Posts by Catherine

Travel Guide and author, Marcos Mendonca, shares his perspective on traveling and culture. How can I live my entire life without knowing how people do things and how they live?

The Right to Repair movement advocates against manufacturers’ policies requiring consumers to return items for repairs, which can be costly. Many people may not know about planned obsolescence, where products are intentionally designed to fail after a few years, forcing consumers to replace them. This concept is often accepted without question, but consumers shouldn’t have to deal with such practices

A Repair Cafe is a free community space for fixing items and learning repair skills, encouraging a shift from a throwaway mindset to sustainability. This approach addresses environmental issues by promoting the repair of belongings instead of disposal.

Ray Orehowsky executed the building of several of the habitats for the Philadelphia Zoo. There is nowhere for the zoo to expand except up.  Ray and his construction team designed and built elevated cat walks and monkey trails.

Marion Owen of Kodiak, Alaska shares tips on organic gardening in the Alaska climate. “Grow organic food you want to eat.”