Kate Tirion

To Build a Village™is a coalition of building and land-use professionals whose plans to redevelop Haiti are wholly systemic.
To Build a Village™ recognizes the immediate needs of the people are not limited to housing; they include clean water, fresh nutritious food, education and a means to sustain themselves into the future. Our approach is designed [...]

News Flash:
Biomimicry at its best! Inspired by plant processes, scientists are working toward creating home scale power generating systems.
Learning How Plants Split Water to Utilize Solar Energy Inspires Scientists in the Generation of Power

Follow the link to NPR’s Science Friday November 20th 2009 talk and listen to Professor Daniel Nocera of MIT describe their work [...]

It is that time of day when the last bright pinpoint of the setting sun suddenly pops below the mountain’s wide black edge. l track its movement, following this pattern over months, noting which ridge or dip marks this days’ exit.

Heavy clouds, dark with rain sandwich the last light, seemingly squeezing the remnant color onto [...]

It was the grasshopper invasion of 1999 that sent me hurrying up the road to Sonoita where I had located a family who had an excess of ducks: Indian Runners. Physically appealing with their tan and white patches and distinctive upright posture, I was instantly interested. What fully captivated me was their obvious delight in [...]

The idea for the garden began in 1998 when I returned to the community of Patagonia, Arizona. For more than ten years I had been learning about our industrial agricultural system: its dependence on fossil fuels for fertilizers, pesticides, transport, packaging and more.

Vacant Land in the Heart of Town,Hard-Packed Earth Full of Broken Glass [...]

This morning’s air is fresh at 79 degrees and breezes stir the branches, indicating stronger than normal air movement. Where I write I am protected by a four foot arc-of-a- wall that is about thirty feet long. The wall is akin to an arm draped over shoulders by a sturdy friend, encircling and shielding [...]

PATAGONIA COMMUNITY GARDEN
          Where Good Things Grow
  Located at 4th and Duquesne in the Town of Patagonia.
 
Soil Ripped and Rough Shaped by Equipment before Hand Working Paths and Growing Beds
The rich soils of this former cienega are an excellent foundation for the two-third acre garden that was established in January of 1999 [...]

The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center’s core offering is a diet of organic raw vegan food as the basis for a healthy lifestyle. Creating a food production system for guests, staff and kitchen apprentices that was fresh and vital was essential to support their core program. The aspiration was to serve sustainably produced food that [...]