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Potato Towers and Open Source Innovation
Last fall, I built some wire mesh towers to house expand my home’s composting system. I had lots of leaves to dispose of and …
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How your Home can produce MORE with Less
When I walk through my home and around my yard, I’m constantly looking for ways to do more with the space I have available. …
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What I Found Interesting This Week 1/19/2013
What makes a home valuable in the 21st Century? Increasingly, it’s whether the home or the community it is in produces food, energy, and …
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What I Found Interesting This Week 12/22/12
It’s heartening to see how many people are using resilience as the mechanism to regain control of life, prosperity, and happiness. Don’t lose focus …
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What You Should Look For When Buying a Resilient House
I just got back from a very successful business trip to Austin, Texas — home to both positive people and amazing food. While there, …
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Septic Tank Magic and Biochar Charged Seedlings
The thermometer is expected to get into the 30’s (F) this week. I take that as a sign that it’s time to wrap up …
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How Archaic Local Regulations Are Killing the Future and Homes Built Like Bunkers
It’s simple. In order to future proof our prosperity, we’re going to need to become productive locally. Specifically, we need produce more food, energy, …
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Personal Biochar Kilns, Portable Factories, DiY Septic Tank Cleaning, and Guerrilla Grafting
I’m currently busy trying to finish this month’s (and the inaugural) issue of the Resilient Communities newsletter.* It’s coming together nicely, I think you’ll love …
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Collapse of Greece
Greece has collapsed. The numbers are straight forward (via the BBC): There are more unemployed people than employed. About 1,000 people are day are losing their jobs …
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How to Calculate the Resilience of Your Home
Hi folks. With all of the bad news in Europe (financial panic is now spreading to Italy), it’s probably smart to find out if …
