The trouble with lawns: a walk through Sun Valley, Idaho by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Americans love their lawns so much that grass has become the most irrigated “crop” in the country. Up to ten …
Permaculture house: passive solar as AC by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Permaculture is a basis for design that mimics “the patterns and relationships found in nature”. When applied to home temperature …
Eco-friendly fibers: inside Patagonia headquarters by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 “Things like bamboo rayon, and things like milk and soy and all of these protein fibers… these are old technologies… …
Al volante de un vehículo de hidrógeno en Vancouver, Canadá by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Nicolás Boullosa explica las sensaciones al volante de un vehículo con pila de hidrógreno, desde el centro de investigación Vancouver …
Eco-faith: ordaining trees, asking “What would Jesus drive?” by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 While world religions have been “slow to jump on the [environmental] bandwagon”, according to the Worldwatch Institute’s Gary Gardner, they’re …
SuChin’s low carbon diet: a solar dryer by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 The clothes dryer is the 2nd largest energy consuming appliance in the home, but many in the US and Canada …
Off-grid Sydney home reuses sewage after pond natural filter by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 It’s a house that produces power, water, and even reuses its own sewage, all that in the middle of Australia’s …
Googling the chemicals in our “green cleaning” by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Now that green cleaning has gone mainstream, it seems every month there’s a new product to try out. Even supermarkets …
A poop powered power plant by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Animal and human waste have the power to fuel homes (India) and even a train (Sweden), and since 2004, biogas …
World Centric: compostable corn containers and sugar bowls by Kirsten Dirksen on May 26, 2009 Hundreds of thousands of tons of paper plates, styrofoam cups and plastic bowls are thrown away every year. Besides contributing …