Category Place & space

Transparent solar panels!
We are designing our greenhouse or porch which we will build partly from old windows. A solar panel roof seems smart but until today neither of us have ever seen transparent solar panels. After searching for images on the internet I found this amazing panel! We might not be able to use these in our […]
…and learn something about a stranger!
After I had written the post to the graduating class of 2018 I thought of one more piece of advice which was missing in Mary Schmich’ essey. This thought came to me while sitting on a tram in Gothenburg, Sweden, watching my co-passangers. On the tram I once again witnessed a phenomenon I have been […]

These are the kinds of loving actions we need right now!
(CNN)It’s in a mother’s nature to help her children, but one group of moms is doing what it can to help students across the nation. Eleven mothers from metro Washington, D.C. banded together to find free housing for students coming to March for Our Lives on Saturday. The march is a student-led demonstration for school safety and […]
Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture
When fixing items is actively discouraged by manufacturers, recycling becomes a political act, say Repair Cafe volunteers The Guardian has a great article about remake cafés and the Remakery in Edinburgh. Earlier article about my remake cafe idea.
Ekohus- och rekobyprojekt i Sverige
För den som är intresserad av ekobyar lönar det sig att titta på vad som händer i Sverige just nu. Där planeras och byggs många spännande hus och ekobyar. Jag vill berätta mera om några projekt jag känner till och på en gemensam facebooksida för ekobyar – hållbara byar i Sverige kan man lätt se […]

Den finlandssvenska #dammenbrister
Nu har en av de finlandssvenska dammarna brustit – den damm där våra erfarenheter om sexuella ofredanden och övergrepp lagrats. Det känns förlösande och befriande! Det har tagit tid. Det verkar som att den finlandssvenska och finska dammen är byggd av starkare strukturer än den svenska och amerikanska! Vissa upplevelser, som mina egna, har trängts […]