As BG’s president, I am writing today’s blog to honor the visionary architect, Paolo Soleri who died April 9, 2013. Paolo Soleri was an innovative builder and philosopher who designed and built an ornate utopian community on a desert mesa in Arizona, Arcosanti. In 1970, Soleri coined the word, arcology, a combination of ecology and architecture to describe his sparse
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The Day/Night Shade
You’ve been thinking about blackout shades because you’re desperate for some shuteye, but at the same time, you need the morning light streaming in to help wake you up, and you for sure don’t want your neighbors gawking as you shuffle around in your bathrobe. What to do! A solution to all of these concerns is the new Blindsgalore Day/Night
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Love Our Planet
Celebrate Earth Day by remembering our fragile, unique and irreplaceable Planet Earth. This simple but eloquent plea from our children always inspires me to treasure and borrow gently from our Planet. No one else says it better than Dr. Seuss: ...
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