092 A Mattress Made of Sand

September 7, 2016

..., she had a flash of inspiration. That inspiration would heal her back and lead them to start their own company: The Ultimate Earth Bed. Our conversation also ranges over the history of how people used to sleep, from ancient Rome to the patent on the first mattress in 1850, the ecological consequences of conventional mattresses and the connection between the Earth Bed and barefoot running. For those of you who can’t listen, we also posted about th...

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A Week Later

Mrs. Homegrown

November 17, 2016

Thoughtstylings

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...can come together around common ground. Also, partisan discussions online lead immediately to unproductive spates of bickering and trolling. But this time, it’s different. This time, silence seems the greater crime. This is a hard post to write. I keep ranting, then deleting. Okay. New plan. Let me tell you a story. Last Friday a small group of people from my church, St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, stood outside the Islamic Center of Southern Cal...

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Surface Walk with Nance Klehm Saturday February 11th

Mr. Homegrown

February 9, 2017

Events

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..., CA 90039 TICKETS $30 Ecologist and professional forager Nance Klehm will lead a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates to the ecology and vitality of the soil that supports it. Surface Walk is part of Nance Klehm’s Bowtie residency titled Double Pairing. Nance Klehm has been an ecological systems...

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Three Important Points to Remember When “Kondo-ing”

Mr. Homegrown

July 6, 2017

Domesticus, Tidying up

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...ms, it will be impossible to keep them organized, and this will inevitably lead to a relapse.” This is exactly what I’m faced with at my mom’s house: boxes of neatly filed away stuff that was never used and that occasionally spilled out during her lifetime. These possessions became a burden, a time-sucking sorting task that claimed many hours of the last years of my mom’s life. This has sparked a, perhaps, overly emotional reaction to quickly get...

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Saturday Tweets: Mostly Bikes

Mr. Homegrown

February 24, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...ps://t.co/JIaxK2yETq — Modern Farmer (@ModFarm) February 24, 2018 Dramatas Urbanae: Photographer’s 10-Year Study of a Single Public Bench | Urbanist – https://t.co/WRsZZe0Xs1 — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) February 23, 2018 Another one for the hexagon series. Many arms king with casual footwear. pic.twitter.com/XD6M6OlltK — federico tobon (@wolfCatWorkshop) February 21, 2018 "Science and reason is the best we have" is a statement that is both pseud...

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