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It can be hard to find eco-friendly upholstered furniture as widely available and affordably priced as the new choices at Crate & Barrel. Staying true to their reputation, this collection is for everybody from an urban-dwelling bachelor to family in the 'burbs. Ooh la la. See why we love this line at Sprig.

So making green choices when remodeling has, at the very least, the potential to save the homeowner money in energy and other costs. And going green doesn't have to mean making large wholesale changes.

Province Introduces Emissions Tax on Coal; New Energy Conversion Program Part of Manitoba's Climate Change Action

Energy Star qualified ventilation fans with lighting use 70% less energy on avg. than standard models, saving $120 in electricity costs over the life of the fan. They are also more than 50% quieter than standard models  But, which ones are the most efficient?  How do you purchase the right size?  See the Energy Star list broken down, and the most efficient models surfaced in this article.

It's time to dust away the cobwebs and get to work on your house, flat, yurt or caravan for your big 2008 spring clean! And to help you make this your greenest spring clean yet, we've rounded up some of the best eco-friendly cleaning products and asked consumers what they thought of them.

A video by British eco-designer Oliver Heath about ways to use recycled materials in the home.

What if your mortgage lender offered to help you finance some simple improvements to your new, or existing, home that would improve its overall efficiency and at the same time reduce your energy bill so that even with the additional mortgage expense, you still came out ahead each month?If this scenario sounds like something you’d like to pursue, you may want to learn more about Energy Efficient Mortgages, also known as EEMs, and find out if they could be an approp

Spring is just a few weeks away - the perfect time to refresh your home with a few new, eco-friendly items. Started by indie Canadian design blogger Jan, Poppytalk Handmade is like an online farmer’s market for handmade goodies (why didn’t we think of that!?). As luck would have it, this month’s theme for the showcase is all about green ...

Its an obvious statement but I’m going to say it anyways, technology really is amazing. When you reflect about how far some daily aspects of our lives have come, it astounds me! This hit me when I came across the news that, yet again, lightbulbs have taken another efficient step forwards. At the moment it isn’t financially practical for companies to implement this development, but nothing is when it is first discovered.

These tiny houses not only save you money and help the environment, but they also offer all the comforts of home.

It’s not often that I write about a specific yarn instead of a whole company’s collective offerings. Rare as it is, I couldn’t resist when it comes to Knit One, Crochet Too’s 2nd Time Cotton yarn.

Esprit cabane is a web magazine of crafty & green living ideas: free recycling projects, DIY decorating, non-toxic paint recipes, furnitures instructions, eco-friendly crafts...

Buy the latest, discard the oldest: We all know this pattern of behavior isn't working so well, but no one has broken down the why's an how's as succinctly, smartly, gently and as well as Annie Leonard (and guess what—fixing this cycle doesn't have to mean the end of prosperity, either).