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Consensus: Balancing Action and Discernment, the Voice of the Many and the Few

Troy Cohousing community has been around for since 2007 (Reflections on living at Troy). We operate on a modified consensus model. The goal of our process is to balance timely action and discernment...

Is Your Home Making You Sick? 5 Common Causes and How to Fix Them

Your home is your safe space. It’s where you find shelter and comfort, create memories with your family and de-stress after a long day — and it may also be making you sick. Here are five ways...

Protected: Gear: Clothing and Camping Kit

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Making: Artisan Quality and Beauty Made by Hand

From whatever materials (leather, metal, wool, wood...), it's just really satisfying to make something by hand: Challenging at times, empowering, seeking that ideal balance between perfection and...

Alcohol: A Renewable Energy that Sequesters Carbon and Can Power Our Lives?

Energy and heat are two key physical technologies (to be used on conjunction with social technologies) in moving from our dysfunctional status quo to a future of thriving on...

NewenHouse

Imagine a house with all the comforts of any house, but so efficient in size and energy-use that you could heat your home with a hair dryer even during a Wisconsin winter!...

Aquaponics System

Kennie D. shows us how he built an experimental, indoor aquaponics system for testing plant growth.   If you want more information, comment below and Kennie D. will get back to you. Some misc. notes:...

Aquaponic low nitrogen level solutions

Aquaponic low nitrogen level solution. (Add more fish).  As your plants mature they need more nitrogen. My test is to add more fish. Test Formula (More fish) = (more poop) = (more ammonia)...

Vorticella: Under The Microscope

See a Vorticella, a Ciliated Paramecium used as a bio-indicator for levels of water pollution, eat bacteria...