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Is Your Urban Garden Safe?
The beauty of adopting a more resilient lifestyle is that anyone, anywhere in the world can participate. Whether you have acres of fertile land …
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Excitement Builds As Solar Decathlon Approaches
As you are aware, I have been very excited about some of the new developments occurring in the solar space this year. I have …
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Couple Stays Warm 24/7 With Just One Small Fire Each Day. Their Secret? A “Super Stove”
Ernie and Erica Wisner have created over 700 rocket mass heaters, or “super stoves” as I like to call them, and in this video …
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A Case Study in Community Sustainability
Have you ever heard of Feldheim, Germany? If not, it’s ok. Truthfully, I wasn’t familiar with the town until a few months ago and …
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How To Heat 500 Showers From One Small Compost Pile
Brian Kerkvlies small compost pile on Inspiration Farm provided 500 hot showers over a 2 month period from just 90 minutes of work. Want …
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Drought Isn’t the Only Threat to Agriculture This Year
I’ve talked extensively about the drought affecting California this year and the significant impact it will likely have on crop production and agricultural availability …
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Wind Power May Not Be Dead After All
Ok…I admit it. I have a bias towards solar energy over other alternative energy solutions. In fact, it wasn’t too long ago that I …
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“Frankenfish” May Be Coming to a Market Near You
Most of us are familiar with the term genetically modified organism (GMO) and how genetically modified crops such as corn and soybeans have practically …
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Robots On The Farm
Think about a farm being run without human intervention. Robots move to and fro – never tiring or complaining about wages – while farmers …
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A New Take on Biodegradable Plastic
Most of us have seen the TV commercials that demonstrate how much plastic we consume and throw away each year. From plastic water bottles …
