| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Nov 12, 2008 at 5:00 am by Luanne Bradley 10 Must Have Green Gadgets for Your Home In the mad dash to go green, grow green and glow green, some energetic gadget makers are marketing devices that are so darn friendly, we might as well ask them to move into our homes. Plug into these and see:  Philips Eco TVA 42-inch, flat-panel LCD, this TV broadcasts power-saving features, such as a backlight dimmer the viewer controls for darker scenes. It also has a power-saving mode for capping peak light output. It retails for around $1,400 at Amazon and other electronics suppliers. (Shown above.) Bamboo Laptop How chic can a computer get? The green batteries in the Asus boast a 35 to 70% longer life. The bamboo exterior houses all the usual extras of a notebook. Check it out at Ecomoves. The Studio Hybrid Eco-Friendly Small Desktop Ideal for the little green home office that could, this engine has optional upgrades to include built-in Wi-Fi Blue Ray™ and a wireless keyboard and mouse. This PC is ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
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| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Oct 14, 2008 at 9:00 am by Luanne Bradley Smashing Free Standing Dishwasher It's bigger than a breadbox but just as adorable, and as quiet as a mouse. Do the Brits know how to do green gadgets or what? The freestanding DF6FABAZ Smeg dishwasher by John Lewis is inspired by classic 50s styling but boasts ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Jul 29, 2008 at 5:30 am by Kim Derby What You See Is What You Get Straight shooter, no-nonsense, sans hidden agenda - it’s refreshing to meet people and know exactly what you’re getting. The same can be said for stuff you buy that arrives in a box at your front door. If its assembly doesn’t require reading 5 pages of directions and 35 screws and it actually looks like what's depicted on the website, I’m ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Jul 10, 2008 at 5:45 am by Luanne Bradley Kohler Now 'Warmer and More Organic' "Warmer and more organic" is how Kohler describes its new Saile™Toilet, a dual-flush model introduced this year to further the ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| DECOR / ECOSALON HOME Jun 30, 2008 at 9:38 am by Luanne Bradley The Big Chill I like to think that if Donna Reed married Al Gore they undoubtedly would have settled on a Big Chill refrigerator for their suburban kitchen. That's because the retro appeal of these babies would please any fan of 50s chrome and Formica. But on the inside you won't find frozen TV dinners ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| FASHION / ECOSALON HOME Oct 14, 2008 at 5:00 am by Kim Derby A Case of Hot (Green) Air? Call me skeptical, but when an eco item claims to be the one and only or first ever, I start to wonder...is it an exaggeration or flat out green washing? Journalism 101 taught me to fact-check. And for those of you not old enough to remember a time without the interwebs, fact-checking used to require hours of ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Jul 28, 2008 at 10:15 am by Kim Derby Looking for the Best Green Sex Toys? You've Hit the Spot! Once upon a time, sex was a word whispered rather than the topic of college courses and front page news. I’m comfortable with it, as you could surmise from my passionate case for saving the planet by having more sex. We could discuss the pros and cons of the ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Jul 18, 2008 at 9:35 am by Susan Chaityn Lebovits The BigBelly Everyone Wants Introducing the world's only solar-powered trash compactor, BigBelly. This green machine, making its way to parks and beaches across the United States, has a compaction mechanism that exerts 1,200 pounds of force allowing it to hold five times the volume of traditional trash bins (a ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |
| LIFESTYLE / ECOSALON HOME Jul 10, 2008 at 6:00 am by Susan Chaityn Lebovits Eco-Friendly Cash Saver: Make Your Own Soda The average American will consume an average of 43,371 cans of soda over an average of 77 years. That's a lot of chemicals in your belly and a lot of waste in the landfill. Related Posts ↓ |
| ARTISAN / ECOSALON HOME Jun 23, 2008 at 5:00 am by Larkyn Mungovan Unidentified Luminous Objects If you're like me, sometimes you suffer from the recycled blah's. There are so many crafty products out there made from the same recycled items that over time it can get a bit boring. This fantastic light fixture is just what I needed to pull me out of the rut. There is something very pure and lighthearted about the design. Composed of ...Read More Related Posts ↓ |