Here's a question that cuts to the core of me, Baxter : Do you have any ideas on mattress disposal? You see, I recently bought a new...

Spotted the new Seventh Generation EcoLogic laundry detergent bottles at Harris Teeter the other day: Seventh Generation, the nation's...

A friend got his nice, new briefcase stolen at District Chophouse last night. Luckily his laptop, iPod, Blackberry and wallet were not insid...

I was really impressed by Saturday's Fall Recycling Extravaganza here in Falls Church. There were plenty of staff, the event was well-or...

Got an old computer you want to dispose of safely? Eyeglasses with an outdated prescription? Communities in our region are holding their fal...

My buddy Everyday Father asked me to post an oldie but a goodie that has somehow never made its way to The Green Miles - The Story of Stuff...

Five years ago, I had a standard-sized garbage bin in my kitchen and put recycling in paper grocery bags. Two years ago, I switched to a sm...

A recent hiking binge left The Green Miles in need of some new footwear. Sneakers are fine for most trails, but every once in a while you...

From Bill Maher's Earth Day entry at HuffingtonPost.com: [S]upermarket clerks must stop putting the big bottle of detergent with a hand...

Recently I was in Richmond and noticed this: It's a box filled with books, put there by an organization called Books on Wheels . It seem...

Neither. The Washington Post has a great graphic today comparing paper and plastic grocery bags, coming to the conclusion that neither is a...

Confusion reigned from the moment I handed my reusable grocery bag to the bagger at my local Harris Teeter recently. First she tried handing...

Since I posted about reduce/reuse/recycle yesterday, I thought I'd keep with that theme and chalk up another 5 points in Arlingtonians f...

(Note: Title best when sung to the tune of Better Than Ezra's "King of New Orleans.") You've heard the environmental mantr...