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Solar panels, clever walls, moms on Facebook

By Craig Nakano
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Looking for an excellent alternative to doing real work? May I suggest these diversions:

L.A. Times staff writer David Pierson reports from Shandong province on the spread of solar-powered water heaters -- ‘a symbol of China’s rising standard of living and its leap into the era of clean energy.’

If you like that, learn more about the growth of green design in China in Episode 5 of Season 1 of the PBS series E2.

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A cinder block garden wall that looks sunny, not Soviet? Apartment Therapy has the story of how designer Annette Gutierrez crafted it, at right.

While we’re on the topic of walls, here’s the story of a fence made of succulents -- pictured above and again after the jump.

Wall Street Journal on Facebook at home: generational bridge or ultimate form of parental domination?
Proving that even furniture can have buzz: the Bape side chair.

-- Craig Nakano

Photo credits, from top: Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times; Annette Gutierrez; Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times

L.A. at Home
Craig Nakano

Craig Nakano is the assistant managing editor for Entertainment and Arts. He joined The Times as an assistant travel editor, later served as home editor and most recently was the fine arts editor, leading a team whose accolades included a Pulitzer Prize and an Online Journalism Award. A California native, he worked at the Desert Sun of Palm Springs and at the San Francisco Chronicle after graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He lives in Long Beach with his husband and son.

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