I’m Kimberley -- a writer, author, designer, artist, yoga instructor, music mixer, and former architect.
MY BOOK:
The Modern House Bus is now available (via Countryman Press).
MY DECO ART:
Visit NEON AURA.
MY BOOK:
The Modern House Bus is now available (via Countryman Press).
MY DECO ART:
Visit NEON AURA.
Stories
In addition to authoring a book, I’ve written thousands of engaging and informative stories about sustainable design, art, architecture, agriculture, science, technology, and culture that have appeared in publications such as Treehugger, Tripsavvy, Travel+Leisure, The New Stack, Protocol, Mother Nature Network, Planet Green, Builder, Spacing, Parentables, The Huffington Post, and Alternet, as well as being excerpted in school textbooks. Here is a selection:
Sustainable Design & Architecture
- Mycotecture: Building with Mushrooms? This Inventor Says Yes
- Build a $300 underground greenhouse for year-round gardening
- Exquisite Pinecone Treehouse floats among the redwood trees
- Half-Tree House Is a Modern Off-Grid Cabin Built for $20,000
- Dome and Curved Walls of Bamboo Renew This Open-Air Cafe
- ‘Permanent Camping’ Cabin Opens to Embrace Air and Sun
- 100-Year-Old House Transformed Into Low-Carbon Home for Architect
- Architects Convert Garage Into Sunny, Spacious Accessory Dwelling Unit
- Contemporary Terracotta-Clad Office Celebrates Traditional Building Techniques
- Curvilinear Community Center Integrates Salvaged Bricks and Ceramics
Tiny Homes, Micro-Dwellings & Conversions
- Brilliant off-grid 161 sq. ft. debt-free tiny home built for less than $18K
- Man Builds $1,500 Tiny House, Forages & Grows His Own Food
- Former piano studio converted into modern 189 sq. ft. micro-apartment
- 312 sq. ft. micro-apartment is a ‘hotel-home hybrid’ (Video)
- Minimalist and Multifunctional Micro-Apartment Is Made for Co-Living
- Adventure-loving couple travel & work in this beautiful bus conversion
- Couple converts garage into mortgage-free 480 sq. ft. modern industrial home (Video)
- Alaskan mom builds lovely tiny house — and is offering the plans for free (Video)
- Couple constructs stunning, ultra-modern tiny house together (Video)
- Looking for a spot to park your tiny house? Here’s where to find one
- The Tiny House Movement Needs More Inclusion, Diversity, and Representation
- Is the Tiny House Movement a ‘Big Lie’?
Environmental Art, Artists & Culture
- How ‘worldschooling’ parents are educating their kids — by traveling the world (Video)
- PodShare: Pod-Based Co-Working and Co-Living Community Flourishing in LA
- Urban Beekeeper Using Bee Sounds and Honey to Make Experimental Music (Video)
- Artist’s Mind-Blowing Kinetic Sculptures Are Powered by the Wind (Video)
- Artist Shreds & Twists Recycled Books Into Marvelous Marine Forms (Photos)
- Artist’s Otherworldly Paintings Reimagine Mysterious Marine Creatures
- ‘Paper Engineer’ Folds Experimental Works Merging Science & Art
- Artist’s Hybrid Flora and Fauna Paintings Evoke ‘Unseen Magic’ of Nature
- Artist Ava Roth Collaborates With Bees to Create Honeycomb Art
Science & Technology
- This is What Happens When Deep Learning Neural Networks Hallucinate
- Artificial ‘Imagination’ Helped Google AI Master Go, the Most Complex Game Ever Invented
- Sound Geeks Are Resurrecting the Analog Synthesizer
- Robots Learn Faster with Quantum Technology
- ‘Roboats’ are Modular Autonomous Boats That Transform into Dynamic Floating Infrastructure
- Interplanetary File System Could Pave the Way for a Distributed, Permanent Web
- Should we really be worried about vendor lock-in in 2020?
- Clearview’s Controversial Facial Recognition AI Automates Mass Surveillance
- Industry Facial Recognition AI Moratoriums Don’t Address Flaws, Privacy Concerns
- Why It’s Notoriously Difficult to Compare AI and Human Perception
- How To Increase Plasticity in LLMs and AI Applications
- Techniques for Tackling Catastrophic Forgetting in AI Models
- Mathwashing: How Algorithms Can Hide Gender and Racial Biases
- Big Questions for the Ethical Use of AI
- Data Ethics Researcher Cautions Against Algorithmic Reordering of Society
- The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning
- AI Biodiversity ‘Time Machine’ Could Decide for Uncertain Future
- The Power and Ethical Dilemma of AI Image Generation Models
Agriculture
- Fresh & city-grown: Montreal’s second rooftop urban farm opens
- How the Round, Bee-Friendly Sun Hive May Help Save the Bees (Video)
- Polar Permaculture grows fresh food in one of the coldest, darkest regions on Earth (Video)
Environmental News
- Lawsuit over front-load washers may drive consumers back to energy-wasting models
- ‘Revolting’ Levels of Bacteria Found in Canadian Bottled Water
- This scientist wants to create ‘artificial glaciers’ to combat melting Himalayan ice (Video)
- Children win right to sue US government on actions causing climate change (Video)
Sustainable Fashion & Lifestyle
- Are These Unethical Fashion Brands Hiding In Your Closet?
- Kinematics: Origami Inspired 4D Printed Clothing That Might Actually Be Comfortable To Wear
- These Eclectic Jewelry Pieces Are Cut From Vintage Ceramic Plates
Travel
- This Pair of Modern Tiny Homes Are in a Peaceful and Remote Corner of Chile—and Have Floor-to-ceiling Windows to Enjoy Oceanfront Views
- This Modern Tiny House in Mexico’s Most Popular Surf Town Is a Dreamy Getaway
- This Tree House Is Built Around a Real Tree—and It Has Blue Ridge Mountain Views and a Resident Owl Named Betty
- How Traditional Architecture Is Inspiring Tomorrow’s Climate-Responsive Hotels