A Shift in the Landscape: 10 Trends in Home & Garden Worth Taking into the Next Decade

Just 10 years ago, when we began a new millennium, “‘carbon footprint’ wasn’t a household term, ‘paper or plastic’ hadn’t become a moral dilemma, and reduce, reuse and recycle didn’t yet come to mind as the three R’s,” writes San Francisco Chronicle Home & Garden Editor Deb Wandell.

Wow. Our homes and gardens have come along way in the last 10 years, thanks in part to a mass mobilization towards sustainable living and serious discussion about our personal responsibility for the footprints we leave on the environment.

Making a Living on the Land. Image via SFGate.com