Saturday Tweets: Micro Campers, The Whole Earth Catalog and a Post-Antibiotics Future

....co/nwPSkmeWRk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 1, 2015 Emily Green's series continues: “After the Lawn” Part 3: Turf dormancy http://t.co/CzFKwiI4uT — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 4, 2015 History Of the Whole Earth Catalog and The Birth of West Coast Publishing http://t.co/CWP5kGX8mN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 30, 2015 Some good points here on the drought–we need strong government action now, not later: http://t.co/KcStelAOHB via @...

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Day to day, our decisions count

...iness. You’re welcome. *** [This is another post in the Back to the Garden series, which can be accessed by clicking on the tag to your left] *** Last week I introduced the subject of soil. Healthy soil is fundamental to a the loving landscape, to healthy people, to a healthy world. Initially, I’d imagined that I’d just do one post on soil and move on, but I realized that I’m going to need to linger in the topic and get my hands dirty, so to speak...

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039 Climate Change and Be-cycling With Peter Kalmus

...sation he discusses his “Be-Cycling” response to climate change. Through a series of lifestyle changes he has reduced his personal CO2 emissions from 20 tonnes a year–which is about the US national average–to two tonnes. And he says he’s had a great time doing it. During the podcast he also touches on: His transition from astrophysics to climate science and why he made the switch. The carbon footprint of climate science. Not giving climate skeptic...

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De-Cluttering the Garden

...price. This is a matter of poor scheduling, subject matter for an upcoming series of posts (if I can ever schedule time to write those scheduling posts). Let’s just say there was some cursing while pulling out a robust and thorny Opuntia yesterday that would have been much easier to remove two years ago. Pruning. This is a source of considerable marital discord. Kelly is much better at it than I am, and yet I end up micromanaging and mansplaining....

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Discover the Magic of Home Milling this Saturday

...l. Why To share the benefits of milling fresh flour at home. Benefits like making fresher healthier more nutritious foods for less money, while supporting the local economy, increasing food security and decreasing our impact on the environment. Where The King’s Roost in Silver Lake is LA’s first and only urban homesteading store and learning center. We believe it is the only brick and mortar store in the country that carries a full line of home gr...

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