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After an extended, gray winter, Seattle is now enjoying the kind of summer that reminds us why we live here. As the long-awaited sunshine pulls us from our fleece cocoons and recharges our vitamin D levels, THIS SPACE is here to remind you that sunshine also offers one of the simplest, low-investment...

After an extended, gray winter, Seattle is now enjoying the kind of summer that reminds us why we live here. As the long-awaited sunshine pulls us from our fleece cocoons and recharges our vitamin D levels, THIS SPACE is here to remind you that sunshine also offers one of the simplest, low-investment...

After an extended, gray winter, Seattle is now enjoying the kind of summer that reminds us why we live here. As the long-awaited sunshine pulls us from our fleece cocoons and recharges our vitamin D levels, THIS SPACE is here to remind you that sunshine also offers one of the simplest, low-investment...

After an extended, gray winter, Seattle is now enjoying the kind of summer that reminds us why we live here. As the long-awaited sunshine pulls us from our fleece cocoons and recharges our vitamin D levels, THIS SPACE is here to remind you that sunshine also offers one of the simplest, low-investment...

As the long-awaited sunshine pulls us from our fleece cocoons and recharges our vitamin D levels, THIS SPACE is here to remind you that sunshine also offers one of the simplest, low-investment opportunities for saving electricity -- the solar clothes dryer. You might recognize this energy-efficient technology...

As the long-awaited sunshine pulls us from our fleece cocoons and recharges our vitamin D levels, THIS SPACE is here to remind you that sunshine also offers one of the simplest, low-investment opportunities for saving electricity -- the solar clothes dryer. You might recognize this energy-efficient technology...

An IT friend of mine offered up an energy-saving suggestion the other day that left me slapping my forehead with a Homer Simpson-like “Doh!” for its simplicity. “When you go home for the night are you turning off your computer monitor?” she asked. After a brief moment of puzzlement, I recognized that...

For the third time in four years, I am starting a kitchen remodeling project. As my family has grown and jobs have changed, we’ve continued to switch houses. Each house has had many endearing qualities and a pitiful space to prepare and cook food that needed intervention. Amid knocking down walls, finding...