Living "off the grid" by jboyer on February 26, 2009 Living Off the Grid? Some think that living Off The Grid means to live a minimalist life style; others believe …
Denmark's organics, Spain's trains & Chad's carbon footprint by Kirsten Dirksen on February 17, 2009 At a one-year-old’s birthday last month where a typically Barcelonian mix of Brits, Americans, Spaniards, Catalans, a Dane, an Italian …
A 20K broken elbow makes downshifting difficult in US by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2009 I’d never enjoyed having to learn medical street smarts, but it wasn’t until moving to Spain that I really recognized …
"Water bankruptcy", neo-Malthusians, and a free water market by Kirsten Dirksen on February 3, 2009 Last summer, I began to get nervous that my husband was about to spend two weeks with a group of …
Where used clothing is about germs and dead people by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2009 There are repair shops so specialized in Barcelona that you’d think no one would ever trash anything. Besides clocks, clothes, …
The end of modern air travel, Slow Travel and airships by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2009 When I’m producing a story, I often lose perspective of the humanness of the conversation and the people involved and …
Downshifting to an $8,000 home in the Mount Rushmore State by Kirsten Dirksen on January 12, 2009 “How much do you think it would cost… a large farmhouse with original hardwood floors and porch, some furniture and …
Home food preservation & renewal: the dandelion by PrairieHillHues on December 26, 2008 Yes we most certainly do canning and freezing of all shorts of food and store them in a cold room or …
Can cardboard rocket ships save Christmas? by Kirsten Dirksen on December 10, 2008 I keep thinking about Jdimytai Damour, the WalMart employee who was trampled to death by over-anxious (is that strong enough …
A present shopping guide? 15 tips by Kirsten Dirksen on December 6, 2008 This article is not meant to feed the season’s shopping fever. On the contrary, these are tips on how to …
