Is Renzo Piano’s Academy of Sciences the greenest museum? by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2011 The purpose of the California Academy of Sciences is to study the earth and science. It’s also located in one …
America’s 1st platinum bicycle city (Davis, CA) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 18, 2011 In Davis, California 17% of residents commute to work by bike, more than any other American community. To put that …
Why give up turf (mostly): a bluegrass lawn = parking lot by Kirsten Dirksen on January 13, 2011 In the resort area of Sun Valley, Idaho- like in so many American towns- the standard of backyard beauty is …
How native plants create drought-tolerant yards in Sun Valley, Idaho by Kirsten Dirksen on January 8, 2011 Sun Valley, Idaho landscape expert Kelly Weston likes to make clear native landscapes don’t have to be messy. “I have …
Apartment in-a-suitcase: tiny flat + 2 trunks of furniture by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2010 In 1996, Barcelona architects Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores were hired to convert an old community laundry into a penthouse. …
Scion exchange: how to graft a backyard of fruit by Kirsten Dirksen on December 27, 2010 If it hadn’t been for introduction of grafting, we wouldn’t have domesticated apples or cherries and since these heterosexual fruit …
Barcelona’s Sagrada Família: Gaudí’s monument to Nature by Kirsten Dirksen on December 18, 2010 He became one of the most famous Modernist architects- responsible for many of Barcelona’s most famous monuments-, but Antoni Gaudí …
1st rule of gardening: build up the soil by Kirsten Dirksen on December 13, 2010 Every year Jacqueline Kennedy starts her garden by throwing local horse manure under her veggie patch. Her soil is now …
Dirty rags (trapos sucios): zero waste redesigned clothing by Kirsten Dirksen on December 9, 2010 When a company that collects the trash and cleans the city of Barcelona had 1,285 uniforms to get rid of, …
Non-toxic, no-VOC paint for any wall (+ finishing plasters) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 7, 2010 Michael G. Smith has spent the past couple of decades using natural materials to build all parts of a home, …
