Option to meat: how to make your own hummus by Kirsten Dirksen on April 25, 2010 Hummus is a very versatile option to meat. For sandwiches, it can be spread on bread and be accompanied by …
Travel for the soul: trains, Havasupai & Camino de Santiago by Kirsten Dirksen on April 21, 2010 I’ve never understood the allure of Paris and this week, after reading Alain de Botton’s A World Without Planes, I …
Mopeds, diesel, NO2 and an electric future for Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on April 19, 2010 Barcelona, with centuries of well-planned streets, is one of the most dense cities in Europe, but while it may escape …
Identifying good bugs in a worm bin & a DIY fly trap by Kirsten Dirksen on April 18, 2010 Our worm bin has become overwhelmed by flying and crawling things. This scared me. I know that you should expect …
Interviewing “Art of manliness” Brett McKay on simple living by Kirsten Dirksen on April 16, 2010 “Create more, consume less”: it’s a slogan blogger Brett McKay picked up at a middle school graduation, but he thinks …
The comeback of America's cities & growing walkable suburbs by Kirsten Dirksen on April 15, 2010 We’ve become a city planet (Stewart Brand’s term)- in 2008, for the first time over half of the world’s population …
Worm bin month 2: mold and flies by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2010 Into month two of life with our worm bin and we’ve started to notice more life than we’d expected. There …
Worm bin month 1: it’s sprouting by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2010 During our first month living with worms and our worm bin, we definitely witnessed how fertile the worm castings are: …
Got rotten bananas? Make sweetened banana bread by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2010 Rotting- or overly ripe- bananas have amazing strength as a sweetener. Add them to a bit of flour, egg and …
My happiness list: chat walks, snuggles, tanbark and obits by Kirsten Dirksen on March 31, 2010 A friend told me last week that she knows exactly what will make her happy and does those things when …
