Tag: Bathrooms
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How to Dry Your Hands Using Just One Paper Towel
Behold, wet-handed readers, there's a better way.
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"A New Desire" From LIXIL Is A New Kind of Bathing
A whole new way to take a bath, in some very silly places.
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More Hot Poop on Composting and Alternative Toilets
It's time to seriously consider putting composting toilets in our houses; they are getting so good that you will barely notice the change.
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Yes, Civilized People DO Have Composting Toilets In Their Homes
Waste is too valuable to just flush away. But can you comfortably live with the alternative? Laurence Grant does, and explains how.
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5 Fun Faucets That Help You Save Water (Photos)
By displaying the water consumption either digitally or emotionally, these 5 faucets help you save water.
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US Toilet Paper Choices Contributing To Indonesian Rainforest Destruction
WWF continues putting pressure on Asia Pulp & Paper, as the latter's toilet paper and tissue expand into the US market.
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Why Can't Our Public Toilets Be Like The Ones They Build In Norway?
It is about time that we recognized that every form of building is architecture and deserves attention and care.
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My Favourite Stories of 2011: April
In which I learn that irony and humour don't work well on the internet
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More Proof That We Should Change The Way We Design Bathrooms
New study shows how far bacteria can spread when toilets are flushed
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This Month, Save on Coyuchi's Organic Linens, Sleepwear, and Towels
This month, California-based Coyuchi is offering deals on their organic linens, towels, pajamas, bath robes, bath linens, and more.
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A Travelling Hotel Suite Shows Guests and Hoteliers How to be Green (Photos)
After visiting a hotel in Guadalajara, the centre of Spain, at the beginning of the year, the Travelling Eco Suite is currently spending time in Portugal. The Spanish boutique hotel chain Rusticae got together with the architects from Modulab, Egoin
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Is Westin Heavenly Shower a Green Wash or a Greenwash?
Over a year after Lloyd told us about the US Department of Energy's plans to better enforce laws regulating shower water usage, it appears the laws still have no teeth. Alert TreeHugger tipster Ben sends us this
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5 Slick, Contemporary Ways to Save Space and Water in a Small Bathroom
Tucking in all the necessary components into a tiny bathroom is a challenge. Even more so when you'd like it to look good.
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Gates Foundation Throwing $42 Million Into The Toilet
Bill and Melinda are making a big investment in " a strategy to help bring safe, clean sanitation services to millions of poor people in the developing world." The foundation notes that a billion
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P-Tree, A Panacea For Public Peeing Problems (For Men, Anyways)
We are perhaps a bit preoccupied with pee at TreeHugger. But it is valuable stuff that we just flush away, or worse, create the problem of public peeing. Rogier Martens and Sam van Veluw of AANDEBOOM have addressed the problem
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Ask Pablo: Will a "Water-Saving" Hot Water Recirculation Pump Really Save Me Money?
Image credit: Shaylor, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: I am considering getting a hot water recirculation pump. They claim to save a lot of water and I am wondering if this makes up for their energy use. Should I get a hot water
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The Kohler Numi: The Perfect Toilet For Your Living Room
Yes, that is a toilet, sitting in the corner of Pierre Koenig's Case Study House #22, in a reconstruction of perhaps the most famous architectural photograph ever, by the late Julius Shulman. I am excited by this new trend of
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In New York, New LEED-Certified Hotel Opens with Free Bike Sharing and EV Charging Stations (Photos)
While the greenest vacation is often a staycation, it's nice to know that when you do travel, whether it be for business or pleasure, a hotel can meet you half way.
