Finally got around to replant the strawberries today. Funny how you can spend so much time thinking about what should be done before doing it... The first red berries come a couple of days ago. They were

On my way to work I walk through a park. For the last month this has been a beautiful way to start the day. Birds singing, flowers and trees with fresh green leaves..

Starting a new job has meant less energy to post, but hope to be able to post more regurlary soon. Today I will update on the progress of the plants on the balcony. For the first time I am trying strawberries,

When I moved in to my apartment there was an messy plot of earth outside, used as a parking lot. A couple of years ago that plot was turned into a small park. All the trees in the park are cherries and

Finally I have got around to start the growing season on the balcony! It is so late but I had some other things that needed attention first ( a water leak in the kitchen led to a total redoing of the kitchen

Today the worlds economy is just circular to 9,1%. That means that more than 90% of the energy and resources we use are wasted after use. Since we happen to have only one planet to live on this can not

Just a few minutes walk from my apartment lies a community garden. Placed in a park, it was started about ten years ago. It is one of ten community gardens in the town of Malmö, Sweden (the town has about

We seldom think about failure as a good thing. Recently Will Smith made a video about his view on failure. He argues that we should embrace failure and look at it as a sign that we are in the process of

After an eternity of bad weather we finally got some really nice weather! Almost all the snow has melted and it is starting to feel like spring. A perfect day for a walk. This one is from the city center

Refugees faces many hard challenges. Among them that they may not have any identification. It could be no identification att all, or identification that is not valid in the country they are in. United

The cryptocurrency revolution is a revolution on a global scale. Maybe we also need a local economy revolution? Local currencies have shown to be a useful complement to the monetary system that is in use

It is wonderful to have a lot of pictures. Then you can look through them and realize that summer do exist! This was taken celibrating swedish midsummer last year. The strawberries are mandatory!

This is a walk not just in the room but also in time. Starting at what once was the factory buildings at Kockums, a company that started out as a mechanical workshop in 1840. The company grew and was active

A Stirling engine for home use has been released to the swedish market. With its ability to produce both electricity and heat it is an interesting option for homesteaders, or anybody else trying to live

I am born in Sweden. My parents where also born in Sweden, and their parents, and so on. I thought. But to find out more about my ancestors I recently took a genetic test. When the answer finally came

So many good things are happening around the world! One example is the Sweden based company Trine that finances solar power projects with crowdfunding. The projects are usually small scale and aimed att

The answer, in my point of wiev, is that although the two are far from a perfect match today, there is definitely some flirting going on! Happened to pass through a shopping mall today and found a small

Going to spend a lot of time outdoors the rest of the week. So have made inventory of warm sweaters and boots and gloves and scarves....and ended up looking through old pictures just to remind me that

The concept of circular economy, as opposed to linear economy, is that material and energy are reused and recycled after use. One way of achieving this is to not throw away items you don't want anymore.

Decided to walk home instead of taking the bus. Nice, crisp weather tonight, about zero and no wind. The first picture is from one of the canals. The blue light in the next bridge is shifted to red during