Connection Strategies for Thriving
Our culture teaches us 2 strategies. We need 4.
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From Grass Desert to Abundant Food Forest? Backyard Permaculture Bonanza
A backyard permaculture, perennial (tiny) food forest and kitchen garden
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Vegetable Oil as Fuel for Cars
Diesel car + $1000-$2000 conversion kit + free, filtered waste oil from a fast-food joint = really low cost, environmentally friendly driving.
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My first summer at Troy Gardens Cohousing
Since moving to Troy Gardens Cohousing Community last November (2013), many people have asked me what is cohousing and what does it actually look like. I’ve spent some time trying to process my own experience of living here and to communicate why cohousing is an important option.
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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 one planet’s worth of resources (one planet thriving). Multiple solutions are necessary, including alcohol, stirling engines, rocket stoves and mass heaters, biofuel, and more. Is it true that ethanol is a net energy loser, taking
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Under the Microscope: Aphids & How to Get Rid of Them Organically
An organic way to get rid of aphids
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Our Budget: Ways of Measuring Our Impact
Sustainable well-being = well-being ÷ the resources it takes to achieve that well-being. This section focuses on ways of measuring different aspects of this denominator. In other words, how do we measure our impact on the planet and each other? The goal is to understand ways of measuring/quantifying the equitable budget our lifestyles must work within.
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Vorticella: Under The Microscope
See a Vorticella, a Ciliated Paramecium used as a bio-indicator for levels of water pollution, eat bacteria.
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Nematode: Under the microscope
Nematode: Under the microscope video I am still tweeking my digital microscopic photography technology. However here is a video of the Nematode. One teaspoon of good garden soil has about 20 bacteria-eating nematodes, 20 fungal feeders, a few predatory and plant eating nematodes for a total of 40 to 50 nematodes per teaspoon in all. Happy
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Water: Storing and Filtering
See summary parent article on short-term disaster resilience and prepping for other priorities. Storing Water Just thought this spoof on storing “dehydrated” water was pretty funny (see picture), although the source of the picture apparently took it seriously! In any case, the US Government recommends buying commercially purified water for storage, but they also provide
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