L Studio: strategy. storytelling. sustainability

The Landfillharmonic in Paraguay is making music (and Classical at that) out of trash. Inspiration to all upcyclers!

The US Forest Service has developed an app to help cities quantify the value of their trees. Landscape lovers know that they’re good for climbing, picnicking and napping under, contemplating, watching bud and bloom, and leaning against. But now planners and environmentalists are assigning dollar values to trees and other natural resources to tally up […]

This is placemaking in its most organic form. East San Jose natives Ryan and Christine Sebastian are putting the “there there” for a few hours at a time in strip mall parking lots around San Jose. They sell homemade ice cream in flavors that are mixed from the Filipino and Latino neighborhoods they came from: […]

The Zero Waste craze is catching! The latest issue of San Francisco magazine has published Bea Johnson’s five “R’s” of reducing personal garbage output that refresh the old “recycle, reduce, reuse” mantra. Johnson is a Mill Valley resident who wrote a book about how her family  strives for a low waste lifestyle, using mason jars […]

It’s about labor, environment, obesity, air quality, climate change… Oh yes, and happiness. In his recent note in the Opinion blog of the NYTimes, Marc Bittman points out the real importance of the Slow Food movement. Counter to the suspicion that caring about food is a pastime for elites, Bittman talks with Slow Food’s founder […]

The Devil’s Slide Tunnel opened this morning in time for commuters traveling between Pacifica and Half Moon Bay. For those on feet, hooves or bikes, the former path of Scenic Route 1 will be transformed into a trail with breathtaking views of soaring cliffs with crashing surf below. Please mind the edge! “After the tunnel […]

Hi everyone, I’m writing because I just joined an important campaign to stop the tar sands in Canada–and I want you to join me. It only takes a minute to sign the petition: www.350.org/take-a-stand If you haven’t heard of the tar sands, they’re a massive operation that many people call the most environmentally destructive project […]

I was really tickled to hear this conversation between Edward Tufte (the guru of infographics) and Flora Lichtman on NPR’s Science Friday. It’s always a treat to have my divergent interests validated by mass-media productions. Tufte’s musings are about “seeing well”, or forgetting what we assume we know in order to observe what’s actually there. […]

L Studio is proud to be working on an App for one of America’s most iconic national parks. This project has put us on the lookout for other apps about national treasures and events. Monday’s Marketplace discussion about the history of new technologies at presidential inaugurations was really fascinating. It turns out these events have […]

Guess what? Fossil fuels have no value if burning them ruins the world. It’s time to for individuals and institutions to divest. Learn more and get involved at from 350.org’s Do The Math campaign