A NYC backyard garden: a lemon tree grows in Brooklyn by Kirsten Dirksen on April 14, 2009 Backyard gardens are a booming trend across the U.S. and urban environments are no exception. Brooklyn, New York’s Sarah Dickinson …
Slow pedestrianization: how to take cars out of cities by Kirsten Dirksen on April 13, 2009 It sounds a bit eco-utopian, but cars are being banned not just from eco-towns like Abu Dhabi’s Masdar or Germany’s …
Do our heaters make us fatter?: how to create a "frosty spa" by Kirsten Dirksen on April 12, 2009 We may not be fat just because we eat poorly, or too much, or because we don’t exercise enough, but …
Bringing it to the masses by BioDieselHauling on April 12, 2009 My friend/co-worker, upon hearing about my truck project, encouraged me (repeatedly) to do a write up for the do-it-yourself website …
Travel and work (and hubris) by BioDieselHauling on April 10, 2009 As people who are aware of and concerned about the worlds problems and how each individual is a part of …
Anglo-Saxon bigfoots and the Happy Planet Index by Kirsten Dirksen on April 7, 2009 The other day my husband IMed me, only half-joking, “f**king Anglo-Saxons”. It seems we English-speaking countries, for the most part, …
Los nuevos "coches del pueblo" no serán de gasolina by Nicolás Boullosa on April 7, 2009 De la India no llegan sólo cuentos de hadas para desheredados con aureola de Bollywood, a lo Slumdog Millionaire. El …
No, the garden has not been built yet by BioDieselHauling on April 7, 2009 Building the planter bed was the agenda for today, but there turned out to be a lot of little tasks …
Living small: when home is a 150-square-foot RV by Kirsten Dirksen on April 6, 2009 They only get about 7-10 mpg, but RVs can be environmentally friendly… when parked. “What I use in electricity and …
Green Box: una propuesta de vivienda-jardín para el futuro by faircompanies on April 5, 2009 El arquitecto Luis de Garrido presenta su último prototipo de vivienda sostenible, Green Box, en la ciudad de Nueva York …