photo: Holy Rosary Soup Kitchen

Image Credit: Electrolux Design Lab

This concept fridge looks like it could be a very interesting solution to the problem with energy sucking cold beasts. While creators at Electrolux Design Lab 2008 had their eye on style and practicality, we look at it and see potential for big energy savings....

TreeHugger visits IIDEX, the International Interior Design Exhibition, an annual trade-only design show in Toronto.

These old clunkers are unexploded global warming bomblets -by edcrowle @ flickr.

We have shown a lot of small kitchens but this one, designed by Nojae Park for the annual Electrolux Design Lab Competition, takes (and bakes and stores) the cake....

Coleman stoves have been around forever; the green metal two-burners have been staples of car camping, if a little bit heavy for canoe trips or hiking. Now they have mashed it together with a storage section; when you unfold it you have room for plates, cutlery, condiments and spices and a cutting board. ...

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When it comes to appliances, they don't build them like they used to, to last a long time and to be relatively easy to repair. Now they are built to be thrown away as replacement can often be cheaper than trying to find a repair shop or parts. Photographer Brittny Badger wasn't shy about digging around inside appliances, and took a dozen of them apart for her senior thesis at Hartford Art School....

I have a lot of issues with granite countertops, the cherry on top of the McMansion sundae; they are heavy, expensive and cost a lot to ship. I have heard stories of Brazilian granite being shipped to China for cutting and then to Toronto for installation. Now the New York Times tells us about another problem: some of it glows in the dark.