Wade Davis: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World – The Long Now

Last week I attended an incredible talk by Wade Davis titled: The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World – The Long Now. It was hosted by the Long Now Foundation at Herbst Theater in Fort Mason.
Mr. Davis is a fantastic storyteller – I’m not even sure I could catch him breathing… the [...]

Three Plants That Give You Better Indoor Air

Who doesn’t want indoor air quality? Ok, well I suppose if you live in the jungle or somewhere in the Kootenays, but even still, and especially during the winter-time with all the doors and windows closed up…. you’ll need just three species… but minimum of 11 plants:

Kamal Meattle used three just three indoor plant species [...]

Goodbye Bay Area Hello Green

After 12 years in the Bay Area, I’ve decided it’s time for a break.
My current plan is to put stuff in storage, pack the truck and head north on June 24th. I’m targeting Southern Oregon. Its a nice midpoint between SF & Portland – two cities that I love and have lots of friends in, [...]

Boone’s Farm – Sept 2006

I just got back from Southern Oregon, visiting my friend Laurel & Mookie’s Farm! I forgot to get video tapes, but the one I had in my camera had 13 minutes on it so I waited till sunset on the last day and shot some footage. The light was beautiful and a couple days later [...]

A Bioregional Perspective: the place vocation

A Bioregional Perspective: the place vocation
by Alejandro Meitin
Communities are identified with systems that are environmentally recognizable through a comprehensive totality definable as the place vocation. This integration of the place’s symbolic role and the form built in the natural landscape has been represented by art in most cultures.
Advanced research on immunodeficiency recognizes that the human [...]