House in a hamlet: restoration, regeneration, and layers of a home by Nicolás Boullosa on February 20, 2025 When you tend a garden or you have a project of a house in your hands, your world opens up …
Free speech-palooza & kids’ media access: when banalization gets pervasive by Nicolás Boullosa on February 12, 2025 When free speech becomes a game of provocation, kids learn that clout beats character—and history gets rewritten in the process. …
Picking one’s battles: choosing healthy introspection over doomscrolling by Nicolás Boullosa on February 6, 2025 From an aging G-Wagon to the sacred peaks of Mount Athos, the quest for home and meaning unfolds in motion. …
Formentera counterculture: pre-modern slow world on a tiny Mediterranean island by Nicolás Boullosa on January 30, 2025 Formentera in the 1960s was an off-grid, hidden Mediterranean refuge where artists, free spirits, and countercultural seekers embraced a slow, …
Bill Mollison & the Austral Summer: remediation in a disaster-prone world by Nicolás Boullosa on January 23, 2025 In January 2008, we visited CERES Melbourne and met Bill Mollison, author of the seminal book Permaculture One. Reflecting on …
Santa Ana Winds: a blaze through culture, memory, and resilience by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2025 Exploring the fiery breath of the Santa Ana winds, their role in shaping California’s wildfires, and their haunting imprint on …
Mike Oehler’s last hurrah: underground living & lessons from the earth by Nicolás Boullosa on January 9, 2025 Back-to-the-lander Mike Oehler reimagined earth-sheltered living in the early 1970s, sure of the potential—and need—of underground housing. His experiments are …
The stuff around us: the hidden value & meaning of things old & new by Nicolás Boullosa on January 2, 2025 All things carry their weight. Sometimes, old possessions can become evergreens, whereas stuff some consider junk could be other people’s …
What truly fulfills us at Year’s End (Hint: it’s not the presents) by Nicolás Boullosa on December 26, 2024 Christmas holidays are a time for reflection and connection—a chance to share moments by the fire, enjoy quiet reading, and …
How to turn your neighborhood into a village —or build it from scratch by Nicolás Boullosa on December 19, 2024 Can intentional communities balance connection and individuality to counter solitude? Is there a way to foster meaningful living without falling …
