Kimberley Mok
Kimberley covers green architecture, design, arts and culture for TreeHugger. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, AlterNet, Planet Green, Parentables and Yahoo! Green.
Kimberley has a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and is also a certified permaculture designer. Her big "a-ha" sustainability moment came some years ago when she lived and worked as an architect in Auroville, a South Indian intentional community striving for environmental, social and economic sustainability. It was an eye-opening experience into how a diverse, "human-scaled" experimental town could be conceived, executed and engaged with differently.
Kimberley has also worked in conventional and sustainable design firms in New York City, Toronto and India, on projects ranging from residential high-rises, storm-resistant homes to compressed earth block structures.
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Kimberley now resides in Montreal, Quebec. Check out Kimberley's website.
Latest Stories from Kimberley Mok
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Eco-minded 204 sq. ft. tiny home packs in tons of thoughtful details (Video)
This wife-and-husband, designer-and-builder team created their own modern tiny home to realize the dream of simplifying their lives, while saving money.
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Fisherman's home turned into ultra-modern 753 sq. ft. transformer apartment (Video)
This small-but-dynamic, renovated apartment in Barcelona takes its design cues from boat design and hides some delightful surprises.
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Palletso: Recycled rustic pallet furniture charms and opens your beer
These recycled pallet pieces from a Los Angeles-based company are simple yet fun.
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Student designed Solar Garage produces energy, grows food too
This smart redesign of the common garage uses solar power to optimize the charging of electric vehicles and the germination of food crops.
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Cool facade features movable modular skin of recycled pallets
Recycled pallets are the main material in this undulating modular facade of hinged shutters.
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Artist's symbiotic sculptures weave a magical story about nature (Photos)
British sculptor Laura Ellen Bacon uses willow branches to create expressive, larger-than-life works of environmental art.
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Cool but endangered conical houses get preservation treatment in Indonesia
Working with the local community on a remote island, a young architect is determined to ensure the survival of traditional building lore.
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Student designed "Elevator B" tower to boost Buffalo's bee populations
In the hopes of increasing local bee numbers, University of Buffalo architecture students created this intriguing wild urban bee habitat.
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Stylish apartments built from stonecutting town's wasted material (Video)
Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Awards, this elegant building makes good use of wasted stone generated from a town's large stonecutting industry.
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Cromatic: A vibrant transformer furniture set for kids
This colorful line of space-saving transformer furniture for kids lets them configure their space as they please.
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Living insect larvae build this artist's jewelry (Video)
Integrating art with biology, these Caddisfly larvae are creating these precious sculptures made of gold, sapphires and rubies.
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Zero-waste recyclable "Terra" furniture is made from compost
In asking "How can products, like people, come from dust, and to dust return?," this "designer-gatherer" is creating simple but elegant furniture using compost.
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Artist creates incredible life-like animal sculptures with resin and paint
Look real enough? These must-see sculptures are made with epoxy resin and long, long hours of painting.
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World's largest instrument makes incredible organ music from limestone rock (Video)
Spanning over acres and taking decades to build, The Great Stalacpipe Organ makes beautiful music by tapping on the cavern's hanging stalactites.
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Stay Gold Mary Rose: Gorgeous bracelets made from recycled vintage teacups
Delicate and refined, this collection of jewelry is made with repurposed vintage bone china.
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Charming microhomes built with salvaged heritage lumber
As a built expression of deliberate simplicity and local building traditions, these picturesque tiny homes are built by Charles Finn using recycled materials.
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Upcycled quirk: Bow ties crafted with LEGOs & Scrabble pieces
Certainly not made for the humorless, these fantastically geeky bow ties out of New York City are gaining attention.
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Magical forest sculpture reconnects history of the witch hunts
Using trees that have naturally fallen, one artist's striking work invites a closer look at one of England's most infamous witch trials.
