At the age of 28 Ryan Nicodemus & Joshua Fields Millburn had what they always wanted — six figure jobs, oversized houses, high priced cars, closets of clothes. The only thing missing? Happiness. If ‘stuff’, they decided, was not helping them find happiness, perhaps not having ‘stuff’ was how they would find it. They decided […]
Interviews
Q & A: Organic Gardening
Mike Lieberman lived in New York. His organic apples were from Chile. While at the store one day it dawned on him that organic food transported 5000 miles, although perhaps better for his health in the short term, was an environmental catastrophe in the long run. Suddenly, Mike’s tiny New York City fire escape became […]
The Man Who Lost His Job and Now Makes Pretzels
Last August Brock Coffman lost his job. Tired of the corporate world Brock decided to exit the rat race and recreate the pretzels he had enjoyed in Bavaria — in Denver. He began perfecting recipes in September. In December his pretzels were in his first Denver area brewery. Here is a bit of his story. […]
How to Get the Plastic Bag Ban The Woman Who Shows Us How
Emily Utter was instrumental in getting the City of San Francisco to ban plastic bags. Now she works on staff with Bag It The Movie to help other cities and towns do the same. In spite of the plastic and chemical industries millions of dollars and best efforts, Emily and the BagIt team are making […]
The Livermore Centennial Light Bulb: Proof Products are Designed to Fail
A light bulb built in 2012 will last for 1000 hours. A light bulb built in the 1890s has been on in a Livermore California Fire Station for over 970,000 hours (and is still going). Here is a bit of its story as told by Dick Jones retired engineer and member of the Livermore Centennial […]
Stay At Home Dad to Twins
After three years of trying to get pregnant, Chris and Kerri were expecting twins. The twins, born 12 weeks early, would remain in the hospital for almost three months. When they finally came home, it made the most sense for Chris to stay at home with them and for Kerri to go back to work. […]