Mikey and Wendy are proud to be the owners of an entirely refurbished tool shed! We’re all about DIY and learning how to build with the right tools, so it was a real treat to get a tour of their gear, most of which was donated and recycled. Knowledge and ...

We’ve been Vermicomposting for almost 4 months now and it’s been quite a learning experience! We recently moved to a place where we could place our bin outside, so we got a little lazy about smell. Pretty soon, the smell was really bad! Too much liquid, not enough drainage ...

Wendy and Mikey moved to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, primarily to build. Build community, build a home, build a fence and some insulation! If you’ve ever started a DIY construction project, you know that building materials can get expensive and most times are not environmentally friendly. What ...

This week we return to Green Acre in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Formerly a trailer park, Green Acre is Mikey Sklar and Wendy Tremayne’s sustainable homestead and soon to be eco-hotel. Mikey and Wendy give us the lowdown on how shipping containers insulated with papercrete can ...

James Burgett founded the Alameda County Computer Resource Center, essentially to make money off of equipment that other people thought was obsolete garbage. Thirteen years later he’s reformatted, refurbished and donated thousands of computers to folks who might not ever have the chance to own one. The ACCRC offers ...

Linsay Hassett (aka Betty Biodiesel) leads a group of Laguna High School students in the Green Ambassadors program on a tour of Dave Erikson’s home brew biodiesel lab. The Green Ambassadors program was created to get students learning science, civics and environmental stewardship through experience and action. ...

Wendy and Mikey purchased a plot of land in Truth or Consequences, N.Mex., that had a 40-year-old mobile home on it. They asked themselves a tough question: do we dump it or make it home? They decided to avoid the landfill route and use the refinishing process ...

Wendy Tremayne, best known for founding Swap-O-Rama-Rama, and Mikey Sklar, who is geek-famous for self-implanting an RFID chip into his hand, are also green pioneers. Leaving New York City to settle in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, these two decided to invest their retirement funds ...

Seeing a lot of furniture and used junk on the sidewalk? Must be moving day in your neighborhood! With a little extra pre-planning and the right resources, you can make moving a green experience. Go through your closet, your desk, your entire apartment — decide what you absolutely need and ...

Sustainability can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. In business terms it can mean sink or swim in an ocean of sharks. MonkeyBrains is a local, independent ISP (Internet service provider) that started up at the height of the last boom and is a shining ...

We enjoyed our conversation and worm-bin-making adventure with Freshtopia’s Barb Finnin so much that we’ve decided to give you another little taste! Barb and Ryanne discuss the radical-ness that is composting and how to avoid bringing non-compostables (darn plastic bags!) into your home.

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In the heart of Park Slope, in Brooklyn, Rolling Press is, unlike traditional offset printing presses, the perfect neighbor. No loud noises, no harsh fumes - Rolling Press is a dual-purpose live/work studio and home to company president Eugene Lee. Eugene gives us a tour and drops some science ...

Today is Day 1 of Videoblogging Week 2007 (videobloggingweek2007). Thought we’d start it out with a little promo! Enjoy!

On a recent trip to NYC, we got the chance to sit down with green, community organizer Glenn McAnanama of Upper Green Side. Community organizing can easily become a full time job. Glenn gives us some advice on how to keep meetings sane and get active in local government. ...

Barb Finnin is part of the amazing Freshtopia team. She’s a certified master composter- her specialty is Vermicomposting with worms. We were super excited to learn that we could compost in our city apartment with a homemade worm bin even though we don’t have a yard. Throwing food ...

We first met Darius through the Coworking experiment at The Hat Factory. Spending even a few minutes with Mr. Roberts and you will surely find out that his passion is transit. How can mass transit be more efficient? How can cities, metropolitan areas, and even small towns make ...

Our last video at Green Citizen showed how easy it was to recycle your old electronics and the process in which they start to get sorted out. James Kao talks to us about why it’s important to sort and keep track of products as part of the

In the winter of 2005, Cynthia Shelton embarked on a journey not many of us would be keen on pursuing — a solo drive from California to Massachusetts in a 1973 Mercedes run on straight vegetable oil. She was successful in her journey — documented here — but came ...

As techy geeks, we tend to accrue lots of electronics over time. Once they are past the point of no return, what are you supposed to do with them? Green Citizen is trying to help geeks like you and me be as green as possible with our worn out ...

Las Vegas is a pretty sunny place, right? So why isn’t the whole city powered through solar energy? You could ask this question for a lot of places in the world. The answer we’re hearing more and more is that alternative energy is not just about being good, but being ...

Ryanne’s sister, Ashley Hodson, is another green vlogger. She created The Sustainable Route as a post graduation project to explore the sustainable movement in the United States. We got the chance to talk to her about the challenges of producing a videoblog on the road with a small (two-person), ...

Continuing our visit at Longleaf Lumber, we get a tour of the finished goods in their showroom in Cambridge, Mass. Alice shows off some luscious, antique samples as well as sustainably harvested bamboo and cork. For those of you wood-philes, this is the place to get a real fix ...

The ideas and business model behind Long Leaf Lumber tickle our fancy in more ways than one. By reclaiming antique wood from demolition sites, Mark Poirier is the ultimate recycler. Teetering on being an archeologist, Mark can deliver the history and stories behind almost every timber in his Berwick, ...

Ever since I was little, my family has been composting. I remember bugging my mom to get a compost bin when I was 10 so we didn’t have to throw food in the trash, though I’m sure she’d remember it the other way around! Composting has been around since the ...

The Boston Nature Center is home to the city’s first green public building. Smack dab in the middle of a nature sanctuary, The George Robert White Environmental Conservation Center serves as a prime example of how to design a green building. Light, air, energy and recyclable materials ...