by Andrée Zaleska
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We're with you, really.
Climate Deniers, Hold Your Fire! 0
Posted 10 minutes ago As climate change skeptics ratchet up the rhetoric, climate activist Andree Zaleska has an urgent message for the deniers out there: we agree! Read More -
They Nailed It
Slideshow: Reinventing the JP Green House 1
Posted 1 week, 1 day ago Ken Ward and Andrée Zaleska are turning an old Boston store into a new model of eco-living -- here's a glimpse at the work underway. Read More -
Low Impact, No Publicity
Simple people 6
Posted 3 weeks, 3 days ago Certain people get a lot of attention for living simply (ahem, No Impact Man, Sleeping Naked lady). But simple living is all around us, offering inspiration that doesn't come in the form of press releases. Read More -
Knock Me Over With a Paradigm Shift
The best part about climate change 1
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Sure, climate chaos has wreaked havoc on the planet and on our correspondent's personal life, but there are glimmers of hope -- most recently, in the form of strangers wielding hammers. Read More -
Love in a time of cataclysm, part 2
Therapy on the Titanic 4
Posted 2 months ago Feeling sad, confused, angry, or hopeless over climate chaos? You're not alone. Here are a few thoughts on the emotional side of the climate issue, and resources for finding support. Read More -
Dispatch from the virtual front lines of parenting
The fight to save childhood 8
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago What happens when sustainability and internet addiction collide? At the JP Green House, an experiment in unplugging commences along with the new school year. Read More -
Humbly lining up behind Thoreau
Blood, sweat, and vision: The JP Green House in its ugly duckling phase 3
Posted 3 months ago You can't tell from the tall grass and gutted interior that the JP Green House is going to be a model of sustainable living, but its creators still believe -- and most of their visitors do too. Read More -
Oh, those pesky existential questions!
Puppies and bunnies and carnivorous eco-curmudgeons 7
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago Should the JP Green House raise and slaughter bunnies in their back yard? That's just one of the questions they're struggling with. Weigh in! Read More -
...or, how we fight over the kids, housework, and money like everyone else!
Love in a time of cataclysm 5
Posted 4 months ago Everyone told us that building a house could wreck a relationship. And from past experience, we knew it to be true. But we plunged ahead despite our fundamentally different ways of navigating this warming world. Read More -
The Hillside Strangler
You and me and a billion tiny spores 6
Posted 4 months, 3 weeks ago One of the toughest tasks at the JP Green House renovation is not inside the house at all -- it's in the yard, where a stubborn invasive species refuses to yield after a year of battle. Read More
