LA startup offers custom small prefabs adapted to area code by Kirsten Dirksen on June 2, 2019 In 2017, California lawmakers forced cities to relax their regulations on backyard units; Alexis Rivas and Jemuel Joseph were ready …
Zen aficionado builds LA modern home atop hill on a modest salary by Kirsten Dirksen on January 20, 2019 When Tim Tattu, a Zen Buddhist aficionado, hospice nurse, and former set decorator, bought an affordable lot in LA’s Silver …
LA coliving: a permeable intersection between social/privacy by Kirsten Dirksen on January 8, 2017 Calling it “a social network with an address”, Los Angeles entrepreneur Elvina Beck created PodShare, a coliving experiment where dozens …
LA ecovillage: self-reliance in car-free urban homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on June 16, 2014 In urban Los Angeles, about 3 miles west of downtown, 500 people live on 11 acres priority is given to …
Self-reliance in LA: backyard farm + radical home economics by Kirsten Dirksen on May 20, 2013 Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne have been farming their yard in Los Angeles for over a decade. In addition to …
Skinny house in LA: affordable, minimal, modern home/office by Kirsten Dirksen on May 6, 2013 Simon Storey (Anonymous) wanted to buy an affordable home so he bought the smallest and cheapest thing on the market. …
Gestión de recursos y conservación: el caso del lago Mono by Nicolás Boullosa on July 12, 2010 El lago Mono, al este del Parque Nacional de Yosemite, siempre tuvo una belleza áspera y extraterrestre -acaso psicodélica-. Mark …
The comeback of America's cities & growing walkable suburbs by Kirsten Dirksen on April 15, 2010 We’ve become a city planet (Stewart Brand’s term)- in 2008, for the first time over half of the world’s population …
Ciudades, calidad de vida y huella ecológica by Nicolás Boullosa on October 2, 2009 Desde 2008, por primera vez hay más población en el mundo viviendo en la ciudad en entornos rurales, y para …
Leaf blowers: "choked out by neighbors' lawn service" by answers on February 26, 2009 Question from Kim of Los Angeles, California: Leaf blowers with their little two stroke engines (I am guessing), how do …
