Stories by Martin John Brown

Martin John Brown's work has appeared in MAKE, Sierra, Air & Space Smithsonian, and elsewhere. His environmental blog is bottleworld.net. He is currently writing a book about isolation, social, biological, and otherwise. subscribe to Martin John Brown's feed

Too Much Stuff! America's New Love Affair With Self-Storage

Posted on: Jun 3, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Americans are putting more and more stuff into self-storage purgatory. It's now a $22 billion-per-year industry, but what does it mean for the soul?

Debunking the Green Building Myth

Posted on: Oct 10, 2006, Source: E Magazine

Despite the new trend toward building 'green' McMansions, most of these homes are like hybrid SUVs: efficient only in comparison to other energy-guzzling behemoths.