*new* Sunset Garden Book
For many of us the Sunset Western Garden Book (which has been around for 80 years) is our landscape bible. It has become the essential guide to the region’s ornamental and edible gardens. And now in its just released ninth edition, The NEW Sunset Western Garden Book has awesome new features and more than 1000 [...]
greening my life
Do you ever effortlessly sink into a book when the content is relatable, but then the story becomes so familiar that you feel as though the writer may have snuck into your house and scanned your journal? That is how I felt reading my friend David Gottfried’s latest book, Greening My Life. The book [...]
Prefab Green
In Prefab Green, architect Michelle Kaufmann shares her vision of creating thoughtful, sustainable design for everyone. Her work blends sustainable home layouts, eco-friendly materials, and low-energy options to create a “prepackaged” green solution to home design. Kaufmann tells about five eco-principles that are present in every design her firm creates-smart design, [...]
rebuilding after disaster: the biloxi model home program
Even with the best of intentions, rebuilding efforts after physical disasters can become disastrous themselves. One big example: Katrina FEMA trailers that made people sick with off-gassing, were not effectively planned or utilized and did not fold into the community fabric. This is why it is so important to learn from examples of what did [...]
