359 Rotating Home follows the sun like a sunflower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2017 Ben Kaiser’s 359 house can be rotated by just one person- or two kids- pushing a bar and walking around …
Skinny Portland prefab home stacks space to fit family of 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2014 When Matt Kirkpatrick and Katherine Bovee bought a half-sized lot in Portland, Oregon, instead of filling the reduced area with …
Debt/car-free tiny house couple: simple living + resilience by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2013 Seven years ago, Tammy Strobel was unhappy, but she wasn’t ready to make changes to her life. “I was in …
Debt-free boat tiny home for family of 3 on Portland island by Kirsten Dirksen on September 21, 2013 Jane and Tony had lived on a sailboat when they were child-free and loved it, so when their landlord raised …
America’s 1st tiny house hotel had to be in dense Portland by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2013 Deb Delman and Kol Peterson love tiny homes: she’s spent the past couple decades living in a converted garage, a …
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 …
Gobierno corporativo: Apple, Nike y la Cumbre del Clima by Nicolás Boullosa on October 20, 2009 Apple ha abandonado la Cámara de Comercio, principal patronal de Estados Unidos, por la oposición de este organismo a acuerdos …
Portland: why it's easy to be car-free by Kirsten Dirksen on June 1, 2009 Portland, Oregon is argueably one of America’s most sustainable cities and this is not an accident of fate. Back in …
Shorebank Pacific: eco-cash and eco-credit by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 Their business is money, but there are banks that aren’t just focused on profits. Back in 1980 Triodos Bank pioneering …
The Natural Capital Center: don’t call it an eco-mall by Kirsten Dirksen on May 30, 2009 It’s an environmentalist’s shop/work center with a green roof, re-used building materials, more bike than car parking and tenants like …
