Rethinking Water: Greywater Guerillas Workshop

We had the privilege of attending a very hands on greywater workshop courtesy of The Greywater Guerillas, a local Bay Area crew of experts who are passionate about teaching folks to use their water (twice) wisely. Greywater is water that has been use...

The Future Is Now: Jamais Cascio, Co-Founder of World Changing

Jamais Cascio is all about solutions. He considers himself an ethical futurist- one who designs and executes resilient and sustainable solutions that will not adversely effect present and future generations. On his blog, OpenTheFuture.com, Jamais wri...

Big Announcement! We’re Moving to the Mountains…Literally

Yep, it's true. We're moving back across the country to the mountains of Virginia. You might remember our video about recycled paper insulation that we were installing at Jay's dad's garage in Virginia...well, that's the place! We're excited to conti...

Old Barn = Free lumber

Our friend, Erik Nelson, is famous for the Carp Caviar and Wreck and Salvage video projects. He has also recently bought land in Vermont where he starts a new life with his wife and kids. In a smart move, he plans to build with as much reused materia...

Revisiting :: Swap-O-Rama-Rama: Don’t Commodify, Modify!

As Jay and I prepare for a big move back to the East Coast (Rural Virginia/DC area to be exact-we're officially bi-coastal now!), we're dispersing most of our possessions back into the world via Craigslist, Freecycle and Etsy. Yep, we're moving again...

LED Lights replacing Halogens in Scotland

Right now, Jay and I are touring Europe- basically we're couch hopping at videobloggers' houses! We took a short detour and stayed in a hostel in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the cool things about this hostel was its energy conserving light systems (b...

Alemany Farm: San Francisco Urban Farming

Alemany Farm is a 4 acre, fully functioning urban farm nestled between a major highway intersection, a newly gentrified neighborhood on a hill and a housing project- the perfect place to grow some food! We got a tour (and some amazing fruit) from An...

Food Not Lawns: No Lawn Left Behind

Ever since we started living in a place were every square inch is growing something useful (to people and other creatures), our eyes are opened to the possibility of transforming lawns and other unused green space to grow food. Why water a lawn full ...


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