One of the most difficult things to manage in the design business is delivering unpleasant news to a client. I think everyone who does this work wants to solve problems and create great results, but sometimes bad news….. happens. Recently one of my sources of organic towels discontinued a color, while I had an order [...]
I am very excited that I have just passed my LEED Green Associate exam. But, I realize that this is only exciting news if you know what the heck it means. As in any profession, there are any number of alphabet letters one can put after one’s name. Some mean more than others. If [...]
I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed for a blog radio program called 5 minute Eco, as part of How You Eco. It was an interesting experience to try and focus my usually blathering thoughts down to a concise length. I was asked to explain what a green interior designer was, and still leave [...]
Sometimes saving the environment seems like an exercise in denial: don’t buy things, don’t take planes, don’t use your car. Now personally, I think saving the world might be worth a teensy sacrifice, but it is lovely when saving resources also adds a little more comfort to your life.
How long before you want to [...]
I am encouraged that we seem to be having a backlash against huge homes. I don’t want to bash them, but they make me sad for so many reasons:
* Most importantly I do not think giant homes function well as a places that make the folks living in them happy and comfortable. If, [...]
Ok, I really love smart people, and especially smart people who can encapsulate a complex thought into clear quotation. I just came across the following quote:
“Environmental degradation is an Iantrogenic (physician induced) disease induced by economic physicians who treat the basic malady of unlimited wants by prescribing unlimited growth… Yet one certainly does not cure a treatment-induced [...]
Hey, did you ever wonder if the simple act of lighting up your house when you are reading or working makes a difference in the environment? I know, we all feel like we have been beaten repeatedly about the head and shoulders with the compact fluorescent bulb concept. Yeah we get it, and [...]
Ok, this is not a glamorous design blog, it is about garbage, and worms. However, I think there is a beauty to economy and efficiancy, and worms are gloriously efficient at devouring the worst sort of trash, and giving you rich soil in return.
Did you know that worms help reduce greenhouse gas emissions of Methane? [...]
California has a small problem; we have a great climate, natural beauty, used to have a decent economy, and an ever increasing population. Most of the state is what you would describe as semi-arid, which in practice means not enough water to grow rice, or have big green lawns, or an ever increasing population.
But [...]
I am teaching again in October through the Palo Alto Adult School. The class is two evenings, two hours an evening. Here is a class description,
GREEN INTERIOR DESIGN-THE NUTS AND BOLTS
You love to create a beautiful home, but you worry whether the paints, furniture, and flooring you choose are healthy for you and the environment. It’s time [...]
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