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Going green starts at home, and gardening can be a great way to be a bit more sustainable, help the environment but also grow your own beautiful flowers or fresh vegetables. From guerrilla gardening to great plant stories and planting tips and tricks, here are some ways to make your home a more amazing and eco-friendly place.

10 Iconic Geothermal Hot Spring Designs

Before the days of jetted tubs, spas, and heated pools, the only real place to soak in hot water not in your bath tub was to visit a geothermal hot spring.

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32 Amazing Examples of Recycled Furniture Art

Furniture art from recycled elements is often strikingly beautiful. Many modern and contemporary furniture designs are now made using recycled wood, paper or metal.

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Creative Ways to Give Old Beer Cans New Life

Because used beer cans are so abundant, especially on Mondays, many people have found creative ways to give them new life after the last drop of beer is gone.

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The Earthship Era: Eco-Tech Driven

A more in-depth look at the workings of Earthships, beautiful self-sufficient DIY homes for eco-conscious green living.

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The Earthship Era: Eco-Friendly Luxury Living

An introduction to Earthships, completely self-sustaining, eco-friendly homes.

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22 Things You Didn't Know You Could Compost

The unique benefits of composting include a reduction of waste needlessly going into landfills and the production of a free stable, organic soil amendment.

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10 Air Purifying Plants For Homes & Offices

An illustrated rundown (based on NASA's authoritative study) of 10 plants that will purify the air in any home or office.

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Grow Easy: 15 Foolproof Vegetables for Organic Gardens

These vegetables and herbs can be grown organically by novice gardeners

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15 Awesome Alternative Ways to Reuse Shipping Containers

Once their conventional usefulness is up, shipping containers can be transformed into spectacular, modern buildings like hotels, museums, homes and shops.

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21 Great Green Gadgets & Home Designs

Green stuff for your home doesn't have to be as obvious as you might think - these designs are out-of-the-way and outside-the-box sustainable design ideas.

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Calling them Out: The World's 10 Worst Greenwashers

Everybody wants to make a buck off 'green', but not all companies claiming environmental responsibility are telling the truth.

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Illuminating Reuse: 15 Recycled Lights and Lamps

Traffic lights, egg cartons, cardboard and other junk materials are transformed into brilliant light fixtures in these recycled lamp designs.

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Energy Consumption & Geek Home Gadgets

An honest look at the most energy-consuming devices in a geek's home (ie, XBOX, PS3, plasma TVs), how much energy they use & how to use less.

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How to Guerrilla Garden: Tips and Hacks for Guerrilla Gardening and Urban Renewal

How to Guerrilla Garden: Tips and Hacks for Guerrilla Gardening and Urban Renewal for Urbanism and Gardening Fans.

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Green Roofs Plus: Vertically Vegetated Buildings

Greenery isn't just for roofs. These 15 beautiful buildings feature walls decorated with trailing vines, moss, sedum and other plant life.

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