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What's in your dust bunnies?

Enough toxic stuff that you should get out your vacuum cleaner.




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Go plastic-free for Global Handwashing Day

If you're not into bar soap, here's an innovative option for liquid hand soap.




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The best DIY baking soda cleaner for tough kitchen messes

For everything from stained sinks and burnt pots to baked-on grime, this simple 3-ingredient formula is eco-friendly, zero-waste, and actually works.




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What's better, dishwasher or sink?

Yet another study weighs in on the most efficient way to clean dirty dishes.




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What is castile soap? Uses and benefits

It's the most versatile household cleaning product you can buy.




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Wretched Excess Comes To The Bedroom

Beds designed to be earthquake proof and that put you inside an aquarium




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How to Buy an Eco Friendly Mattress

Buying a mattress free of harmful chemicals and gentle on the environment is no easy task. A mattress expert weighs in.




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Designer DIY Idea: Swinging Bed Made With a Recycled Trampoline

A lovely lounger made from reused trampoline parts.




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12 Sets of Sumptuous Sustainable Sheets

Conventional cotton is the most pesticide-intensive crop out there, so slip into these sustainable options instead.




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Just What We Needed Dept: A Bed That Makes Itself

How to waste a whole lot of technology and energy to do a very simple thing




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10 More Ways To Hide The Bed (Some of Which You Can Actually Afford)

Every tiny apartment does not have to have an expensive Murphy bed.




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Transformer desk turns into bedroom

Athanasia Leivaditou designs the perfect desk for all-nighters, described as 1.6 Square Meter of Life




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Build your own transformer bed that turns into a desk

Graham Phakos did, with an interesting design that does everything the expensive Italian jobs do.




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Another way to hide the bed: Move it to the ceiling

French company offers a transformer bed that rises up to the roof when you don't need it.




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Another way to hide the bed: Turn it into a desk (Literally)

Mira Schröder lives and works in a shop where she can make her bed disappear.




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Why would people hang their babies out the windows in cages?

They were taught that their children needed fresh cool air in order to thrive. It would be pretty healthy for their carbon footprint too.




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Do natural pesticide sprays really get rid of bed bugs?

Home-use pesticides many have worrisome toxins, so researchers set out to learn if the natural alternatives are effective.




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Steven M. Johnson's Hiding Capsule would have been perfect for a LifeEdited

This might be the perfect bed for a New York apartment.




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Another way to hide the bed: Winch it up to the ceiling

It's an interesting alternative to a Murphy bed, and gets it out of the way fast.




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Modular multifunctional unit for small & narrow bedrooms

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.




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Scientists decode bed bug genome as pesticide resistance results in a resurgence

Secrets of bed bug success can be read in their genes -- can the knowledge help you fight bed bug infestations?




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Bed automatically retracts up high in this contemporary tiny house (Video)

This elegantly designed small space presents yet another solution for the bed: lifting it up to the ceiling and out of the way.




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6 tips for teaching kids to share a bedroom

No, you don't need to rush out and buy a bigger house if you've got more family members than bedrooms.




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Newton Baby crib mattress is breathable, washable, non-toxic

A baby lying face-down will be able to breathe freely on this mattress.




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Sleek multifunctional 'bedroom box' maximizes this small apartment

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.




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Parisian apartment renovation puts the beds in a bookcase

To gain more space, this apartment's redesign puts everything in the wall.




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Urban tiny house's versatile lounge comes with an elevator bed (Video)

This well-crafted tiny dwelling has its own space-saving elevator bed that can go up and down with the push of a button.




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Why you should never eat in bed

Sleeping and snacking are not meant to share the same space for some very good reasons.




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Sleep sustainably with fair trade, organic cotton sheets

Homestead is a California-based company that sells high-end ethical bedding at reasonable prices.




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Surplus breakfast cereal is turned into delicious beer

UK brewer Seven Brothers has partnered with Kellogg's to use some of its less-than-perfect cereals.




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Good news! Wind power and this vulnerable bird species get along fine

Scientists find that wind power farms don't harm this at-risk species, a bit of surprise because other studies have shown that oil and gas development does affect prairie chickens.




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Offshore wind turbine concept includes a loft apartment at the top

These architects propose building a living space into the nacelle of giant offshore wind turbines. What could go wrong?




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Dutch wind turbine crowdfunded in just 13 hours

Crowdfunding the latest gizmo is one way to be an early adopter, but all you get out of it is a gadget. Crowdfunding a renewable energy project, on the other hand, could deliver clean energy to your home.




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Dragonfly wind turbine aims to blend in, produce power in low wind conditions

While large wind turbines remain the dominant force in wind power, wider adoption may lie with small-scale turbines fit for urban and low wind conditions.




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Sensor system illuminates wind turbines when planes are near

One of the big NIMBY complaints about wind turbines is the constant blinking lights that make them visible to aircraft. A new sensor system would eliminate the nuisance, lighting the turbines only when planes are approaching.




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Record-breaking inflatable wind turbine to float 1000 feet above Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska, will be home to the demonstration project of the next generation Buoyant Airborne Turbine, which will fly 1000 feet off the ground.




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Forget Flappy Bird, here's a flappy wind turbine!

Inspired by bird wings, this unique wind generator is claimed to efficiently harvest energy, even from low wind conditions.




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This tiny portable wind turbine fits in your bag and charges your gadgets

Who says you can't take it with you? This micro wind turbine folds into a foot-long cylinder for a portable solution to charging gadgets with clean renewable energy.




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Build this open source DIY wind turbine for $30

If you're interested in learning how to build your own renewable energy devices, this DIY vertical axis wind turbine is a great place to start.




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Portable, collapsible wind turbine weighs less than 4 pounds

The WindPax wind generator fits neatly into a backpack for hiking or can be used in the backyard too.




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Silent rooftop wind turbines could generate half of a household's energy needs

The Nautilus shell-shaped turbines could fit on rooftops of houses or buildings in urban environments.




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Beautiful wind turbine trees generate clean energy in urban environments

The turbines leave no room for the eye-sore excuse.




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New York City’s biggest industrial wind turbine is up and running

A recycling center’s turbine could pave the way for industrial-scale wind power in New York City.




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This giant straw is actually a vertical bladeless wind turbine

At the risk of getting slammed with comments claiming that small wind turbines aren't viable, here's a look at another bladeless wind generator hoping to disrupt the wind energy industry.




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Hybrid rooftop wind and solar generator now available in U.S. for early adopters

The SolarMill, a 1.2 kW combination wind and solar energy system, will be sold in the U.S. for about $3000.




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Owl wings inspire quieter wind turbine blades

Scientists are working to harness the secret of owls' silent flights to build quieter wind power technology.




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Facebook 'likes' clean power, new Texas data center to be powered by 100% wind energy

All those cat pictures and viral videos won't harm the Earth.




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Viaducts could be the best new place for wind turbines

A new study says that placing turbines under these high, already-built structures could be an easy way to incorporate wind energy in areas around the world.




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Wind turbine technology stores excess wind power for when gusts turn to breezes

When wind speeds are higher than a turbine can effectively use, the extra energy is stored for when the wind slows.




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Trinity portable wind turbines get upgraded and scaled up

Four sizes of micro-turbines, designed to be portable personal wind energy stations, are in the works from Janulus.