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Greater Goods on U Street opened last November and is already the Washington City Paper's #1 Eco Store (2008 reader rankings). Greater Goods specializes in environmentally-friendly products and services, including the installation of tankless water heaters, home automation kits and light switches...
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Oh, I didn't realize they'd take batteries; I have recyclables from my Makita drill that have died, I'll drop them off on my lunch hour.
Greater Goods advertises CFL dimmable bulbs that actually work, although the wattage is kind of low. Even so, actual CFL dimmables that work and don't just flicker would, truly, be great! So I recommend checking them out for your energy-effiicent dimmable bulb needs.
Greater Goods also has a very cute roof garden above the front door -- mixing their early 20th century storefront with early 21st century innovation!
Speaking of gardening, there's a great water-efficient and easy-to-install system that I use called Raindrip, and I wish that Greater Goods carried their line. It's a watering system that attaches to your outdoor hose bib. It uses a timer, a lot of 1/4" black plastic hose and little drippers to drip water on the soil around your plants, whether they are in the ground or in pots. If you are in an apartment or house where you have an outside spigot/hose bib and want to keep plants watered without being wasteful, Raindrip is great. In the DC area the parts seem only to be at Merrifield Gardening Center out in Virginia (you can get the Raindrip "patio kit" at Logan Hardware, but no larger kits and no parts). I wish Greater Goods would carry a couple of their kits, as well as a handful of the parts, as the system is awesome. It is water-saving, affordable and made in the USA. Hooray! scormeny on Jul 16, 2008
Oh, I didn't realize they'd take batteries; I have recyclables from my Makita drill that have died, I'll drop them off on my lunch hour.
Greater Goods advertises CFL dimmable bulbs that actually work, although the wattage is kind of low. Even so, actual CFL dimmables that work and don't just flicker would, truly, be great! So I recommend checking them out for your energy-effiicent dimmable bulb needs.
Greater Goods also has a very cute roof garden above the front door -- mixing their early 20th century storefront with early 21st century innovation!
Speaking of gardening, there's a great water-efficient and easy-to-install system that I use called Raindrip, and I wish that Greater Goods carried their line. It's a watering system that attaches to your outdoor hose bib. It uses a timer, a lot of 1/4" black plastic hose and little drippers to drip water on the soil around your plants, whether they are in the ground or in pots. If you are in an apartment or house where you have an outside spigot/hose bib and want to keep plants watered without being wasteful, Raindrip is great. In the DC area the parts seem only to be at Merrifield Gardening Center out in Virginia (you can get the Raindrip "patio kit" at Logan Hardware, but no larger kits and no parts). I wish Greater Goods would carry a couple of their kits, as well as a handful of the parts, as the system is awesome. It is water-saving, affordable and made in the USA. Hooray! scormeny on Jul 16, 2008