Cassava is “Africa’s Food Security Crop” according to the World Bank.
A CNN report about Nigerian civil engineer, Dr Joseph Adelegan, and his projects to convert waste into useful commodities, describes his latest idea to recover energy from cassava processing waste, which in the past would be dumped untreated to pollute local water supplies.
Through innovative biogas […]
Ilex over at Homesteading In A Condo thinks the non-locavore 18 course meal served to the ruling class at the G8 Summit meeting July 7, while discussing the global food crisis, was a bit, uh. I think it’s a lot uh!
A handful of uncooked rice might have been more appropriate.
You’ve got to see the […]
A recent post at the T’a’grarial blog shows a TED talk video of Adam Grosser describing a new, improved version of a product from 1928 providing 24 hours of safe non-electric refrigeration from a device the size of a thermos using just one hour of cooking heat available anywhere in the world.
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A new project that seems at first blush to be Hobbiton Meets Starship Troopers (because its founding leaders are veterans) is the formation of an off-grid community designed to provide mutual aid and support with a “family values” emphasis.
The founders already have 100s of acres to start, from the 419 area code on the site […]
Gene GeRue’s Ruralize.com website promotes the homesteading author’s book, How to Find Your Ideal Country Home: A Comprehensive Guide.
Until urban centers in the U.S. become something other than crime-riddled, polluted cesspools of disease and poverty, I’m taking the rural side of the debate. Although I’m on five acres in Pahrump at the moment, I have […]
This remains my favorite of the TED talks (except maybe Ray Kurzweil).
William McDonough, co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, discusses sustainable design in architecture and ends with his astounding plans for twelve new cities in China. Quite a contrast from the toxic hell that is Beijing. From Wikipedia:
Air pollution […]
The following is a guest editorial by J. Neil Schulman “Instead Of A Comment” to amplify on the annoyance I expressed against PETA:
Don’t get me wrong. I have no objection to anyone choosing to be a vegetarian, a Vegan, or pro-Ana for that matter. Short of cannibalism by murder, everyone should eat — and not […]
The bacteria caused disease Salmonellosis is in the news with detectives tracking tainted tomatoes. It’s a serious issue:
In severe cases, the Salmonella infection may spread from the intestines to the blood stream, and then to other body sites and can cause death unless the person is treated promptly with antibiotics. . .Some people afflicted with […]
Media star Daryl Hannah is known to geeks mostly as the replicant from Blade Runner and to green activists for her protesting the bulldozing of the South Central Farm by living in a tree on the site until she was removed by the authorities so another warehouse could be built.
I find the natural pest repellent […]
Digg links to an article at Remedicated.com about “20 Common Cooking Ingredients That Act As Medicines”.
Find out what turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, garlic, rosemary, honey, chili peppers, olive oil, rice, parsley, onions (and related plants such as chives, shallots, and leeks), lemon, mustard, cloves, apples, kale, licorice, peppermint, horseradish, and avocado can do for you besides […]
Grow Your Own Pharmacy by Linda Gray, published last year by Findhorn Press, describes in detail the nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and other herbal compounds in various plants. The first chapters cover “Ingredients For A Healthy Body” and “Introduction to Gardening.”
The book gives some history, the conditions and methods of sowing each plant and […]
BBC article in a series of reports about the global food price crisis. Seems the U.N. is promoting permaculture, if not using that word exactly.
The Unesco study recommends better safeguards to protect resources and more sustainable farming practices, such as producing food locally.
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If true, I could support Eco-Freaks author John Berlau’s claims against anti-dam construction protesters, as he wrote about them in National Review online back in 2005. A few environmentalist groups seemingly contributed to the catastrophic loss of New Orleans and other cities during hurricanes Katrina and Rita by opposing the necessary building of levees and […]
Green Living Expo is in Los Angeles this weekend. Free Admission!
“Over 200 exhibits.” Organic food, alternative energy, sustainable fashions, clean household goods, music, art, and health products.
I’ll be wandering around there since I’m in town.
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David Bach usually writes bestselling financial improvement books for the Oprah crowd. His latest book, Go Green, Live Rich, available April 8, is another in that series, but this time the method of living rich is by going green. By accident he moved into a new green building complex to be near his children in […]
Digg links to a Tree Hugger story about a water pump system that doubles as a Merri-Go-Round for kids. The YouTube video is from the PlayPumps manufacturer’s site.
(Not an April Fool’s Day joke.)
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Rolex Award description of an effective earthenware method of keeping food and medicine cool in the Nigerian (and any other) desert. It is called a zeer in Arabic.
The impact of the pot-in-pot on individuals’ lives is overwhelming. “Farmers are now able to sell on demand rather than ‘rush sell’ because of spoilage,” says Abba, “and […]
Digg links to an Environmental Graffiti humor piece about toxic plants titled “Five Household Plants That Can Kill You.” Some commenters said the title was inaccurate, but since it says “CAN kill you” (if eaten or leaves/petals/seeds brewed as a tea) the title stands. It’s not saying the plants ARE killing you.
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One of these days, after I get the transportation challenge figured out, it will be me explaining my first year off the grid. Until then, you’ll just have to get Doug Fine’s book, Farewell, My Subaru. Thanks, Boing Boing TV!
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Adelaide over at the Wild Charlock blog covers green-related weirdness in Portland, Oregon. Her latest post is a link to an Awareness Test from the U.K. that has some relevance for transportation alternatives.
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Toxic Trailers is a great resource about the health effects of formaldehyde and other chemicals found in RVs used as emergency housing for hurricane Katrina victims. The trailer toxicity issue continues to get national TV coverage.
To the site’s credit, they also link to skeptical articles from the RV industry, quoting:
Air samples were taken daily on […]
AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water from PhysOrg.com
(AP) A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones - have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
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Clarence Eckerson, Jr. of Steetfilms writes of Bogotá, Colombia’s Ciclovia, “a weekly event in which over 70 miles of city streets are closed to traffic where residents come out to walk, bike, run, skate, recreate, picnic, and talk with family, neighbors & strangers…it is simply one of the most moving experiences I have had in […]
Here’s a YouTube Video of a test for toxic chemicals a Greenpeace lab in the UK performed on the Apple iPhone when it came out. According to Greenpeace: “The tests uncovered two types of hazardous substances, some of which have already been eliminated by other mobile phone makers.”
Apple had advertised the iPhone as a green […]
A Newsweek article shows lakes around the world being lost due to warming or, in other cases, source waters being dammed, damn it. In my home state of Nevada, Lake Mead is projected to go dry in 13 years, which means Hoover Dam will not be generating hydropower any more.
It’s time to collect water in […]
My previous post describes the surprising (in my opinion) adoption of Permaculture in Cuba. It’s exciting good news for everyone, no question. BBC reports Four Dissidents Freed by Havana today. [BBC Update: Castro Steps Down…]. [Another BBC Update: Dissident Condemns Cuban Prisons (Big surprise)]. A while back, they quoted one of 75 dissidents jailed for […]
A Global Public Media article from 2006 describes the adoption of permaculture concepts from Australian teachers by Cubans back when 80% of foreign trade was abrubtly cut off from the Soviets and their partners. I’m surprised as a U.S. citizen at how supportive the Cuban government seems to have been to the new idea, according […]
BBC interviews famous Singularitarian Ray Kurzweil about the future of man-machine relations. Nanotech, artificial intelligence, and genetic engineering will give us potent tools to deal with the scientific challenges of the 21st Century, including real solar and/or fusion power, carbon sequestration, cleaning water, attacking diseases with more precision while leaving healthy tissue undamaged, and eliminating […]
BBC reports a study that shows “probiotic” supplements reduce infections, but qualify the results to the top athletes who were sampled in a controlled experiment. Another BBC reported study indicates that the elderly may benefit from probiotics to boost their immune system.
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