How we live now: tips from offgridders, tinyhousers, homesteaders by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2020 Resilience: “the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.” For some, preparing for the unexpected has been a way of …
The world from our window: seclusion as introspection opportunity? by Kirsten Dirksen on April 5, 2020 A virus, smaller than a micron, has made it clear that we are now a world without borders. Confined to …
A remote lake cabin with water-only access in wild Ontario by Kirsten Dirksen on March 29, 2020 Last summer, we visited friends on a small lake north of Toronto where the underlying Canadian Shield (mostly granite with …
Joy of rebuilding a settler cabin log-by-log on MN homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2019 John spent 15 years building his home and all the furniture, mostly with lumber from the woods of his Long …
Oakland college program shows how to build your own tiny house by Kirsten Dirksen on June 16, 2019 In Carpentry 221, Laney College students build a tiny house in two semesters. The Digital Fabrication class first designs and …
Thoreau y Captain Fantastic: ¿alma analógica, mundo digital? by Nicolás Boullosa on February 2, 2017 Las historias de autodescubrimiento toman un tono iniciático y arcadiano en la tradición estadounidense, algo así como una versión emersoniana …
Pastores en la Gran Cuenca: de Vasconia a la senda de Oregón by Nicolás Boullosa on July 20, 2015 Viajamos por el árido altiplano de la Gran Cuenca, un territorio de clima continental e interminables colinas de polvorientos arbustos …
Master/disciple movie saga: SPA (Socrates>Plato<Aristotle) by Nicolás Boullosa on June 16, 2015 Last summer, while I was taking a walk in Northern California after reading some excerpts of “Classical Greece” by C.M. …
Native American wetu: a dome house preceding Bucky Fuller by Kirsten Dirksen on June 7, 2015 The Wampanoag people who lived along the U.S. East Coast built dome-shaped homes called wetus. The round shape was most …
Cómo comprar un contenedor logístico para oficina o vivienda by Nicolás Boullosa on June 2, 2015 La construcción con contenedores logísticos aumenta su notoriedad mediática al prometer el uso de habitáculos modulares con tamaño estándar, precio …
