green roof

i love this modern house...and the green roof is amazing!

sustainable stretch bag replaces plastic grocery bags

Artecnica, the cutting-edge group behind Design w/Conscience, has teamed with ad agency TBWA to produce a paper bag made from recycled billboards. There’s no glue or stitches—just a clever die cut that creates a 3-D design inspired by nature and strong enough to hold 33 pounds. One side is white, other colors vary, and no two are exactly alike.The Stretch Bag sells for $17 and arrives in early October, but you can pre-order now @ charlesandmarie.com. great thinking! it would be wonderful to offer these as an alternative to nasty plastic grocery bags.

web-ecoist

webEcoist is a really cool website that covers "sustainable living, green design and environmental oddities" in a good, not freakish, way. earlier this week they had a gorgeous posting entitled "45 colorful uninhabited places to see before you die": maybe some are near you, or you have already been there so you can cross them off of your bucket list. check it out! on the theme of our lovely colorful world: i shot the photo above on my lame iphone camera last friday night looking up the potomac river on the virginia side of the chesapeake bay.