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  • Green Dream Home

    Green Dream Home

    . When Craig Reingold and Jeannette Kearney first started house-hunting in 2004 after relocating from San Francisco to Boston, their initial goal was simple: find something comfortable and spacious in a family-friendly neighborhood. ...

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  • How Green Is Your Car?

    How Green Is Your Car?

    Thinking of buying a new car Visit Yahoo! Autos Green Center to check your pick's environmental impact first. The site's "Green Rating" ranks each car from 1 to 100 on factors such as tailpipe pollution, greenhouse gas ...

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  • Green House: Living Room

    Green House: Living Room

    Sitting Pretty"We felt that, if we were going to spend more than two hours at a time on a piece of furniture, it had to be organic," Kearney explains. So for the living room, she custom-designed the chocolate brown ...

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  • Green House: Kitchen

    Green House: Kitchen

    Hard at WorkFor the household appliances, Kearney took to Miele's environmental philosophy. The company's energy-saving dishwasher cuts down on the amount of water and detergents used. It's also mostly made with metal for ...

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  • Green House: Entryway

    Green House: Entryway

    Tiles 'R' UsInspired by a design they saw at a friend's home, the couple created an inlaid, underlit, recycled-glass-tile mosaic "rug" for the front entryway. "The most ironic part about the whole experience was ...

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  • Green House: Kid Stuff

    Green House: Kid Stuff

    Game Time Kaya loves to play in the craft room. Her art supplies are stored in cabinets made by Ikea, a company that curbs its environmental impact by not using wood from "intact natural forests or from forests with a ...

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  • Dream Rooms: Bathroom

    Dream Rooms: Bathroom

    If the bedroom is a sacred space in which to retreat and renew, the bathroom is its inner sanctum. And although getting clean may sound about as utilitarian as you can get, bathing also happens to be one of the best (and ...

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  • Plant-Me-Pets Make Gardening Fun

    Plant-Me-Pets Make Gardening Fun

    Just because the ground is starting to freeze doesn't mean planting has to come to a halt. Spanish designer Marti Guixe has maximized the fun seeds can offer with Plant-Me Pets. Made from compostable natural latex ...

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  • Dream Rooms: Bedding Basics

    Dream Rooms: Bedding Basics

    PillowLay your head on something natural with a variety of alternatives to a conventional synthetic-fill pillow, such as cotton, wool, buckwheat hulls, or natural latex (from rubber trees). Your choice will depend on ...

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  • Eco Flooring

    Eco Flooring

    Think a greener floor means chilly stone, scratchy gray wool, and a budget in the red Not anymore. Today's eco-flooring choices boast competitive prices, rich colors, and varied surfaces from smooth linoleum to warm cork -- and all of ...

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