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Playing Catch up: 'Til Tuesday
Fri, May 25 2012 at 7:12 PM EST

Net-zero apartments in Brooklyn, the real story behind IKEA prefabgate, craft o' plenty at ICFF 2012 and other green home odds and ends to hold you over through the long, BBQ-heavy weekend.

How to install a front yard vegetable garden
Fri, May 25 2012 at 1:59 PM EST

Check with local zoning ordinances and keep it pretty to please the neighbors.

Ingredients for a successful urban kitchen garden
Thu, May 24 2012 at 4:58 PM EST

Growing your own food can be easier than you think.

Air sealing tips for hot, humid climates
Thu, May 24 2012 at 3:48 PM EST

Tightening up air leaks keeps your house more comfortable, keeps the humidity lower, and saves a lot of energy.

Home inspections: Myths and facts
Thu, May 24 2012 at 3:38 PM EST

Here's what you need to know to get the most out of your report.

No, you're not hallucinating: Designer unveils wooden light bulb
Thu, May 24 2012 at 10:40 AM EST

Marrying traditional Japanese craft techniques and energy-efficient lighting technology, designer Ryosuke Fukusada creates an LED bulb wrapped in a thin wooden shell that, yep, glows.

NY Design Week 2012: 12x12 exhibition
Wed, May 23 2012 at 7:14 PM EST

Appealing to both design nuts and NYC history buffs, the 12x12 exhibition showcases the work of a dozen furniture designers supplied with lumber reclaimed from 12 demolished buildings across the Big Apple.

NY Design Week 2012: Live Screen by Danielle Trofe
Wed, May 23 2012 at 10:44 AM EST

Live Screen, designer Danielle Trofe's ingenious vertical hydroponic gardening system geared towards space-sensitive indoor environments, makes its international debut at WantedDesign.

NY Design Week 2012: Sk8 Tile by Art of Board
Tue, May 22 2012 at 8:30 PM EST

Holding on to a box of broken skateboard decks from when you were a teen? Well, it's time to let go — by recycling them through Art of Board, a firm that gives your busted decks new life as kitchen backsplash.

Submarine transformed into a deep sea Guinness bar
Tue, May 22 2012 at 8:13 PM EST

Architects at Jump Studios have transformed a functional submarine into a bar capable of transporting patrons to the ocean's depths.

How to grow roses
Tue, May 22 2012 at 2:45 PM EST

A rosarian of 50 years wants gardeners to know that despite what they may have heard, these lovely plants are not difficult to grow.

Energy efficiency: One benefit of the recession
Tue, May 22 2012 at 12:51 PM EST

A Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions survey shows that Americans will continue to focus on energy efficiency.

NY Design Week 2012: Broom Chair by Philippe Starck for Emeco
Tue, May 22 2012 at 10:30 AM EST

American chair manufacturer Emeco continues to make good green use of discarded materials with Broom, a stackable, Philippe Starck-designed seat made from a whopping 90 percent pre-consumer factory waste.

NY Design Week 2012: Naked Cabinet Line by MIO
Mon, May 21 2012 at 7:25 PM EST

MIO returns to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair with a range of sustainable plywood storage units that can be adorned with the work of 3 different artists or your very own artistic masterpieces.

Playing catch up: Summer's coming, Summer's gone
Fri, May 18 2012 at 3:04 PM EST

Count down to summer with the assistance of a few green home and garden news items accompanied by the music of the late, great Donna Summer. Because really, nothing says summertime fun like 70s disco.

Mary Richardson Kennedy leaves legacy of green design
Fri, May 18 2012 at 1:00 PM EST

Although she left this world best known as the troubled estranged wife of Bobby Kennedy, she'll also be remembered as a 'tremendously gifted architect' and 'relentless advocate of green design.'

A work of Arc: Bike rack-inspired prefab 'unpacks' for Sunset Celebration Weekend
Thu, May 17 2012 at 9:00 PM EST

House Arc, the inhabitable cousin of Bellomo Architects' innovative public bike storage system, is an easy-to-assemble prefab shelter with a bent recycled steel tube frame that can be shipped in a single box.

Behold, your Finnish micro-cabin fantasies come true
Thu, May 17 2012 at 6:38 PM EST

Built from recycled materials for around $10,000, Nido is a lakeside cabin in Finland deliberately —and smartly — designed with a teeny-tiny footprint as to avoid building permits and bureaucratic red tape.

Earthships: Off-grid, zero-emission, recycled-content homes
Thu, May 17 2012 at 3:25 PM EST

Self-sufficient dwellings have been making good use of tires and beer cans for over 30 years.

Cut energy costs with automatic switches
Thu, May 17 2012 at 3:25 PM EST

Check out these devices that turn off unneeded lights and electronics.

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