Spring time is here, the perfect opportunity to dust off that winter layer and ring in a new season. While dusting things off and making way for a new energy in your home, consider integrating some simple green elements into your space. This is an ideal time to begin developing green habits while...
What Is Compost?
Composting is part if the natural process of decomposition that naturally occurs in nature. A compost bin functions as a digester that breaks down organic matter, allowing nutrients to be assimilated back into the earth for continual benefit. The final product that is produced...
FREE GREEN WORKSHOPS
Workshops will be held:
SM Public Library (Ocean Park Branch)
2601 Main Street @ Ocean Park
Santa Monica, CA 90405
January 24, 2009 @ 2:00 PM
Part 1
Green Living
This workshop on Green Living, will help lay the foundation to create your green abode
– whether you own or not....
January 15 - Green Building Workshop (Brooklyn, NY)
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: LC 400, Dibner Library Building 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY
A workshop that brings industry researchers and developers of green buildings technologies, entrepreneurs, investors, representatives from...
Did you know that soil was alive? Many people do not realize this……
Soil is a critical and dependent element to our survival. Healthy soil goes hand in hand with a healthy environment.
“The nation that destroys its soil – destroys itself” (Roosevelt 1937)
The first...
Today, there is a food revolution happening and it is not based on food shortages or food security, but rather on the exhilarating connection to the very thing that binds cultures, people and generations.
Despite the fact that, 1 in 3 Americans is obese, and most food found in our super markets, that...
Just this past weekend I attended a Public Fruit Jam in Echo Park at the Machine Project, Hosted by the art collective Fallen Fruit. The art gallery was opened to the public and encouraged all to bring in their local fruit to make jars of fresh jam. I brought in green sour apples from my backyard...
So what is Permaculture?
Permaculture, stems from the two words: Permanent Culture
I like to define it, is the design of human settlements in accordance to the laws of nature.
So what does that mean?
It uses the wisdom of learning from the self perfecting system of nature to build and provide in ways,...
This is such an exhilarating time this is for the history of food!
Despite the fact that, 1 in 3 Americans is obese, and most food found in our super markets, that is not organic is genetically modified – there is a food revolution happening in the mist of all of this.
As we know, we began...
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.