Sustainable Design

Jackie Skrypnek

To Locate Ourselves

You know how the interior of big franchise stores are so familiar, so uniform from one to the next that, once inside, you couldn't say if...

Jackie Skrypnek

Get Your Garments Out Where We Can See Them

Part of the delight of travel is picking up on the little curiosities of another culture; how they do things differently (and to stretch...

Jackie Skrypnek

Boots on the Ground

I recently heard humans described as an "overabundant, renewable resource" by author, filmmaker, and champion of localization Helena...

Jackie Skrypnek

Plant the Water, Then the Tree

Here in Alberta our weather woes typically involve cursing our frozen fingers as we scrape icy windshields or groaning when May rain...

Jackie Skrypnek

Sweater Weather

In June when I wrote about our new backyard greenhouse, the fresh white paint inside had barely dried and the young plants, still tidy...

Jackie Skrypnek

Vegetables Guaranteed

Here we are in a new season - and in some ways a new world entirely - and I'm happy to report our little food-growing addition is complete.

Jackie Skrypnek

Circumstance Dictates

We've been cooking up a new little project for our urban plot at Hereabouts - a wee space for soaking up the sun and growing more food.

Jackie Skrypnek

Let the Sun Shine In

The tiny house faces south; the main roof overhang manages the sun that enters the clerestory windows, while the two canopies manage sun...