ShareOur happy find yesterday: Beautiful tiles in such fun, fun patterns and colors! I’ve long been a fan of these “painted” tiles– which I mistakenly thought of as Vigan tiles– and first re-encountered them in a boutique shop in Cambodia last March 2011: My friends and I fell in love with that place (we put [...]
ShareI’ve asked permission from a friend if I could post her research on indoor vertical gardens as a guest post here. We had such a lively discussion about them over lunch a month ago– it was great finding a kindred green spirit right in Nuvali itself! Am sure many others out there will resonate with [...]
ShareIf you like handmade art, green art, and anything made with love, save the date: Oct 22-23, Sat-Sun. 10A Alabama has a great, open vibe– it’s an old house now used as a creative space. I’ll be selling montalut doodle art along with about 30 other artists, woohoo. Hope to see you there! happy Friday [...]
ShareLast Wednesday we had people come over the house here in Quezon City to pick up recyclables–old furniture, appliances, etc. They were volunteers from the Tzu Chi Foundation, a charity group from Taiwan with a base in Marikina (of many) in the Philippines. My parents told me that most of these volunteers were flood victims [...]
ShareGot really curious after I first posted about the Cebu SRP– now sharing more info and pics I found online. From the ADB report on Eco-Park Development in the Philippines (June 2009): Beautiful vision. To be a showcase for green technology is something I also wish for Nuvali. And I especially like that last bit: “The [...]
ShareDo you remember the giant sunflower head from Antipolo last summer? I didn’t know our helpers actually planted the seeds– and now we have a tall sunflower plant in bloom! Amazing… The head is not nearly as big as the original (see below pic), but it’s still a baby plant, about three months old, so [...]
ShareDon’t miss these Green events if you have time to drop by SMX today or tomorrow! More info here. Thanks to my friend Claudine for the heads up! Tweet
Share View Larger Map Was happy to read about Cebu’s township plans for its South Road Properties on the PDI! In brief: A mixed-use township with industrial, commercial and residential components is set to rise in Cebu City, expected to roll out starting 2013 About 10 hectares have been built with ready-to-use factory facilities for light [...]
ShareI love guyabano, I can eat one whole fruit for breakfast everyday! Whenever we chance upon an especially sweet fruit (we love it when it’s also soft, literally like cotton), we set the seeds aside and try to sprout them for planting: The other week, we were excited to see these small guyabano seedlings (seen [...]
Share COOL! The 60 x 60 ft. plant billboard, located along Northbound EDSA-Forbes, utilizes a thriving species of Fukien tea plant, which absorbs air pollutants. According to botanist Anthony Gao, each plant can absorb up to 13 pounds of carbon dioxide in a year, on the average. “This billboard helps alleviate air pollution within its [...]
ShareSharing green posts from my days as manilarat! My favorites (i.e. the must reads): green architecture guide for my first house! Oct 2010 I think I really am moving to Sta. Rosa… Oct 2010 Bahay Kalipay – a house of healing Sep 2010 hooray for wooden toys! Aug 2010 what it really means to go green Jun 2010 it’s almost [...]
Share“If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable.” — Rainer Maria Rilke (Letters to a Young Poet) Tweet
I am Johanna -- an artist, professional real estate broker and new resident of Nuvali.
Follow my adventures in My Nuvali Home as I find beauty in this new eco-city south of Manila, build my dream green home, and transition towards everyday green living in the Philippines.
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