More bikes on the road means greater visibility, safety and public support for all bikers and all of those results are fine by moss.
Environment
That’s (NOT) Garbage: Reduce, Reuse … DIVERT Waste
The “three R’s” we learned about in school still pertain today. How do our municipal programs to “divert” waste from landfills work toward zero waste
That’s Garbage: Talking Trash About Waste Generation
The USA generates 251 million tons of trash a year – that is 42 times more than the Great Pyramid at Giza. Where does it come from … and go?
How We Operate: Finding Beauty in the (Honesty of) Reclaimed Building Materials
In the collage above are just a SMALL SAMPLE of our favorite uses of reclaimed wood in moss projects (from top left): Bowling Alley Bench, Begyle Tasting Room, Brew, Bar Pastoral, 2 Sparrows, and Erie Street Loft. Keep reading to see why and how we seek to use reclaimed wood products as often as possible. It is a truth pretty universally acknowledged […]
Today, Let's Drink to Clean Water … and Then Do More to Protect Our Water Supply
Monday’s Chicagoist headline, “It’s Okay to Drink the Water, Chicago,” is accurate but perhaps a little dismissive of the larger issues about drinking water which should be raised in all our minds by the recent drinking water scares topping news across the country. This weekend’s public drinking water ban in Todedo, Ohio follows the ongoing […]
If They Build it We Will Park – So Why Require More Parking With Every New Construction Project?
Bring on the predictable outrage, folks, but we’re about to do it … we’re about to say … There is WAY too much free parking available in Chicago. We should stop building more of it! For all the hoopla over the (admittedly) terrible parking meter deal made by Mayor Daley and regardless of the sticker […]
How Green Roofs, Green Space, and Green Design affect the Heat Island Effect in Chicago
Despite a relatively cool summer here in Chicago this year (thanks, I guess, Polar Vortex), we’ve all battled heat waves rolling off parking lots or struggled to arrive un-sweatily at our destinations more often than we’d like. And every summer – warm, hot or baking – is warmer here in the city (and the surrounding suburbs) than […]
Combined Sewer Overflow: How a Using Rain Barrel can help Keep Sewage Out of the Chicago River
Did you know that when it rains in Chicago we dump raw sewage into the Chicago river? No one is happy about it … but its no accident.
How Air Conditioning Works, When You Need It and When You Don’t
How Air Conditioning works in your home and how it came to be so pervasive. Find out more about this pervasive element of your summer life.
Beat the Heat WITHOUT AC: Passive Cooling and YOU
Now we remember what summer heat in Chicago feels like. To keep cool without overheating the environment, here are a few passive cooling ideas to consider.
Out of the Woodshop: Bowling Alley Console
We’d like to introduce the Bowling Alley Console, big sib to our much beloved Bowling Alley Bench. If you want to adopt it and take it home, click here! Like so many of our most beautiful furniture items and interior finishes, this is wood sourced from a demolished building and RE-purposed. For us, working with […]
Dishing the Dirt on Composting Toilets
If you’d like go one step farther in your quest for water conservation … what about composting toilets? Before you gasp, shudder and click away, give us a minute to explain why.
Taking Rachel Carson’s Message Home For Dinner
On Rachel Carson’s Birthday, let’s use the message of Silent Spring to forward the production of local, sustainable, organic food.
Put some GREEN in your green space this Weekend
The lawn – that great American pastime – isn’t all that great, or even that American. Maybe its time to start rethinking all that green carpet. Here’s why!
Low Flow Fixtures 101: or How to Save 11,000 Gallons of Water in 5 Minutes
What ARE low flow fixtures? Read all about them and meet your new friend the WaterSense certified aerator, which you can install in your own faucet in five minutes.