Bamboo is a “perfect plant” in so many ways. I’m not just talking about for tree-free flooring and hip…
Nature
Adrift Upon a Lonely Planet
When I go hiking, I often wish that I had a greater connection to the land. If only I had been told some kind of story a…
Green Bookshelf: Epitaph for a Peach
Have you read the classics? I’m not talking Plato and Socrates or even Proust, but the classics of green and susta…
Andy Goldsworthy's Masterpieces of Art and Nature
A friend gave me a gift of the gorgeous book Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration With Nature some years ago. I’ve tr…
My Kind of Honey
There are two types of honey out there, and one is predominantly found in stores. I like the other type. Real honey is a…
The Eco Ethics Of Fur
As real fur flaunts its newly-minted eco-wash, fake fur continues to fluff itself in the eco-limelight. Is fur green? Is…
Elegantly Bayou
I’ve always maintained that Mother Nature is by far the supreme decorator. For those of us who strive to incorpora…
Catch the Wind
I love to watch babies, enchanted and giggling, as they gaze at mobiles moving gently above their cribs with every breez…