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GIFs imagine Miami, Boston under 25 feet of seawater

Mon, Apr 22 2013 at 11:40 AM

It's Earth Day. Let these disaster movie-esque GIFs of four major cities being swallowed up by rising sea levels serve as your motivation to go out and help combat climate change.

Utility thrills: Crate & Barrel launches 'Clean Slate' collection

Sun, Apr 21 2013 at 10:15 PM

For those who require handcrafted carpet beaters and hedgehog-shaped crumb brushes this spring, a new utility-minded line from Crate & Barrel has got you covered for cleaning season.

Rounding up the usual suspects: Top 10 cities with the greenest homes

Fri, Apr 19 2013 at 7:15 PM

In news that shouldn't shock anyone, San Francisco and Portland are named two of the top cities with the greenest homes in all the land in rankings released by Redfin earlier this week.

The plushest peak you ever did see: Three Bad Seeds' nature-inspired pillows

Thu, Apr 18 2013 at 5:55 PM

Don't have travel plans for entry fee-free National Park Week? Bring the great outdoors into your home with Three Bad Seeds' line of wilderness-inspired pillows handcrafted from repurposed scrap fabrics.

Dwell on wheels: Vintage trailer reborn as low-impact mobile abode

Wed, Apr 17 2013 at 8:00 PM

Squeeze on in for a tour of the COMET ('Cost-effective Off-Grid Mobile Eco Trailer'), a carpenter ant-ravaged 1960s Avalon camper transformed into a solar-powered mobile abode by tiny house devotee, Mariah Coz.

Kickstarter campaign aims to bring 'Landfill Harmonic' to the big screen

Wed, Apr 17 2013 at 2:00 PM

Young musicians who live in a Paraguayan slum built atop a landfill play on instruments they created from trash. The filmmakers behind ‘Landfill Harmonic’ have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help tell their story to a wider audience.

Reimagining the row house: The Baltimore Carbon Challenge winners

Tue, Apr 16 2013 at 8:00 PM

In Baltimore, the U.S. Forest Service co-hosts a home design contest that highlights the versatile, CO2-trapping wonders of wood while also contributing to an on-the-mend neighborhood's recovery.

Mommy Greenest: Mother's Day Gift Guide 2013

Tue, Apr 16 2013 at 2:00 PM

While prep begins for Mother Nature's big day, keep in mind that there's another mum-centric celebration approaching. Here's 10 Mother's Day gift picks — all under $100 so you can also budget in flowers (and non-wire hangers).

'Light recycling' pavers save energy, prevent stumbling around in the dark

Mon, Apr 15 2013 at 1:22 PM

LED-embedded solar paver lights are a dime a dozen. And then there's NightTec Leuchsteine paving stones from Germany in which the concrete itself glows once the sun goes down.

Furniture made from cow poop and dirt shows at Milan Design Week

Mon, Apr 15 2013 at 8:30 AM

From Tel Aviv-based sustainable designer Adital Ela comes Terra, a line of compostable stools and lampshades made from agricultural waste, compressed soil and manure.

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Hi Annie, There was a link to

Sat, Feb 23 2013 at 5:49 PM

Hi Annie, There was a link to the "Unsolved Mysterious" theme song in there to help set the mood. I recommend giving that a listen ... or the "X-Files" theme!

Love it -- good to see a long

Thu, Jan 03 2013 at 3:46 PM

Love it -- good to see a long time Red Hook biz involved with this. That screenshot is of my block!

Hi Anthony,

Mon, Oct 01 2012 at 12:34 PM

Hi Anthony, To my defense, I'm obviously aware that a large number -- more than just six -- FLW structures have been demolished and/or destroyed over the years and I mention several more within some of the texts for each individual entry. I don't view this approach as lazy, but more of a starting point for a larger dialogue and to highlight a few notable, no-longer-with-us (with the exception of Taliesin) buildings across a range of categories -- hotels, entertainment centers, private homes, etc. -- in order to demonstrate the sheer diversity of FLW's work. True, I didn't get every single one, but in the original text I invited readers to share their additional entries so thank you for doing so. I also originally included an additional shorter list of several other demolished/destroyed FLW buildings -- the Pauson House, the Larkin Building, the Fuller Residence in Miss., etc. -- to round things out.

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A 2006 graduate of the New School’s MFA Creative Writing program, Matt Hickman cut his editorial teeth as a contributing writer at luxury lifestyle magazine, CITY. In the years since, Matt helped to build the editorial content for for eco-living website GreenYour, contributed to the late, great Big Apple arm of Ideal Bite and has written for a diverse number of online publications including Nerve.com, Gridskipper, and the Lazy Environmentalist. Also an active copywriter and green living consultant, Matt contributed to the upcoming green design book, "Vitamin Green" (Phaidon). Matt, whose weaknesses include diet soda, tsotchkes, and scented soy candles, calls a two-bedroom apartment in Red Hook, Brooklyn, home sweet home.

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