Pro Urban Farming Graffitti

September 2, 2010

While in Los Angeles enjoying a respite from New York’s heat wave, I’m attending the Women in Green Forum, interviewing smart people like Doug Busch, founder of ECOtech Design Studio, and visiting some edible vertical gardens and urban farms. In the…

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No Such Thing as a (Junk) Free Lunch?

September 1, 2010

At today’s Women in Green Forum, I had the pleasure of meeting Kathleen de Chadenèdes, Director of the s’Cool Initiative, a project of the Orfalea Foundations, who spoke about her organization’s efforts to make fresh local food available to Santa Barbara…

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New Orleans Weathers the Spill

August 23, 2010


Bench spotted on Magazine Street. Photo by Robin Plaskoff Horton.

When someone mentions “The Storm” in New Orleans, everyone knows they are speaking of Katrina. Now, in the same way they speak of the hurricane that devastated their city, residents in…

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Garden Voyeur in the Big Easy

August 19, 2010


Photo: Robin Plaskoff Horton

I’ve not been taking it easy in the Big Easy the past few days helping my daughter move into her apartment and trying to furnish it on a dime (a challenge but doable.) In between I’ve been sipping…

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From Dustpan to Garden

August 17, 2010

Better hanging in your urban garden than in a landfill, yes? We’ve seen all sorts of discarded items breathe new life as garden containers, and some, like this vintage dustpan spotted on Etsy, as vertical gardens. Do you have some cool…

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