Creation & self-actualization for artists, architects, & builders of all sorts by Nicolás Boullosa on September 4, 2024 Houses are square, and all that matters is functional, he was told. But James Hubbell had a different vision, building …
Little things that count: home materials, gardening, compost by Nicolás Boullosa on December 7, 2023 We know that our lack of patience as a civilization has reached its apex when companies invest their best engineering …
Strawbale Home couple built after fire is bioclimatic marvel by Kirsten Dirksen on October 22, 2023 Ken Haggard and Polly Cooper have built natural homes with passive solar techniques and powered by renewables since the seventies, …
Big & homogeneous isn’t better: on decentralized food systems by Nicolás Boullosa on September 28, 2023 In his book When More is Not Better, Canadian management professor Roger Martin explains the consequences of decades of efficiency …
In a year of extreme weather events, past cataclysms help learn by Nicolás Boullosa on August 30, 2023 The Perito Moreno Glacier dam rupture is a recurrent partial collapse over the Brazo Rico and Brazo Sur branches of …
You say tomato, we say topsoil: interdependence of soil biodiversity and health by Nicolás Boullosa on April 13, 2023 For most of our species’ timeline, humans foraged and hunted/fished for food. The advent of agriculture ultimately led to population …
Lost Valley wasteland revived as clever Restorative Ecovillage by Kirsten Dirksen on January 23, 2023 Nathaniel Nordin-Tuininga grew up in the ‘70s and ‘80s living off the land with his parents on an intentional community …
Our own version of paradise on Earth: why gardens matter by Nicolás Boullosa on August 25, 2022 Growing up in the Mediterranean and spending vacations on the western, Atlantic side of the Iberian Peninsula, I learned to …
Cabin with glass sunroom becomes Oregon’s ideal Nature lookout by Kirsten Dirksen on August 21, 2022 When Joanna and Otto Lovera bought their home in Eugene, Oregon everything (walls, carpet, paint) was what she calls “band-aid …
Turns barren suburban lot into high-yield Microfarm & YT studio by Kirsten Dirksen on August 8, 2022 On a 1/3rd acre urban lot in Corvallis, Oregon, horticulture professor and youtuber Andrew Millison has spent the past 12 years …
