Urban Homestead Trademarks Cancelled!

March 31, 2017

....” For the full opinion from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office: https://www.eff.org/document/opinion-cancelling-trademark For more on this case: https://www.eff.org/cases/petition-cancel-urban-homestead-trademark Contact: Corynne McSherry Legal Director corynne@eff.org We’d like to thank the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Winston & Strawn for coming to our aid pro bono. We’d also like to thank Gustavo Arellano of the OC Weekly, Mark Frauenf...

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Non-Toxic Cleaning for the Home

Mrs. Homegrown

May 20, 2019

Cleaning, Domesticus, Miscellaneous, Tidying up

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...ner. Use them separately, and distrust the information of any site which recommends you combine them. The same goes for any acid plus baking soda, such as lemon juice. Vinegar + Hydrogen Peroxide These should not be combined in a bottle. Together they form peracetic acid, which is a skin, eye and respiratory irritant. Peracetic acid is used for industrial cleaning, but at a different strength, and in particular situations. Skip it for home use. Ca...

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129 The Garden Is the Teacher: a Conversation With EagleSong

Mr. Homegrown

May 8, 2019

Gardening, Herbs, Nature Awareness, Podcasts

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...can find EagleSong’s website and blog at www.eaglesong-gardener.com. If you’d like to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. Closing theme music by Dr. Frankenstein. A downloadable version of this podcast is here....

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3 Mules the Movie

Mr. Homegrown

June 16, 2017

Animals, Thoughtstylings

...seeing a short work in progress version of the film McDonald would like to complete. It turns out the story is more complex than I would have imagined from my first encounter with the mule man on Sunset Boulevard. Sears is making a point about public space and our rights to travel and use the commons. It’s a stance that often puts him at odds with law enforcement, local governments and, perhaps, modernity itself. You can see some excerpts from McD...

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073 Permaculture From the Inside Out with Rachel Kaplan

Mr. Homegrown

January 20, 2016

Permaculture, Podcasts

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...t community dance ritual with dance luminary Anna Halprin. Her website is: www.13mooncollaborative.com. Friend 13 Moon CoLab in Facebook here. During the show Rachel also mentions: Daily Acts, Starhawk and Mark Lakeman. If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. You can subscribe to our podcast in the iTunes store and on Stitcher. The theme music is by Dr. Franke...

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