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Month: January 2014

Protohaus: High Quality Self Built Mortgage Free Home
Posted on January 27, 2014June 24, 2016

Protohaus: High Quality Self Built Mortgage Free Home

I filmed this interview and my friend Kirsten Dirksen in Barcelona edited and posted the story to her web site Fair Companies. Also check out Ann and Darren’s site: Protohaus. For more stories on the Tiny House movement check out Tiny House Blog. Continue reading Protohaus: High Quality Self Built Mortgage Free Home

Self Employment: Happiness and Prosperity During a Recession
Posted on January 19, 2014January 10, 2017

Self Employment: Happiness and Prosperity During a Recession

Jeff Tyler is a regular guy in the suburbs who found himself out of work when the Great Recession hit his construction business hard in 2008. After a year and a half of unemployment wondering what to do he took a chance selling hotdogs from a roadside cart. He now has three carts and is … Continue reading Self Employment: Happiness and Prosperity During a Recession

Suburban permaculture, Diamond Bar, California
Posted on January 18, 2014March 24, 2016

Suburban permaculture, Diamond Bar, California

  Most of the built environment in North America has been constructed since the end of World War II, and almost all of it has been low density horizontal suburban development. As we run into trouble with the economy and various external constraints we’re not going to be able to rebuild our towns and cities … Continue reading Suburban permaculture, Diamond Bar, California

Segovia Spain: Traditional Urbanism
Posted on January 15, 2014January 20, 2014

Segovia Spain: Traditional Urbanism

I’ve been visiting Segovia, Spain for twenty five years and I’m still mesmerized by its beauty. This two thousand year old town is full of examples of buildings and urban strategies that are time tested and durable. Many empires have come and gone and each left its mark. You can read the history of Segovia … Continue reading Segovia Spain: Traditional Urbanism

Mississauga: Density Without Urbanism
Posted on January 15, 2014January 20, 2014

Mississauga: Density Without Urbanism

I recently had an unexpected three day weekend in Toronto curtesy of Air Canada. We were heading back home to San Francisco from Spain with a scheduled one hour lay over that turned in to a three day ordeal due to the severe ice storm. Instead of getting bent out of shape over the delay … Continue reading Mississauga: Density Without Urbanism

Queen Street Toronto: Flexible Durable Urbanism
Posted on January 15, 2014January 20, 2014

Queen Street Toronto: Flexible Durable Urbanism

Queen Street West with its quirky little shops, funky upstairs apartments, wide sidewalks, and electric streetcars has been around for well over a century and my impression is that it will endure for another hundred years in something like its present form. Mind you, the people living there will change over time. It was originally … Continue reading Queen Street Toronto: Flexible Durable Urbanism

Posted on January 14, 2014January 15, 2014

Adaptation and Resilience

Granola Shotgun is about how we all occupy the landscape and how our lives are changing due to external reality.  This blog offers practical examples of how to adapt and become resilient in these turbulent times. If you’re a lefty liberal (that’s the Granola) or an arch conservative (that’s the Shotgun) I think you’ll find stuff of … Continue reading Adaptation and Resilience

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