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• 10-06-2008 - Putting Your Bed to Rest

Mattress Recycling

Is your manger lookin' kinda mangy?
• 10-02-2008 - The Power’s in Your Hands

Green Power

Think you need solar panels to get in on green energy?
• 10-01-2008 - 10 Items or More

Filling Your Fridge

Do you buy less to save more?
• 09-25-2008 - Prefab Housing Complex

Prefab Homes

Got a phobia of prefab homes?
• 09-22-2008 - Un-shag Me, Baby

Recycling Carpet

Time to get rid of that holdover from the '70s?
• 09-15-2008 - Shower Time Zone - Start Your Day Week

Timing Your Showers

Wanna make your showers Green(wich)?
• 09-04-2008 - Groundhog Living

Sun Tunnels

Wanna bring a mountain of natural light into your molehill?
• 09-03-2008 - Lifeguarding Your Melons

Prolonging the Life of Food

What'll save more lives than Pam Anderson in a red one-piece?
• 08-28-2008 - Veni, Vidi, Vinegar

Cleaning with Vinegar

Wanna conquer high cleaning-product costs?
• 08-15-2008 - Put This in Your Socket

LEDs

Can screwing lead to lower energy bills?
• 08-12-2008 - Pantsing the Ants

Ant Control

Got ants in your drawers (and the rest of your house too)?
• 08-11-2008 - (Re)construction Era

Recycling Home Construction Materials

Got more postremodel debris than post-Civil War America?
• 07-28-2008 - Hot Pocket (Guides)

Pocket Guides

Wanna make your shopping choices easier than defrosting a meat 'n' cheese turnover?
• 07-25-2008 - Bucket Love-In - No Duh Week

Saving Water at Home

What's crunchy as granola and saves a whole lotta water?
• 07-24-2008 - Not Just a Navel Nuisance - No Duh Week

Clearing Your Lint Filter

What's the next best place to check for lint?
• 07-17-2008 - Trashy Poe(m)

Landfill Biodegration

Quoth the Raven, "How long does trash last in landfills?"
• 07-16-2008 - A Real Stickler

Teflon-free Cookware

Are you stuck on Teflon pans?
• 07-10-2008 - Light Gossip

CFLs

Heard the tittle-tattle about the mercury in compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)?
• 06-25-2008 - Book Tour - Travel Week

Cleaning Your Lint Filter

Wanna promote your upcoming vacation?
• 06-12-2008 - Total Concentration

Concentrated Formulas

Been thinking long and hard about new ways to scrimp and save?
• 06-10-2008 - Sizing It Up

Clotheslines

Turned off by shrinkage?
• 06-09-2008 - Press Stop on Trash

Media Recycling

Ready to eject your old CDs?
• 06-02-2008 - Fear of the New (Filters)

Replacing A/C Filters

Is fear of change standing between you and cleaner air?
• 05-19-2008 - Biters of Hazard

Household Hazardous Chemical Disposal

Where can you find the dukes of hazardous chems?
• 05-05-2008 - Fire Extinguisher

Turning Off Pilot Lights

Think you need a big, strong firefighter to put out your blaze?
• 04-28-2008 - Scrap Happy

Composting

How can yesterday's table scraps feed hundreds?
• 04-24-2008 - Gray Matters

Grey Water

Water waste making you insane in the brain?
• 04-21-2008 - Water Cooler Effect

Green Office Tips

Wanna talk office politics?
• 04-18-2008 - Shake a Stick at Odor - Spring Cleaning Week

Reed Diffusers

Got a stink that won't let you unplug your nose?
• 04-16-2008 - Ideal Bite GCS: Freshened Up - Pure & Natural
• 04-16-2008 - Hot, Steamy, and Heavy-duty - Spring Cleaning Week

Steam Cleaning for Carpets

Why are our windows all fogged up?
• 04-15-2008 - Maid to Order - Spring Cleaning Week

Cleaning Services

Want a cleaning service specially tailored to Biters?
• 04-14-2008 - Rub It Out - Spring Cleaning Week

Home Cleaning Products

Is it gonna take more than elbow grease to de-grime your place?
• 04-07-2008 - Loads of Parasites

Phantom Loads

What's eating away at your cash reserves without your knowledge?
• 03-31-2008 - Hang Up Your Ears

TV Recycling

Hop(p)ing to replace your analog TV with a new hi-def one?
• 03-24-2008 - Take Us to Your LEEDer

LEED

Feel like some green-building lingo is alien-speak?
• 03-18-2008 - Lime Aid - Bust-a-Myth Week

Rinsing Recyclables

Need help getting the lime wedge out of your beer bottle?
• 03-07-2008 - Pulling Out Your Hair

Plumber's Snakes

Ready to lose it over your slow-draining sink?
• 02-25-2008 - Robo ER

Appliance Replacement

Does your clothes dryer need life-support?
• 02-19-2008 - Against the Wood Grain

Wood Furniture

When it comes to furniture, are you a conformist?
• 02-14-2008 - Canned Laughter

Non-Electric Devices

Are the people behind SkyMall joking?
• 02-12-2008 - Shot Through the Heart

Organic Flowers

Wanna use your true love's heart for target practice?
• 02-11-2008 - Recycling for Metal Mouths

Metal Recycling

Can you recycle used braces?
• 01-28-2008 - Supply and On-Demand

Demand Water Heaters

Is your water heater environmentally demanding?
• 01-23-2008 - Boiler Room

Electric Kettles

What's the best kind of boiler room to hang out in?
• 01-18-2008 - Treat the Common Cold

Space Heaters

Are you commonly cold during the winter?
• 01-17-2008 - Book of Secrets

Recycled Journals

What are a Biter's deepest, darkest secrets?
• 01-11-2008 - Mail-Order Divorcee - Resolutions Week

Stopping Junk Mail

Are you ready to break off your relationship with mail order?
• 12-28-2007 - Charmed, I’m Sure

Napkin Rings and Wine Glass Charms

Grossed out by your new mother-in-law's magenta lipstick marks?
• 12-21-2007 - A New Flame

Lighting Up

Is the old fire dying out?
• 12-11-2007 - Leaping Biters

Recycled Calendars

Trying to get a jump on 2008?
• 12-05-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: Clean-Sweep Holiday - Method Home
• 11-29-2007 - That Sinking Feeling

Hand Washing

Do energy and water bills drain your resources?
• 11-20-2007 - Check Your Baggage

Garbage Bags

Wanna take a load off the earth?
• 11-13-2007 - You Snooze, You Lose

Bedding

How can you snooze...and win?
• 11-07-2007 - Keep Up with the Joneses - Waste Not Week

Sharing with Neighbors

Can't seem to keep up with your neighbor's latest big buy?
• 11-02-2007 - Eternal Flame

Fireplaces

Are we only dreamin', or is this burning an eco-friendly flame?
• 10-29-2007 - Daytime Drama

Optimizing Daylight

Why are the days of our lives getting shorter?
• 10-26-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: The Greasezapper - Simple Green
• 10-23-2007 - A Pain in the Seat

Office Chairs

Is work a pain in your [enter body part here]?
• 10-22-2007 - Bite Me, Jack

Home Insulation

What's keeping Jack Frost from breaking into your home?
• 10-12-2007 - Hot Pursuit

Wearing Layers

Are you on a high-speed chase for lower energy bills?
• 10-11-2007 - Getting Inked

Printer Cartridges

Will anything last longer than your "Biter 4 Life" tattoo?
• 10-09-2007 - Born-Again Stuff

Unusual Gifts

Does reincarnation apply to only living things?
• 10-04-2007 - A One and a Two

Dual Flush Toilets

"If it's yellow, let it mellow" just not your thing?
• 09-28-2007 - Rags to Riches

Kitchen Cloths

Can a bundle of rags save you a bundle?
• 09-27-2007 - The Buzz on Beeswax

Beeswax Candles

Which of your candles leaves a sooty mess?
• 09-25-2007 - Hallmark of a Biter

Recycled Notecards

Wanna show you really care?
• 09-21-2007 - Tag Team - Alternative Energy Week

Carbon Offsets

What's the easiest way to pull your CO2 weight?
• 09-20-2007 - Your Morning Charge - Alternative Energy Week

Solar Power

What generates more energy than your double espresso?
• 09-18-2007 - Drilling for Boil - Alternative Energy Week

Geothermal Energy

Is your house sitting on an energy goldmine?
• 09-17-2007 - Going Dutch - Alternative Energy Week

Wind Power

What's Holland's most awesome export?
• 08-03-2007 - A Quiet, Personal Matter

Saving Water

Do you run the faucet while using the loo?
• 07-30-2007 - Recycling for Couch Potatoes

TV Recycling

Does safely disposing of your old TV require getting off your butt?
• 07-24-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: Working Us into a Lather - Method Home
• 07-10-2007 - Clap On

Motion Sensor Lights

Is clapping the easiest way to turn on the lights?
• 07-02-2007 - Picnics for Pyros

Eco Friendly Picnics

Wanna picnic while the night sky explodes?
• 06-29-2007 - Wet and Wild

Water Saving Showers

Need a cold shower?
• 06-25-2007 - Mailbox or Mausoleum?

How to Stop Junk Mail

Is your mailbox a junk mail graveyard?
• 06-08-2007 - Biters of the Cloth

Cloth Napkins

How can you set a heavenly table?
• 06-07-2007 - Chlorine-Infested Waters

Chlorine-Free Swimming Pools

More scared of chems in the pool than sharks in the ocean?
• 06-01-2007 - When the Lights Go Down

Turn Off the Light

When is a turn off a real turn on?
• 05-15-2007 - Knight in Polished Armor

Metal Cleaner / Polish

Still searching for your knight in shining armor?
• 05-10-2007 - Take It Up a Notch

Programmable Thermostats

Is your thermostat just wasting its energy?
• 05-08-2007 - I Smell Pee, You?

Air Fresheners

What's the big stink?
• 05-03-2007 - Recycling 101

Recycling

Can you chuck your yogurt carton into the recycling bin?
• 04-30-2007 - HER Infinite Wisdom

Home Energy Ratings

Don't have the energy to lower your energy bill?
• 04-26-2007 - The Bondage of PVC

PVC - Free Products and Alternatives

How safe's the plastic in your vinyl dominatrix costume?
• 04-18-2007 - Dirty Mouth, Clean Office - Green Office Week

Eco-Friendly Office Week - Natural Cleaning Products

Are your boss's lewd jokes the filthiest thing about your office?
• 04-17-2007 - The One You Should Forward to Your Boss - Green Office Week

Eco-Friendly Office Week - Saving Electricity

Thought you were making a difference by saving energy at home?
• 04-13-2007 - Are Houseplants Teetotalers?

How to care for houseplants

Is your glass half empty?
• 04-12-2007 - Bulk Up to Slim Down

Bulk Food

Is your household "waste-line" out of control?
• 04-05-2007 - The Final Curtain

Shower Curtains

The mildew on your vinyl shower curtain making you psycho?
• 04-02-2007 - Landlord Have Mercy

Landlord Resources

Want your landlord to see the energy-efficient light?
• 03-26-2007 - Hot or Not?

Cleaning Clothes

On a scale of 1 to 10, how hot's the water in your clothes washer?
• 03-19-2007 - Ear to the Pavement - Garden Week

Eco Gardens and Homes - Permeable Pavement and Concrete

What's the earth under the concrete saying?
• 03-15-2007 - Freedom of Bleach

Natural Bleach Alternatives

Who needs the 4th Estate when you can have whiter whites?
• 03-08-2007 - Our Trashiest Tip Yet

Reusable Garbage Bags

Is there a classier place to toss your trash?
• 03-06-2007 - The Biter and the Pea

How to Buy a Mattress

Got a pea under your mattress?
• 02-22-2007 - Turf War

Synthetic Grass

Desert-bound Biters: think fake lawn lovers have gone crazy from the heat?