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 …
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 …
Living small: how to choose an RV by BioDieselHauling on December 22, 2010 I live in an RV. It’s funny, I don’t really even think of it as a “lifestyle”. I guess maybe …
Avoid VOC: homemade natural paint (clay and milk) by Kirsten Dirksen on December 7, 2010 Paints are one of the biggest sources of VOCs- Volatile Organic Compounds- inside the home and their synthetic ingredients have …
Heirlooms, hybrids, non-GMO corn & breast of Venus tomatoes by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2010 Heirloom vegetables are big at farmer’s markets, popular among backyard gardeners and now they can even be found in supermarkets, …
Small homes: a boat, a dream shack & twins in a tiny house by Kirsten Dirksen on November 26, 2010 The godfather of small houses built his tiny shack in the 19th century (see video Thoreau’s simple life at Walden), but it …
Arduino: turning non-nerds into robot-makers by Kirsten Dirksen on November 11, 2010 The Arduino– an affordable, open source microcontroller board- has been touted as connecting the real world to your computer. To get …
Natural building: water-resistant earthen floors don’t off-gas by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2010 Earthen floors are growing in popularity not simply because they forgo non-renewable resources, but because they have an aesthetic appeal …
A downtown live/work dream house (with roof deck for naps) by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2010 Alan Cohen’s commute used to take 20 to 25 minutes every morning. Now it takes 30 seconds, or however long …
Potty diaries: my European method & a slow, simple approach by Kirsten Dirksen on October 1, 2010 My 15-month-old asked to go poop yesterday. It sounds young, but I wasn’t really trying to train her yet. Though …
