Recent research and writing for clients, mostly about building materials, forests, and the history behind the things we live with.
The best way to protect the environment? Understand the inherited wealth of the land (opens in a new tab)
Early family photographs show how much people built from the land around them.
Research and writing · Material Intelligence
Ancestral furniture designers, craftsmanship, and the nearly extinct wood you’ve probably never seen (opens in a new tab)
Before Henry Ford, furniture makers worked through an early precursor to the assembly line.
Research and writing · Material Intelligence
America didn’t invent the wood house, but we did do a lot after the invention of the nail (opens in a new tab)
How wood shaped American housing for 250 years.
Research and writing · Material Intelligence
The climate impact hiding behind that “dream kitchen” renovation (opens in a new tab)
When inherited homes get renovated, the carbon stored inside them starts over.
Research and writing · Climate Positive NOW
Do we even know how to manage a forest anymore? (opens in a new tab)
A Wisconsin tribal community has managed its forest profitably for generations.
Research and writing · Climate Positive NOW
This U.S. agency has 7.5x more roads than all the interstates combined (opens in a new tab)
The road network inside America’s national forests.
Research and writing · Climate Positive NOW
More work
Child advocacy
Websites for Indiana’s child advocacy centers and the statewide chapter that supports them.
8 sites
History and genealogy
A historical society’s website and stories, magazine features, a book, and family history research.
7 projects
Businesses and industry
Engineers, a materials-education company, a training firm, a producer, and a copywriter.
6 sites
Nonprofits
Adult literacy and youth mentoring.
2 sites
Just for fun
A book about websites and two local search experiments that worked.
3 projects
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