Tag: Bathrooms - Page 2
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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.
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To Save Space, Architects Put the Shower in the Living Room. Has This Gone Too Far?
At TreeHugger, we're pretty adamant that one of the best ways is to minimize
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Ask Pablo: Does recycling your toothbrush really make a difference?
Image Source: Preserve Dear Pablo: Does recycling your toothbrush really make a difference? Doesn't mailing it back do more damage than the recycling avoids? It is true that mailing anything has an impact, but is it more than the recycling itself? To
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Clean, Green, and Wheelchair Accessible, Paris' Public Toilets Are Pretty Sweet
If you've spent time in Paris, you've certainly seen the work of French designer Patrick Jouin, and maybe you've even ridden one. Last year, the
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Turn Black Friday Green, Part I: KIND Towels
If you must shop the day after Thanksgiving, at least buy something sultry and green. Joel Fitzpatrick, famous for making Hush Puppies a household name, has launched KIND towels to put a little desire back into your cloth
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It's Not A Joke, It's World Toilet Day
Hold the Potty jokes. Every November 19 is World Toilet Day, designed "to celebrate the importance of sanitation and raise awareness for the 2.6 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) who don't have
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Re-Thinking the Bathroom: Who Needs It?
Image Credit: Architypes TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it "LifeEdited." Have you submitted an idea to
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One Toilet Paper Company Decides to Ditch the Tube
In an attempt to cut down on consumer waste, one toilet paper manufacturer has unveiled perhaps the biggest change the product has undergone in over a century -- replacing that old cardboard tube with, well, nothing. If the
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Designer Creates Fake Rocks That Help Save Water
Putting a brick or a bottle filled with pebbles in your toilet tank is well known as an easy way to save water -- about a half a gallon with each flush. But sometimes a little style is
