Best Green Living

Our friends at Crate&Barrel have a new line of eco friendly furniture.  The upholstery and hardwood frames are certified sustainable, without adding additional cost.

 Eco-Friendly Construction

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Certified sustainable, kiln-dried hardwood frame

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Seat cushions are filled with soy-based polyfoam, wrapped in a blend of goose down, feathers and corn-based fibers, and encased in downproof ticking

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Back cushions are a blend [...]

What is RoHS?
This is the question I have heard most often since the last post.  Although we are all capable of looking up the answer, I will give the “nutshell” version.
 The RoHS Directive stands for ”the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment”.  Sounds simple enough.
It specifically limits the amount of the [...]

I was in the market for a new network switch.  Seems easy enough.  As I was looking around, I came across D-Link’s Green Ethernet series of products.

 According to the documentation:

Automatically powers down ports that have no link
Budgets power output for different ethernet cable lengths
Complies with Califonia CEC regulations and RoHS directive
Uses recyclable packaging

The fine print [...]