Cosmetics can be a minefield of chemicals and mile-long ingredient lists. Want simple answers to your biggest natural beauty problems?

Moving and temporarily storing your valuables can be a messy job, with the potential to create a lot of waste. Guest Blogger, Art Decker is a division manager with Self Storage Company, which operates a group of websites, including a storagecalifornia.com, a California self-storage locator.

New evidence connecting minimum parking requirements and sprawl is bolstering the argument for an overhaul of government policies related to much space we devote to the storage of cars. A team of economists from the University of Munich recently released a study examining the effects of mandatory parking minimums on development in urban and suburban Los Angeles.

Postgreen, a real estate development company focusing on modern and eco-friendly development in Philadelphia’s urban neighborhoods, recently completed an undertaking called the “100K Project,” two houses that prove that green construction can be affordable if properly designed and executed.

We already know that Hollywood is greener today than it was several years ago, but just how are individual studios becoming more sustainable? Thanks to a report earlier this year from the Solid Waste Task Force, we can first-hand what’s happening behind the scenes — and what we can expect from the major players going forward.

What an exciting day today. I am preparing the last of the garden for a television shoot with the Growing A Greener World crew. GGW is a PBS television series addressing the latest trends in eco-friendly living mixed with traditional gardening know-how.

Shawna Coronado's floating patio made of recycled/reclaimed materials with crafted/painted reclaimed shovels and mirrors on the back wall and an aluminum Jaclyn Smith Today Dining Set in front. Photo credit Brenda Haas of BG Garden - http://www.bggarden.com.