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Category Archives: sustainability
park[ing] day
More than 70% of most cities’ outdoor space is dedicated to the private vehicle while only a fraction of that land is allocated to open space for people. (parkingingday.org)today is international park[ing] day. for one day, people are encouraged to transform parking spots into “pocket parks” to generate conversations about how more public park space [...]
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art/design/environment + past/present/future
on thursday night, the hammer museum @ucla had a fascinating conversation between chip lord & fritz haeg. chip lord was a member of 1970s counterculture group ant farm, who famously constructed cadillac ranch in amarillo, tx. fritz haeg is currently working on edible estates, a local food project (see nytimes), and he frequently hosts sundown [...]
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from curbside to beachside
within days of sharing my love of curb crawling , i did score a great treasure on my way home from work. two perfect (well, almost) french beach chairs were begging for a new home & some TLC. so i scooped them right into my trunk, and now they’re sitting pretty under the tangerine tress [...]
"dig whole"
the first issue of the whole earth catalogue was published in 1968, featuring information and directions on how to shape our own environment in the changing modern world. updated issues were published on & off into the 1990s. now in the 21st century, we have the guide/website worldchanging (which is co-founded by the whole earth‘s [...]
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the ABC’s of tote bags