Posted by nancyastrid in Biodiversity, Community, Green Building, Green Living, Toxins on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Posted by nancyastrid in Community, Culture, Local, Social Change, Social Responsibility on 02 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Happy Hearts Fund – Bring Happiness Back!
Happy Hearts Fund is REBUILDING SCHOOLS in HAITI! Happy Hearts (HHF) helped the children of Haiti in 2007 by building an IT lab and again, we are there working with the people of this Caribbean nation in the next phase of rebuilding their country. HHF concentrates it’s efforts on the rebuilding...
Posted by Astrid in Alternative Transportation, Community, Culture, Food, Green Living, Local, Social Responsibility, Waste on 01 7th, 2010 | No Comments
What is your Eco-Resolution?
Not only is a new year upon us but so is a new decade, perhaps an ideal time to map out the many things you plan on manifesting. For many people it is jumping on the treadmill, for others it could be eating only organic and local food and for many it can be something such as spending more time with...
Posted by Astrid in Biodiversity, Community, Culture, Eco Interior Design, Energy, Food Revolution, Green Living, Human Scale, Indoor Air Quality, Natural Reources, Paradigm Shift on 12 9th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Future of Design
Posted by nancyastrid in Community, Compost, Culture, Eco Interior Design, Food, Green Living, holidays, Local, Plastic, Seasonal, Waste on 12 7th, 2009 | No Comments
Have an Ecoliday!
Its that time of the year when we have the opportunity to gather with our loved ones to celebrate the holidays, in anticipation of a new year ahead of us. With the many sparkles and glitter that abound, during this holiday season, let us remember to get creative and resourceful as it is not about the...
Posted by nancyastrid in Community, Facts, LEED, Paradigm Shift, Social Responsibility on 11 12th, 2009 | No Comments
Greenwashing: What you need to know
Greenwashing: Downright Deceit By Nancy Astrid Lindo for Eco Matters Daily The Importance of Battling Greenwashing – A Case in Point By Davida Heller of Ecospire Should we Green Wash for the Sake of Spreading Green to the Masses? By Tracy Helper for The Huffington Post
Posted by Astrid in Community, Culture, Eco Fashion, Eco Interior Design, Food, Green Living, Local, Local Guide, Organic, Sustainable on 09 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Official Eastside Green Guide
In L.A. it often feels as if the Westside is leading the charge when it comes to being consciously green. As it turns out, the Eastside is its own eco-oasis if you only know where to look. Fortunately, ydt’s put together a comprehensive Green Guide to the East Side to help you out. Naturewell:...
Posted by nancyastrid in Community, Social Change, Social Responsibility on 07 15th, 2009 | No Comments
10 Ways to Support Charity Through Social Media
This post is a collaboration between Mashable’s Summer of Social Good charitable fundraiser and Max Gladwell‘s “10 Ways” series. The post is being simultaneously published across more than 100 blogs. Social media is about connecting people and providing the tools necessary to...
Earth Hour Los Angeles
On March 28th – the world will go dark, in the name of taking action for global warming. Although the gesture may appear to be a subtle one, it speaks in volumes. Few people realize that the simple action, of turning their lights off, eliminates CO2 from being emitted into the atmosphere. Earth...
Posted by nancyastrid in Biodiversity, Community, CSA, Culture, Facts, Farmer's Markets, Farms, Food, Food Revolution, Gardens, Natural Reources, Seasonal on 02 8th, 2009 | No Comments
The Future of Food – Vertical Farming
With 85% of the human population living in urban settings by 2050 – there is not doubt that a new way of raising our food, must be underway. Lucky for us, a genius by the name of Dickson Despommier, has already created the solution for us – vertical farming. Despommier is a professor...Astrid Design Studio is an Eco Interior Design and Green Consulting firm. We are a boutique studio, focused on residential and commercial interior and exterior design, based on the principals of ecological design.
In the Green Consulting facet of our work, the basis of our projects is on educating our residential and commercial clients on the elements of integrating living and working sustainably and incorporating a richer way of life.
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