"At the turn of the millennium, 'carbon footprint' wasn't a household term, 'paper or plastic' hadn't become a moral dilemma, and reduce, reuse and recycle didn't yet come to mind as the three R's," writes San Francisco Chronicle Home & Garden Editor Deb Wandell. Agreed. When it comes to the home and garden, we've come along way in the last 10 years, thanks... [Read more...]

Stimulate the economy and the environment? Sounds like a win-win to us. Thanks to the success of the government’s much-hyped Cash for Clunkers program, a program proposed earlier this month—dubbed, you guessed it, Cash for Caulkers—promises to benefit contractors, construction workers and homeowners alike in an effort to encourage job creation and energy... [Read more...]