The “green” road trip; can we make this happen?
Last week I posted about the GreenDesignCollective’s Portfolio Project, where I am inviting fellow unemployed architects and designers to host their online portfolios on the GDC for free for a period of up to a year. These are the first steps towards creating a true “green design collective”, partially inspired by groups like the Hyperform [...]
Make recycling make sense
Full disclosure: I love my 15″ MacBook Pro. Knock on wood, I’ve not had any major problems with it in the 3 years that I’ve had it. And, even though I’ve seen some things about the batteries that freak me out a bit, I don’t regret my purchase of it. It’s done everything I have [...]
Important Business & the iHouse
Sorry I’ve been so absent lately….I had to attend to the important business of graduating. In other news, this story about the Clayton Homes iHouse got passed around the blogosphere a couple of weeks ago, and I wanted to mention it here briefly. What I think is really intriguing about the iHouse is that is [...]
Happy Earth Day 2009!
If I have one request, hope, or wish for you this Earth Day 2009, it is that you stop using plastic bags. Entirely. Forever. And ever! My suggestion? Get some reusable bags! Everyone sells them by now, from Ralph’s to IKEA to Trader Joe’s. And like everything, you’ve got plenty of choices, from economy to [...]
Woe is me: A Packrat’s Dilemma
One of the things that I didn’t understand for a long time was that to lessen my impact on the Earth, I needed to consume a lot less stuff. Part of my urge for consumption in the first place surely comes from being an American – as Americans, we are told that consumerism is, in [...]
Turn off your computer! (But read this first…)
Speaking of computers, I can’t believe I forgot to tell you about this. Do you want to know a really simple way to save energy in your home or business? Turn off your computers! This article from TreeHugger last week discusses a report that says… 50% of US workers don’t power down their PCs at [...]
This can’t be right.
Exhibit A: Looks like a normal battery for a 17″ MacBook Pro, right? Exhibit B: Not so much. This is the old battery from my roommate’s 17″ MacBook Pro. One day it just … started expanding. Then she left it in the sun and it … kept expanding. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m all [...]
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