Post-zoning in Containertopia: SF factory of container homes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2015 When we first visited Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart on a formerly abandoned lot in West Oakland (CA), they were …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 11, 2015 What makes a good shelter? For thousands of years we’ve been attempting to regulate the idea. Even the bible had …
A spaghetti western on lean urbanism (documentary trailer) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 3, 2015 It’s undeniable that building codes save lives, but something has changed in the past couple of decades. Now, thanks to …
Urban self-reliance: homestead in Oakland’s small rented lot by Kirsten Dirksen on April 13, 2015 Sheila Cassani began farming her rental home while a college student. She started with a small vegetable patch, but it …
Frontera de los graduados de EEUU: ciudades medianas amables by Nicolás Boullosa on October 22, 2014 Los recién graduados lideran una nueva tendencia en Estados Unidos: mudarse a ciudades medianas con calidad de vida elevada, potencial, …
Containertopia: cargo container tinyhome town on Oakland lot by Kirsten Dirksen on October 20, 2014 Luke Iseman and Heather Stewart were tired of paying San Francisco rents and had always dreamt of living in a …
Shop-in-a-box: container workshop deploys hardware anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2013 Luke Iseman is a creator: he’s invented automated gardening assistants, built a bike taxi company and designed kilns for Kenyan …
"Mad Max" hypermiler questions and comments answered by BioDieselHauling on March 18, 2012 (reposted from my blog.) As I am very sure that anyone who has found this blog is already aware, me …
My new video, and all of my other projects by BioDieselHauling on March 15, 2012 Remember the scene in The Jerk where Navin (Steve Martin) gets really excited because the new phonebooks has arrived? Well, …
Urban composting toilet: poo from loo to garden in 1 year by Kirsten Dirksen on December 2, 2010 Flush toilets allow us to avoid confronting just how archaic our sewage systems are. Ninety percent of the world’s sewage …
