Santa Ana Winds: a blaze through culture, memory, and resilience by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2025 Exploring the fiery breath of the Santa Ana winds, their role in shaping California’s wildfires, and their haunting imprint on …
Recovering lost knowledge: traditional practices for a safer future by Nicolás Boullosa on September 11, 2024 For decades, coastal areas in California like Rancho Palos Verdes didn’t improve drainage systems or reinforce slopes with deep-rooted vegetation …
A/C future is ancient: heat-pump & evaporative cooling hybrids by Nicolás Boullosa on January 19, 2023 They can look a bit like an air conditioner unit. In the winter, the appliance extracts ambient heat from outdoor …
Butterfly effect: intense week of (un)serious efforts to curb inflation by Nicolás Boullosa on October 1, 2022 September 2022 refuses to be a dull back-to-school month, what the French call the “rentrée.” But in the last week …
Yosemite in a day: shrinking trees, cougars & a tourist loop by Kirsten Dirksen on March 28, 2011 Nearly 4 million people visited Yosemite National park last year and most of them stayed- as we did- within the …
Global Warming Revisited by BioDieselHauling on April 26, 2010 The following was a “letter to the editor” submitted to a progressive magazine in response to articles on global warming: …
A March snowstorm in Barcelona: climate vs weather by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2010 March 8, 2010 and it snowed in Barcelona. This is a city where the average low temperature for the month …
Hackers on the good life and Sarah Palin as eco-model by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2009 I was publicly criticized by a few hackers* last week and after a bit of soul searching, I’ve decided their …
Hackers on happiness & tiny houses, plus The Story of Stuff by Kirsten Dirksen on November 13, 2009 Last week, my husband posted to Hacker News a link to my video about a guy who lives in a …
Living like it’s 2050: Transition Farm in North Carolina by Kirsten Dirksen on October 16, 2009 The town of Chapel Hill/Carrboro, North Carolina became a Transition Town in 2009. While the community has always been highly …
