Global warming fashion and plantable packaging by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 “More companies are realizing that they can make their clothes and still be kind to the environment,” explains Nyssa from …
Buy/sell/trade last month’s impulse buy by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2009 The US EPA estimates that 10.6 million tons of textiles were generated in 2003, that’s about 80 pounds per person. …
A local, free range, hormone-free (mostly organic) brew pub by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Brew pubs were founded on the idea of catering to locals and San Francisco’s Magnolia Pub & Brewery has taken …
Green cleaning in a bottle (no phosphates nor phthalates) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 The campaign against conventional cleaning products has gone mainstream. The U.S. National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has even issued a …
Green Home Center: sugar waste cabinets and recycled counter by Kirsten Dirksen on May 27, 2009 The Green Home Center in San Francisco was started by “green enthusiasts” who wanted to sell building and remodeling products …
Carfree cities: removing pollution from the front yard by Kirsten Dirksen on April 22, 2009 “We’ve been building the wrong kind of city for about 60 years,” says California State University political science professor Sherman …
Por qué pronto construiremos nuestro propio coche eléctrico by Nicolás Boullosa on April 16, 2009 No acabo de leer ningún libro futurista, de esos que hablan de las inquietudes universales de la humanidad (amor, filosofía, …
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 …
La crisis como oportunidad: "trabajar en cosas que importan" by Nicolás Boullosa on March 20, 2009 Tim O’Reilly reta a la nueva generación de emprendedores. El intelectual, editor de libros y sitios web sobre nuevas tecnologías, …
Breve oda a los árboles (tamaño, simbología y más) by Nicolás Boullosa on March 2, 2009 El árbol es uno de los animales con mayor protagonismo en mitologías y religiones de todo el mundo, quizá por …
