The house-in-a-greenhouse probably wouldn't play very well in say, Arizona, where enclosing your house in glass shell would be folly. But Bengt Warne, a Swedish architect, starting designing what he called the Naturhus (Nature House) in 1976 to work with Scandinavian nature. Warne put up his own Naturhus before he died in 2006, but two other Swedish families have now designed their own versions of an enclosed house.

:: GreenUpgrader encourages minimally packaged lunches like the Bento Box.

:: The EPA issues more stringent regulations for gas-powered lawn and garden equipment.

:: Eat Drink Better decodes eco-food labels.

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