RainBarrels

    By Tom Barlow

    | 8:00AM 4/22/2010
    Not all new products represent progress (I'm looking at you, Slap Chop). As we try to learn how to live in harmony with our environment, we've come to a new appreciation of some old-time products and practices that still make sense today. Here are 10 examples. 1. Cloth diapers. The straight poop...

    By Tom Kraeutler

    | 10:00AM 6/15/2009
    With the summer yard-care season in full swing, household water use is up and conservation warnings aren't far behind. Before your water bills get too hot to handle, why not free water for your yard by installing a rainwater collection system. Rainwater collection is actually a time-honored...