in action.
LEED info
August 16, 2008
LEED for homes info. Need to check this out later…
It just kind of cracks me up…
July 26, 2008
that this is the first hit when googling “dreaming green.” Heh.
Just another cool store I want to keep track of…
July 26, 2008
that’s relatively close to me. Sustain Eco-Interiors and Design.
Impulse Buy
May 27, 2008
Yesterday my husband and I were walking through Fred Meyer looking for a composter that was on sale. We have one we’re borrowing, and a couple more open mesh ones, but this one was a good price and we had the need for it…our current ones are overflowing. Our local store didn’t carry it but we were in a different city for a BBQ and stopped in to see if they had one in stock. They did…we got their last one.
As we were walking out we saw an Earthwise lawnmower that someone had apparently returned, as there were the remains of grass in the catcher. We had just been talking on our way down that we’d really like to get a mulching mower (we’re borrowing a lawnmower from our landlord and even with composting the clippings and using them for mulch we can’t keep up with what is produced from out large lawn), so we stopped and took a look. It was on a deep discount, and while we wondered why the person had returned it, we figured we always could, too!
It folded right up and fit in our car’s trunk. When we got home I tried it out by mowing a bunch of our backyard. It starts up instantaneously, is fairly quiet, and with the mulching plug you couldn’t even see the clippings. Yay! I was amazed…the gas mower I couldn’t even start or push, and our reel mower that we use for the lower lawn I’m barely able to push on the upper lawns, so this is a big change. I also like how if I do need clippings for some reason we’re able to put the bagging attachment on for collection.
Interestingly, the magazine that inspired our discussion about mulching mowers on the way down, ShopSmart, also gave it good reviews, under the brand name Homelite (which I didn’t realize was the same thing until after we’d bought it and were doing some research). So anyway, we haven’t tried the whole yard with it, but so far are very pleased.
But maybe we didn’t need that new composter after all, since part of what we were going to put in it was grass clippings! Ha!
