Use Your Raised Garden Bed As A Winter Compost Pile
This holiday week (for those of us in the US) think twice before disposing of waste before and after your event. You could be saving...
Read MoreRecycle Your Old Holiday Lights
It happens to the best of us — we go to hang our holiday lights only to find that they no longer work. Trying to find the burned-out...
Read More20 Ways to Upcycle an Old Yoga Mat
We here at Charles & Hudson are always looking for ways to be as green as possible in our everyday choices, as well as be as...
Read MoreWhy You Should Go To A Really Really Free Market
This past weekend we had the chance to check out our city’s monthly summer Really Really Free Market — as in, yes, everything...
Read MoreDown East Doormats: A Brilliant Solution To An Ongoing Problem
Building something or finishing a project is all about creating a solution. So when we stumbled across Down East Doormats, which use the...
Read MoreUpcycle Your (Recalled) Drop-Side Crib
My daughter will be turning one here at the end of August, and as a child always in the 95th percentile of growth with no sign of slowing...
Read MoreRecycle Your Flip Flops & Help Build A Playground
As you very well may already know, April 22nd is Earth Day, and this year more companies than ever are joining in the effort to help green...
Read MoreSalvaged Highway Materials Used In Green Home
One of the most effective ways to build green is to use salvaged materials. The great thing about salvage is it can be small (a piece of...
Read MoreIdeas for Recycling Phone Books
We haven’t used a phone book in years but obviously some people still do as we receive them on our doorstep every six months or so....
Read MoreMake A Fireplace Log Out Of Newspaper
If you have a fireplace, you’re probably used to saving stacks of old newspaper to use as kindling. With a couple of days and a...
Read MoreWhere To Recycle Electronics
Now that Christmas has come and gone, you might have a shiny new electronics gadget — and an old one that’s in need of...
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