WaterSense

    By Tom Kraeutler

    | 7:00PM 4/27/2009
    No matter the size of your household, you're probably flushing and washing away far more water than you need to. But as utility prices and seasonal water needs climb while drought thresholds fall, the EPA is giving both you and Mother Earth a break with a relatively new WaterSense labeling...

    By Tom Kraeutler

    | 9:00AM 11/20/2008
    Holidays are just around the corner and if there's one appliance that'd better be ready for the onslaught it's the toilet. While many household fixtures require repair or replacement, one that's getting renewed attention thanks to the collective green-living consciousness is the toilet. If yours...

    By Tom Kraeutler

    | 6:00PM 11/04/2008
    Ah the humble toilet. We mindlessly rely on its function several times a day -- until it stops working or unless we can't find one, which is now the topic of an international symposium. The 8th annual World Toilet Summit (who knew?) opened Tuesday in Macau, and promises to tackle the sanitation...