Living the green technology life isn’t always cheap. You may be tempted to skimp on the organic produce now and again. I can’t blame you, the good stuff gets expensive! Sometimes you can get away with buying conventionally grown produce, but there are some fruits and vegetables that have such a high pesticide count, you should always shell out the extra dough
Kimberly Ovitz, a women’s fashion designer, is making green look pretty chic – and for less. Ovitz on April 10 launched a lower-priced eco-friendly clothing line. The highly anticipated clothing collection, O by Kimberly Ovitz, formally was launched at Curve, a boutique on New York’s Mercer Street. The collection is made up of dresses and super-soft tees for the spring and summer of 2012 and cost less than $200. A wide variety of colors also are available for these items, including coral, peach, white and black.
We use a lot of wood in our buildings. It’s a key component of the construction process, and once the home is built, it becomes a key element of home décor and furnishing. All this wood working produces a lot of waste–scraps, boards and other pieces of lumber that wind up in the trash. But these days green technology designers are getting creative with waste wood.
