Posted by nancyastrid in Paradigm Shift, Regenerative, Thoughts on 02 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Thoughts – Albert Einstein

“A human being is part of the whole called by us the universe, a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest, a kind of optical illusion of consciousness… Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Alternative Transportation, Biodiversity, Community, Cradle to Cradle, CSA, Culture, Energy, Farmer's Markets, Farms, Food, Food Revolution, Gardens, Green Building, Green Living, Green Washing, Homesteading, Human Scale, Landfill, LEED, Life Cycle, Local, Natural Reources, Organic, Paradigm Shift, Plastic, Regenerative, Seasonal, Sustainable, Thoughts, Toxins, Victory Gardens, Waste, Water/Oceans on 01 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Calender of Events in The World Of Green – Winter 2009

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...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Culture, Paradigm Shift, Regenerative, Sustainable, Thoughts on 09 5th, 2008 | No Comments

A New Renaissance

Through out the past few years, we have witnessed the birth of new words and phrases. Lyrics to new songs, that we as humans are learning to sing. These melodies, are defining a new era; vocals, still unknown or unclear to many. Sustainability has been on the whispering lips of many, as of late. A new...

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Posted by nancyastrid in Alternative Transportation, Biodiversity, Community, Culture, Energy, Farms, Food, Food Revolution, Gardens, Green Building, Green Living, Homesteading, Human Scale, Landfill, Local, Natural Reources, Organic, Paradigm Shift, Regenerative, Seasonal, Social Responsibility, Sustainable, Waste on 07 14th, 2008 | No Comments

Viva Permaculture!

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,...

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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.