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 …
Sliding home enlarges with railed-walls, underfloor bed & tub reveal by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2023 Caspar Schols built his first shapeshifting house in his mother’s backyard as her writing cabin that, by sliding a room-on-rails, …
Risk aversion getting in the way of essential breakthroughs by Nicolás Boullosa on June 23, 2022 It’s challenging to bring urgency to diffuse problems whose dire consequences happen over time, bringing fatalism to the situation —and …
Bike culture boom: what dedicated lanes & cargo bikes can do by Nicolás Boullosa on September 27, 2021 It’s real. Bike ridership in cities like Paris has exploded due to Covid-19, but not only because of the pandemic; …
A happy hippie (unlimited) by Flora on May 28, 2008 On a visit to the Danish eco-hippy community Christiania, I started thinking: When is someone “green” enough? Is it possible …
Finance for change by Tycho on February 21, 2008 Does anyone here have experience in making saving the world profitable? I have caught a glimpse of the Internet’s potential. …
Fleeing the "dirty hippie" ghetto by Kirsten Dirksen on September 7, 2007 Ever since I shot the flushable diaper video (featuring a far-from-overly-coiffed and-not-particularly-clean-looking me scrubbing the poop out of a diaper …
Schools out… But not yet! by Tycho on August 26, 2007 So, i was out of it for a while enjoying some personal relaxation after my german adventure. But not much time to …
How fair is fair trade? by FairMail on August 26, 2007 Hi my friends, Yesterday I had a Fairmail meeting with the 9 Peruvian teenage photographers we work with at FairMail. …
The apple does not fall far from the tree by Flora on August 11, 2007 I still remember one of the first papers about the production of dimethylfuran (DMF) for liquid fuels from biomass-derived carbohydrates. …
