Living like it’s 2050: Transition Farm in North Carolina by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2009 The town of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, North Carolina became a Transition Town in 2009. While the community has always been highly …
Can DIY become tradition or is canning just the new sewing? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2009 My mother-in-law stands a good chance of surviving a natural disaster. Be it nuclear war or a climate change catastrophe, …
Swapping lawn for fruit: “because you can’t eat grass” by Kirsten Dirksen on October 9, 2009 There’s plenty of discussion about America’s gardening revolution- from the Obamas to recession gardeners-, but I didn’t expect to see …
1 man’s musings on 1 planet living: meat for air travel by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2009 Sustainability: it’s perhaps the most over-used, yet under-analyzed, word in the modern environmental movement. One way to think of it …
A small town green high-rise by Kirsten Dirksen on October 6, 2009 Eco-skyscrapers are increasingly sprouting up in cities worldwide, like Rotterdam’s Urban Cactus, Chicago’s 340 on the Park, Manhattan’s Hearst Tower …
How Tesla wants to make the electric car everyone's reality by Kirsten Dirksen on September 30, 2009 It’s a startup in an industry where no one really starts up. It’s a car company that started up with …
Tesla VP on the $465M loan, Daimler’s 10% & 2030 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 25, 2009 Much of Diarmuid O’Connell’s preparation for his job as vice president of one of the country’s hottest electric car companies …
Tesla: in the workshop of the car co. of the future? by Kirsten Dirksen on September 23, 2009 “I think that by 2030 the majority of the vehicles on the road will be electric vehicle and it may …
Gulfstream greens: Gore the Man vs. Gore the Messenger by Kirsten Dirksen on September 21, 2009 “Al Gore, he says he’s green, but he rented my Gulf Stream to fly alone to Los Angeles”. It took …
Eating lower on the fishchain: salmon to catfish by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2009 Fish populations worldwide have been collapsing over the past few decades. In the 2nd half of the past century, ocean …
