Wool is one of the best natural insulators — think of how precious that favorite wool sweater of yours is, or those toasty wool socks you can’t leave home without on a cold winter day. Well, the benefits of wool extend to keeping your house comfortable, too — it is a fantastic, highly insulative, and energy-efficient material that is a superior material for saving on home heating and cooling expenses.
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Small Wood-Burning Stoves For Small Homes: A Review
Wood stoves are a highly economical way to provide heat for your home if you have access to a woodlot or live in a remote or rural area. To get [ … ]
I Heart Wool Socks: Why Wool Clothing is So Lovely & Warm
These recent winter days, temperatures are hovering in the low teens, and nighttime temperatures plummet to 0º or below. This is the first winter I got a hold of some [ … ]
Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (10/8/10)
Yep, it’s been a few weeks since we’ve done a Five for Friday… but not because of a dearth of attention-grabbing posts. There’s always good stuff going on in the [ … ]
5 Easy and Affordable Ways to Start Using Solar Power
There is so much talk of green and clean energy these days, most people have at least thought about how they can use solar in their lives. The problem is [ … ]
sustainablog Approved: Products for Eco-Frugal Living from Practecol
Green is expensive, right? Unfortunately, those of us in the eco-blogging space have tended to foster that impression: we just love to discuss the latest advances in solar panels*, or [ … ]
Batteries Not Included
Checking out at Toys ‘R’ Us I was asked “Do you need any batteries?” Well, I thought that the answer was no because I was buying Battleship, the classic naval [ … ]
Widespread Sustainable Consumerism is More Vital Than Taking Individual Actions
Perhaps no one knows better than I do what it means to take individual responsibility for my environmental impact. For those of you familiar with my blog, you know that [ … ]
Eco-Libris: An Interview with Diane MacEachern, Author of “Big Green Purse”
Editor’s note: This week, Eco-Libris blogger Raz Goldenik talks with author Diane MacEachern about her new book Big Green Purse. This post was originally published on February 22, 2008. Can [ … ]
Life Goggles: SIGG Aluminum Water Bottle Product Review
Updated editor’s note (9/7/09): We were extremely disappointed to find out that SIGG hadn’t been completely honest about the presence of BPA in its “water-based, non-toxic coating” mentioned later in [ … ]
Life Goggles: Picking Up What Your Dog Left Behind
Editor’s note: Today we begin a content partnership with Life Goggles, a site devoted to “Green reviews, news, and interviews.” Each week, we’ll publish one of LG’s product reviews on [ … ]