What I Found Interesting This Week 2/16/13
Here’s a few of the things I’ve found interesting in resilience this week. Make your own soil blocks for seed starts. Stephen M. sent …
Forget Food Scandals. Let’s Focus on How to Produce More Food Locally
There’s a food scandal raging in Europe. Apparently, horsemeat was sold as beef in a wide variety of supermarket products, from burgers to packaged lasagna. …
Does Your Community Need a Public Greenhouse?
One of things my town has going for it is that it provides community gardens (not just sports fields). Unfortunately, there’s so much demand …
What I Found Interesting This Week 2/10/13
Before I get into today’s post, let me give you an update. As expected, my home was hit by a nor’easter on Friday. It …
Prepping for Disruptions Like Nor’easters
Today, the Robb family is getting ready for a big winter storm that’s about to hit us. A real Nor’easter. Fortunately, I’ve winterized the …
How to Replace Hard Work with Lazy Smarts
I used to have a boss that said “if you ever wanted to find out the best way to get a job on a …
What I Found Interesting This Week 2/2/2013
I had a great walk today. The ground was frozen enough for me to hike through the woods next to my home (a woods …
The Best Exercise You Can Do
I took advantage of the weather today (it’s warm and sunny in January!!) to take a longer walk than I normally would. Unfortunately, this amazing …
How Open Online Tools can Help us Build Resilient Communities
Today, Google published a map of the secretive dictatorship of North Korea. Up until today, North Korea was a blank space on public …
What I Found Interesting This Week 1/26/2013
Want to know what the secret to prosperity in the 21st Century? It’s simple. Be an asset to a community that grows, harvests, generates …