How to furnish your home cheaply without help from Ikea by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 When Katrina Ellis set out to furnish her and her partner Tyson’s green remodel in Melbourne, Australia, in keeping with …
Aboriginal Chef Mark Olive on cooking with indigenous foods by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 Muntrie berries and Tanami apples, Kutjera and Wattleseed: “this is the true cuisine of this country. It’s not a meat …
To market, to market in Melbourne, Australia by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 One of the easiest ways to shop locally and seasonally- and avoid all that well-traveled food- are farmers markets. The …
Shampoo in a yogurt container & buying in bulk in Melbourne by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 A trip to the supermarket normally implies a new load of plastic containers and packaging, but there is an alternative: …
A wine merchant who will refill your bottle over and over by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 If you follow the 3 R’s, you know that it’s better to reuse than simply recycle. This is no longer …
And Australia is still trying… CFLs by tdirksen on May 19, 2009 I am very pleased about how well my new Compact Florescent Lights (CFLs) look and work (after being installed). …
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 …
Passive design: building a green house in Melbourne by tdirksen on August 26, 2008 A passively designed home does not require any mechanical heating and cooling and takes advantage of natural energy flows to …
Pacific Garbage Patch… and collective deplastification by Kirsten Dirksen on March 6, 2008 Way out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a thousand miles out from the coast of California, floats a …
Tercera entrega sobre Australia: Melbourne y Tasmania by Nicolás Boullosa on January 26, 2008 Aunque volver a Barcelona no suele ser un suplicio, como cualquiera que haya visitado la ciudad comprenderá. Todo lo contrario. …
