Mother Earth News Looking For Editor-In-Chief

15 years after resurrecting and refining Mother Earth News, Cheryl Long is retiring, and they are looking for a new editor-in-chief, as follows:

"Topeka, Kansas-based Ogden Publications is looking for an experienced professional with passion for, and knowledge of, all things sustainable to lead its flagship media brand, Mother Earth News into the future. Ideally this person will have first-hand experience as a sustainable lifestyle community member as well as an impeccable record of innovation and leadership in the publishing business - or other closely related media area. But don't let us define you too narrowly. If you have related experiences and the drive to lead a highly collaborative team devoted to creating and delivering the best, most relevant sustainable lifestyle content possible, we'd like to hear from you.

Mother Earth News is the most popular and longest-running sustainable-lifestyle brand, and provides wide-ranging, expert editorial coverage of organic gardening, organic foods, country living, homesteading, green transportation, renewable energy, natural health and green building. Lively, insightful and on the cutting edge, Mother Earth News is the definitive source for the growing number of Americans who choose wisely and live well. The brand encompasses print and digital content products, several websites and events. Its Facebook page boasts nearly 2.25 million highly engaged community members and the discussion is lively.

Ogden Publications Inc. is the leading information resource serving the sustainable living, rural lifestyle, farm memorabilia and classic motorcycle communities. Key brands include Mother Earth News, Mother Earth Living, Utne Reader and Grit. Ogden Publications also provides insurance and financial services through its Capper's Insurance Service division.

If you envision your future with a growing media company as the leader of Mother Earth News, please forward a resume (up to 2 pages maximum), a critique of the magazine and website,  and a letter of interest that describes why you should take the brand into the future (word document or .pdf preferred) to our editorial director, Hank Will -- hwill@ogdenpubs.com."

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Mother Earth News Looking For Editor-In-Chief

Interview About My Layout Style (and More)

The big news around here regarding our next book, Small Homes, now in production, is that we decided to postpone the publication date until spring, 2017.

It takes us an enormous amount of time to put a book like this together.

Also, this book is looking so good, and will be so relevant to so many people, that we want to take our time and do it well.

Here (today) I'm working on the most complicated two pages so far in the book. When I started I had no idea how it was going to come together (or if it would).

But starting did the trick; in over two days it worked itself out. 22 photos with fact-filled captions.

Here's an interview of me done a few months ago by Natalie So, where I talk about layout and beyond: http://www.editionlocal.com/lloyd-kahn-shelter-publications/?rq=kahn
Photo:Evan Kahn

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Interview About My Layout Style (and More)

Missouri City Fines Residents for Chipped Paint, Mismatched Curtains

Pagedale, Missouri In this suburb of St. Louis, residents have been ticketed and fined by the town’s police force for violations that don’t even begin to make rational sense.

One resident, Valerie Whitner, has been fined for having chipped paint on the outside of her home and for not attaching a screen door to her back door. She’s been told by city officials she must replace her rain gutters, her siding and put up storm windows. They also told her to mend her fence, cut her lawn and seal up cracks in her home’s foundation. She owes the city more than $2,400.

Photo above: Mildred Bryant, an 84-year old grandmother, has received citations from the city for having mismatched curtains and failing to have blinds in every window.

Photo by Institute for Justice

Full story: http://watchdog.org/252413/nanny-state-pagedale-missouri-fines/

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Missouri City Fines Residents for Chipped Paint, Mismatched Curtains

Why So Few Blog Posts of Late?

1. Working on Small Homes.
2. Doing the "social media" thing. A lot of effort in these early stages, what with coordinating Instagram, Twitter, et al. Still some rough edges to smooth out. I'm not sure if this will pay off, but we'll give it a try in the next year.

http://www.theshelterblog.com/

Just rebuilt by Rick

https://instagram.com/lloyd.kahn/

Shooting on my new iPhone 6s Plus. What a tool!

http://lloydkahn.com

https://twitter.com/lloydkahn

https://www.facebook.com/Lloyd-Kahn-110048295717073/

Check this out on your phone:

http://shelterpub.tumblr.com/

managed bySean Hellfritsch

And, our new website, also by Sean (Squarespace format):

http://www.shelterpub.com/

3. Riding my new "Overland" from my sponsors, Loaded Boards. Skateboard of my dreams. More on this to follow. http://loadedboards.com/

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Why So Few Blog Posts of Late?

The Steen Family's Latest Straw Bale Building Project

Bill and Athena Steen, the strawbale/earthen plaster maestro/maestra team from Arizona are helping build this home, which will be featured in our new book, Small Homes.

Bill writes: "Interior adobe wall in a clay plastered straw bale house we are helping our boys build in Sonoita, AZ."

(Bill shoots pretty much all his photos with an iPhone, has been doing it for a few years. I've finally come around to doing this. Both of us still use the big cameras (him a Nikon, me an Olympus OM-D) for serious shoots, but the iPhone for every day shots. The new iPhone 6S has a super new camera.)

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The Steen Family's Latest Straw Bale Building Project

Stucco House, Prickly Pear (Nopal) San Anselmo Maybe

Stop and go traffic so got out camera. This is a driveby.

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Stucco House, Prickly Pear (Nopal) San Anselmo Maybe

The Little Red (Trim) Schoolhouse

I've been shooting photos of this little building along Highway One for years. It now looks about ready to fold.

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The Little Red (Trim) Schoolhouse

Small Home in San Francisco

I've often found that homes that appear quite simple on the outside are lovely inside. Also that in my experience, men tend to think of how a building looks on the exterior, whereas women tend to judge a home by the interior space and  the life that can be conducted within. That's an observation from decades of observing both men and women and their ideas of what makes for a desirable home.

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Small Home in San Francisco

On the Coast Today

Left at 5:30 AM, made about 12 photo stops, got to Gualala at 9 -- 3-1/2 hours travel time, from pitch black to blue-sky/blue ocean morning sun.
Three planets are lined up in pre-dawn skies right now, about 4-6:30 AM in these parts. Power girl Venus, Jupiter, Mars.
After breakfast, Louie and I took a long walk on the Guala beach.

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On the Coast Today

Nice Shingled Small Home in Berkeley

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Nice Shingled Small Home in Berkeley