Are you keen on green?

By 90 percent recycled aluminum tiles comes in 15 sizes, including the 4-inch square and 2- by 6-inch subway tiles, starting at $50 per square foot.

...AND ALUMINUM IN BRONZE

4The company has also introduced the Masa line of 100 percent recycled cast aluminum hardware (at least 70 percent post-consumer recycled), $21 to $23 each, and in 90-percent recycled bronze, $25 to $29, including the Geta pull, below left. Natural Built Home, 4020 Minnehaha Av. S., Minneapolis, 612-605-7999; www.naturalbuilthome.com, www.eleekinc.com.

5Crushed and tumbled consumer glass gets new life as clear, mesh-backed wall tiles. "Jelly Bean Rocks" comes in 4- and 12-inch squares, $2.90 and $24, respectively, or a 4- by 8- inch for $8. www.fireclaytile.com or 1-408-275-1182.

6The undulating Bamboo Screen is made from pesticide-free bamboo and bound with bamboo threads. It can be repositioned and then rolled for storage; the natural-colored screen has a nontoxic, water-based finish, $259. Six feet high, 8 feet wide and a quarter-inch thick; www.gaiam.com, toll-free 1-877-989-6321.

100 IDEAS

7This is one accessory the best-dressed bookshelves are wearing this year: "True Green: 100 Everyday Ways You Can Contribute to a Healthy Planet" is published by National Geographic. For $19.95, you get several clear and practical suggestions, easily applied by readers of all ages. It has a bodacious Web resource list, too. See more at www.betruegreen.com.

Kim Yeager • TEAKFIBER-RICH2The hand-loomed Handwoven Collection, natural window shades from Hartmann & Forbes, uses bamboo, grass, jute and river reeds harvested from sustainable eco-systems and colored and cured by the sun (and sometimes flame).The company's Take Back initiative lets consumers return the shades -- and natural shades from other manufacturers -- when they're done with them for disassembly and recycling. D & D Associates, Suite 408, International Market Square, Minneapolis. Available to the public through the IMS Design Connection, 612-338-6250.GLASS THAT GLOWSSHAPE-SHIFTER