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LA Event: Venice Eco-Fest

Looking for a sustainable event to attend where you can learn more about being being green? Want to drop off a computer, monitor, laptop, TV, stereo, scanner, fax machine or cell phone to be recycled...

How to: Eco Bird Feeder From Chopsticks By Michelle Kaufmann

We've featured some cool birdhouses here before, but here's one you can actually build yourself! Architect Michelle Kaufmann created a birdhouse using the chopsticks that always come with all the take...

Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn

We just got back from taking Maxwell around Sunset Junction, and stopped into two of our favourite local design shops, Kelly Green and Reform School. While Maxwell and I perused through the wares at e...

Look! Krylon's Low VOC Spray Paint

With how much we love to use spray paint to easily transform vintage (or curbside) finds, we were secretly feeling a little guilty since spray paint isn't the most eco-friendly thing around. Well we...

ICFF: Madison and Grow

Talk about Dorothy Draper meets Dwell! We love Madison and Grow's brand new line of hand-screened wall coverings and are happy to report that they're from LA. Just formed last year, their 'tradition...

Look! Mix and Match Vintage Chairs

With Earth Day come and gone we realize that one of the nicest things we do for the environment is our budget friendly addiction to vintage furniture. ...

Birds on a Wire Clothespins

We all know that forgoing the dryer can save a ton of energy and that we really ought to hang the laundry outside to dry. Here's a way to make it a little bit more fun. ...

Composting

Did anyone see Oprah yesterday and her Earth Day Special? We happened to catch a moment where Julia Roberts was fluffing the compost....

Pottery Barn's Eco Chic Line: Eco-Friendly?

The spring palette that graced the cover of Pottery Barn's most recent catalog got our minds a whirling. We loved the fresh look of their botanical pillows and the sweet as can be egg bud vases but...

Today is the Day: LA's Day Without Plastic Bags

We posted it last week and it's here! Heal the Bay's Day Without a Bag. If you're in LA this means you. If you're not in LA, try it anyway. San Francisco has already outlawed plastic bags, so le...