FEATURES

1. THE GREEN DREAM

   As megaretailers like Wal-Mart and Home Depot strong-arm entire industries to act sustainably—and business schools across the country add “green MBAs” to their curricula—a new question arises: Can shopping save the world?
   
   by Adam Fisher

2. CLEAN LIVING

   Your garden is a water hog, your kid’s diapers are piling up in a landfill, and your One Hour Martinizer is steeping your clothes in chemicals. It doesn’t have to be this way: Consult our crib sheet of low-impact goods and services.
   
   by Emily Pilloton

3. POOR-MAN’S PREFAB

   Those 3,000-square-foot palaces of glass and steel may look great in magazines, but they lose some luster when the $800 heating bill arrives. Enter the new breed of mini modulars: modern kit buildings that won’t break the bank.
   
   by Lisa Selin Davis

DEPARTMENTS

4. Editor's notes

5. RE-PLY

   Your letters

6. RE-VIEW

   Thread-head art, fruit bowls, and organic cotton. Plus: the best in books, music, showerheads, and paint

7. I MADE THIS!

   Reader project: a headboard made from limited-edition skate decks

8. HOME FIXES

   Clever uses for commonplace things

9. SKILL SET

   A primer on hanging wallpaper

10. RE-DUX

    Three designs that reuse buttons

11. RE-VAMP

    Six easy ways to tidy up your gardening gear

12. RE-ORGANIZE

    Tuck away your blue bins with this back-of-the-door recycling center

13. RE-USE

    Set the table with six cork projects

14. SOLID WOLD (Cover Project)

    Build a Laundromat-inspired modular bench

15. HOT TODDY

    Suspend a soda-bottle chandelier

16. READY-WHIP

    Mix up your own all-natural beauty products. Plus: Green your shaving routine

17. HDYGTFAJ

    Q&A with environmental crusader and Worldchanging executive editor Alex Steffen

18. MOVERS & MAKERS

    A San Francisco artist plants edible gardens for the masses; North Carolina’s Modern Fabrics saves designer textiles from the scrap heap

19. BUYER'S GUIDE

    Where to get the goods

20. CONTRIBUTORS

    Our spring chickens

21. MACGYVER

    Winning entry: Monopoly-board jewelry box Next up: Curtains