The Heineken World Brick

...a that never got beyond a run of about 100,000–Heineken’s “World Bottle”–a beer bottle that doubles as a building material. It was a collaboration between Alfred Heineken and Dutch architect John Habraken back in the early 1960s. The story goes that the idea came when Heineken saw tons of his own beer bottles washed up on a Caribbean beach that also lacked affordable building materials. It would be great to see more reusable packaging like this. A...

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The Flow Hive: a Solution in Search of a Problem

...open the hive and remove frames. It’s like a cross between a beehive and a beer tap. My problem with this design is mostly symbolic. Conceptually, the idea that a beehive is like a beer keg you can tap is troublesome. A beehive is a living thing, not a machine for our exploitation. I’m a natural beekeeper and feel that honey harvests must be done with caution and respect. To us, beekeeping is, at the risk of sounding a little melodramatic– a sacre...

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The New Home Economics

...h times call for elemental solutions, not to mention popping the cap off a beer. And speaking of tough times and ingenuity, with our economy continuing to meltdown and unemployment on the rise (check out this youtube interview with author Nasim Nicholas Taleb and mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot for a real scare), we’ve begun to see sudden interest in the long forgotten topic of home economics. A good example of this new home economics is 30 bucks...

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Saturday Linkages: Saris, Punk Rockers, Poppies and Young Agrarians

...relic http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/aeroplane-bar-letka-tu-104 … DIY Beer Bottle Windows for your Cabin, Shed, TIny… http://relaxshacks.blogspot.com/2014/04/diy-beer-bottle-windows-for-your-cabin.html?spref=tw … Repurposed wood log lamps http://www.recyclart.org/2014/04/repurposed-wood-log-lamps/ … How to build a cheap 3D-scanner mostly out of spare parts http://wp.me/p1SNZL-1 A Young Agrarian Land Covenant http://garynabhan.com/i/archives/2...

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Plum Lemon Tomato Power’s Heirloom Tomato

...confirmed cases of food-borne illnesses in domestic tomatoes. Again, urban homesteading revolutionaries, GROW YOUR OWN! We found that label and it’s a tomato called “Power’s Heirloom”. Here’s how the Seed Saver’s exchange catalog copy describes it, “First offered in the 1990 SSE Yearbook by Bruce McAllister from Freedom, Indiana. His seed originated in Scott County in southwest Virginia over 100 years ago. Heavy yields of 3-5 oz. yellow paste toma...

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