From Woodstock, VT to Concord, MA: the birth of (one idea of) a nation by Nicolás Boullosa on June 18, 2024 As a heatwave pummels the eastern US, here’s a fresh view of our impressions of visiting some charming cities and …
Simplicity: lives dedicated to focusing on the fundamentals by Nicolás Boullosa on May 18, 2022 “Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, …
Futuro de la aviación: ¿un Concorde más rápido y eficiente? by Nicolás Boullosa on August 12, 2017 Sólo 12 personas han caminado sobre la luna. Gracias al Concorde, 2,5 millones de personas cruzaron el Atlántico a velocidad …
Thoreau’s cabin redux: tiny homes and happiness by Kirsten Dirksen on November 4, 2009 Henry David Thoreau went to live in a 150-square-foot cabin in the woods because he “wished to live deliberately, to …
A tour through Thoreau’s simple living at Walden pond by Kirsten Dirksen on June 8, 2009 “In wildness is the preservation of the world,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in 1851 at a time when he was …
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 …
In praise of idleness by BioDieselHauling on October 8, 2007 By Bertrand Russell: “Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying: ‘Satan finds some mischief for …
Glean your plate by Kirsten Dirksen on September 14, 2007 My mother was a gleaner. I didn’t know what she did had a name until reading it recently on the …
Vindicating Lovelock, Brower, Thoreau… by faircompanies on June 16, 2007 With the release of the Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change, confirming the repercussions of global warming, it’s the moment …
Informando durante dos meses desde California by Nicolás Boullosa on June 15, 2007 Esta ha sido una semana bastante intensa para *faircompanies. El jueves 7 de junio, el núcleo del equipo que trabaja …
