Declutter your wardrobe: wear more of less
The average woman owns about 100 pieces of clothing, but wears only 30 of them. Here's how I decluttered my closet to get more ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
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Living small in NYC: sharing all but a bedroom
The upside of life in a crowded (dense), car un-friendly (walkable), expensive (forced communalism) town. Where sharing is ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 112,011
3,275 ratings
DIY vintage tiny home for less than $3500: meet Jenine Alexander
In a town where the median home price is over half a million dollars, Jenine Alexander decided to build her own. Using resources ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 2,731,809
16,887 ratings
Living small: when home is a 150-square-foot RV
Bakari Kafele invited us into his tiny home: a 150-square-foot RV where in a month, he uses about 500 gallons of water and ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 396,765
13,761 ratings
Can living smaller & simpler make you happier? A call-for-submissions
Does living sustainably make you happier? We have some evidence (see video), but we want to hear from you. Tell us your ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 35,992
8,538 ratings
The trouble with lawns: a walk through Sun Valley, Idaho
faircompanies' Kirsten Dirksen and family examined our mania for lawns as well as alternative natural landscapes and ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 1,506
46,793 ratings
Fabrics from seaweed, crabshell and post industrial waste
Vancouver designer Katherine Soucie shows us the fabrics she uses made from post industrial fabric scraps, seashells, wool bits ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 5,335
15,840 ratings
Thoreau's simple life at Walden
Henry David Thoreau sought the simple life in 1845 when he moved to the woods outside Boston to live on Walden Pond.
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 301,825
25,749 ratings
Building your own bioclimatic home from earth and straw
With very little instruction, anyone can build their own home, or so argues natural building expert Michael G. Smith. Since the early ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 136,547
28,482 ratings
DIY Hummus
To avoid all the containers and expense of buying it off the shelf, faircompanies' Kirsten Dirksen whips up a quick batch of ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 4,253
16,030 ratings
EcoDensity Vancouver: stacked homes and "Fonzie Suites"
Vancouver city planner talks eco-density and the goal of "one planet living. Original content here: ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 3,793
29,420 ratings
Mountain man's salvaged home walkthru: Black Kettle's Idaho life
"Black Kettle" hasn't lived in a home since 1974 which might explain why he chose to build his own when he finally opted for a ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 202,910
38,190 ratings
Where it's legal to farm goats in the city
An urban homesteader in Berkeley, CA shows us his goats (and chickens and rabbits) and we talk to someone about to buy a ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 18,794
9,212 ratings
Why I ate kangaroo: a methane-free meat
Kangaroos, unlike cows and sheep, don't emit any methane because of a special bacteria in their stomachs. Original content ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 2,374
26,296 ratings
Carfree memories
A walk down my mostly carfree neighborhood in Barcelona and a trip to the places in my childhood where cars didn't reign ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 3,691
9,557 ratings
Tiny home for two plus shipping container as art studio
Bigger is not always better and it's nice to have options. Or that is how Cloverdale (CA) artist Joe Hawley chose to live in a tiny ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 16 years ago
Views: 164,933
14,277 ratings
Green cleaning demo with baking soda, vinegar & lemon
We tried cleaning our bathroom with these 3 items from our kitchen. Original content here: ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 51,193
17,332 ratings
How to make and carry a precycle kit
One of the easiest ways to avoid collecting excess garbage is by bringing along a precycle kit. Original story here: ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 1,576
27,555 ratings
A Smart house that handles lighting and water
Smart Home automation- for things like automated lighting and water recirculation pumps- help reduce their energy use. Original ...
From: Kirsten Dirksen
Added: 17 years ago
Views: 4,313
28,275 ratings