Land was barren. He dug 10-acre underground village & orchard by Kirsten Dirksen on June 11, 2023 During the California heat wave of 1906, Baldassare Forestiere dug a home underground with just a pickax and shovel. He …
Acorns: why we failed to domesticate a beloved wild food source by Nicolás Boullosa on June 2, 2023 There’s no older way of showing one’s agency over one’s surroundings than providing our own food from sources that our …
Sculptor homestead full tour: 50 years building Utopia by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2022 Bruce Johnson, and his wife Margie, moved to California’s remote North Coast in 1973 to rebuild the historic Fort Ross …
Built treehouse annex, then became their live-work respite by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2021 Dustin Feider’s prefab system assembles sturdy treehouses with minimum impact. After making models for clients such as The Doors’ guitarist, …
Unas redes anticuadas soportan cada vez más baterías by Nicolás Boullosa on June 17, 2021 El mundo se prepara para un consumo energético más limpio, monitorizado, atento al derroche debido a fenómenos como la propia …
Entre la amnesia y la apropiación cultural: alpinismo y surf by Nicolás Boullosa on February 27, 2021 Su protagonismo ha sido siempre subestimado, cuando no omitido, pese a ser artífices de algunas de domesticaciones decisivas de especies …
El epicentro tecnológico post-pandemia no es un lugar geográfico by Nicolás Boullosa on February 17, 2021 El joven imaginario estadounidense depende de historias cuya sombra, a menudo dolorosa, se ha extendido sobre la conciencia de la …
Regiones que normalizan una temporada de incendios en aumento by Nicolás Boullosa on October 1, 2020 Dice un amigo mío que el mundo se divide en dos tipos de personas: quienes compran objetos de calidad fuera …
Agile villages for fire victims as template to fix CA housing? by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2019 After a fire destroyed over 5,000 homes in Santa Rosa, California, locals got together to help their neighbors: one resident …
Raíz, brote, fruto: la relación secreta de árboles y tocones by Nicolás Boullosa on July 31, 2019 En España, las carreteras secundarias de la Meseta deparan paisajes condicionados por su uso y acondicionamiento durante siglos: latifundios, bosques …
