Passive solar glass home: beauty of watching the sun move by Kirsten Dirksen on January 21, 2010 Back in the late seventies when Cliff Butler was ready to build his dream home, he was looking for one …
A seasonal winter salad: green cabbage coleslaw by Kirsten Dirksen on January 13, 2010 If you’re trying to eat from a veggie garden or from an allotment (box scheme, etc), you’ll discover that in …
A tiny home for a growing family (bed under stairs included) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2010 They’re not part of any official Small House Movement, but they live in a small home and they live well. …
Idle parents in search of a slow, free range childhood by Kirsten Dirksen on January 5, 2010 “It seems to me that today we are speeding up children too much in some ways (academic hot-housing, for example),” …
Brightkite and faircompanies founders talk about happiness by Kirsten Dirksen on December 23, 2009 Given that we work from home and are substantially downshifted (i.e. we are very salary-light), when we socialize, we often …
Expats in Barcelona: 5 & 1/2 bikes and a plaza as a backyard by Kirsten Dirksen on December 16, 2009 Mitch and Kathy Madigan moved to Barcelona in 2005 for the adventure. They left behind a suburban home and 2 …
Slow Christmas: how we play (no shopping required) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 12, 2009 There are a few unwritten rules in my family when it comes to giving gifts: only spend money when necessary, you don’t …
Big green Apple life: live smaller, drive less, share more by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2009 My love affair with New York began rather blindly. I moved for a short-term television job and stayed for six …
Greens gone wild: America’s first eco-fraternity by Kirsten Dirksen on November 25, 2009 It’s a fraternity where the environment is the focus: it’s not just service-oriented (though they do stream cleanups and native …
@Googleplex: carbon footprint of search and how to best coal by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2009 They’re the biggest thing on the Internet, with annual profits of around 13 billion dollars, and some of that money …