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4 days ago by Lori Kim

Filed by Lori Kim You might think Boston would be inhospitable to a self-sufficient community, that the natural resources necessary for such a thing, solar power, wind, heating fuel and the like would be insufficient to provide for eight large buildings worth of people, but Conrad Blankenship has do ...

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4 days ago by Michael Janzen

A reader on Tiny House Design posted a comment with a link to Bart Orlando’s pedal powered innovations up near Humboldt State University. This website is definitely worth spending some time if you was some post peak oil transportation solutions. Pedal Powered Innovations also see CARazed.com for ele ...

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4 days ago by r0dman

We went to my dad’s place for dinner last night and sat through another eventful evening of listening to him and his wife bicker over trivial crap. For a change, a topic came up and they were actually happy to hear what I was trying to tell them. Dad and his wife have been wanting to “escape” the wo ...

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5 days ago by toma

Surreal: Obama celebrates Iraqi sovereignty posted at 9:52 pm on June 30, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly In which the guy who was against the war every step of the way, including the surge, pays tribute to Iraqi independence in the aftermath of Saddam. I ...

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6 days ago by keithabecker

In this current recession, everyone is looking for ways to save money. Adam Boesel, the owner of The Green Microgym in Portland, Or., has found a way to shave operating costs while also giving his clients a workout. The clever proprietor has doctored up the fitness club’s spin bikes with weed whacke ...

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8 days ago by Michael Janzen

I’ve been researching different ways of collecting rainwater for garden and home use. I ran across this article on a simple down-spout fed rain barrel on Crafting a Green World. DIY Gardening: Build a Rain Barrel

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9 days ago by Michael Janzen

I just ran across this website from a solar still article (water purification) on Make. Built it Solar is a do it yourself solar energy website. They offer hundreds of articles on renewable energy projects you can do at home to save money and generate your own energy. Built it Solar

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14 days ago by CandyWWGM

Sweden has friggebods, New Zealand’s are known as “bachs”. To Canadians, they’re simply cabins. Call them what you want, but these small hideaways in the wilds have had a recent green makeover thanks to advances in prefabrication techniques and renewable- energy technology. Few of us can justify a s ...

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18 days ago by Granny Sue

More pics from the garden: The cabbages--Savoy and Stonehead--are ready to cut. I do not remember ever having cabbage ready this soon, a testament to growing your own plants. We started our seeds in the greenhouse at the beginning of March. The Savoy cabbages are on the left, just above the red Roma ...

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18 days ago by lepotager

Sorry, haven’t been posting much recently – have been sorting out our new house . . . due to move in in a few weeks – working hard – and I’ve been planning out our Aquaponics system. It’s one of the first things that’s going up at our new house so I’ve been busily over-planning every detail. It’s lo ...

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