The Balloon Boat (video)
Build a fun balloon-powered boat for your pond or pool.
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Top 6 lessons learned living in cohousing: A psychologist’s view
Living together: Hard enough as a family…try a community
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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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Tamera: Peace Village Integrating Physical & Social Technology
Tamera, a peace-oriented ecovillage in Portugal, garnered an “Honorable Mention” (#3 of 150 proposals) in the 2012 Buckminster Fuller Challenge. Tamera was started in 1995, but it was only the latest evolution of a conscious series of community experiments starting in 1978 and some of those experiments still continue as well (e.g., ZEGG in Germany). It
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Dialog with Sustainable Business Students
I just gave a talk on sustainable well-being to Tom Eggert’s class, Topics in Sustainable Business Practice, at UW-Madison. I’ve given a talk every year for the last 5 or so and every time it’s very rewarding, stimulating, and encouraging to hear thoughtful students engaging with this fascinating subject. In the past, I’ve spent more
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Sustainable Well-being Retreats: Version 2.0
For the beginning of our third year of Swabi retreats, we started to explore transitioning the group to another phase. These videos explain this transition while also providing some idea of what the retreats are about. Part I, New Ways of Living, shows examples of cohousing and permaculture-inspired ecovillages as potential models for living sustainably.
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