STYLE BUZZ: New York Times has a piece on the latest trend in environmentally-conscious home furnishing: furniture that disappears when you’re done with it. Here’s an idea that could really take off, especially when it seems like so much furniture from IKEA is practically disposable. It pained me to have to throw out so much stuff when I decided I didn’t want to live like I was in a college dormitory anymore.

The Best Links:

1. Consciously Imagining a Product’s End Use - But Does Biodegradable Mean “Green”?
2. The Latest and Most Interesting Development in Green and Sustainable Living
3. Consumers Are More Interested in Having a Long-Term Relationship with Their Furniture
4. All the Different Ways to Reuse and Recycle When It Comes to Your Home
5. Stylish Chaise Made Entirely Out of Corrugated Recycled Cardboard
6. Cradle To Cradle: A Book About the Transformation of Human Industry Through Ecologically Intelligent Design

CULTURE BUZZ: An acronym for “Young and Wealthy but Normal” - a certain kind of person who forgoes luxury to change the world. Yawn. I just almost fell asleep sitting up while posting this trend. But it’s so much harder to hate yuppies when they actually care about something.

The Best Links:

1. “The New Yuppies: They’re Back - and This Time They’re Green “
2. Vote with Your Dollar - Spending Money Is Like Showing Support for Socially-Conscious Companies
3. YAWNS Are Useless, Dull, and No One Cares About Their Demographic
4. The New Generation of Hipsters Are Embracing Green Living
5. Pop-Soc Term for Well-to-Do Young People Who Are Actually Decent People
6. YAWNS Are Worth Millions, But Live Like Paupers
7. Rik Wehbring Is a Good Example of a YAWN