How to Make a Simple Paint Can Rocket Stove

...es achieved in a true rocket stove combustion chamber.“ Rocket stoves cook food with small pieces of wood efficiently and with much less smoke than conventional wood burning stoves. They also help prevent deforestation since you can burn small twigs trimmed off a tree rather than burning logs. Search the interwebs and you’ll find may different designs. But they are all based on burning wood in an “L” shaped tube to create a chimney effect. Insulat...

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Saturday Tweets: The Short Holiday Version

...Creating a food forest, step by step https://t.co/EbNzbzioiT pic.twitter.com/w4udZAFpbD — Permaculture (@PermacultuRRe) December 17, 2015 Car free living in LA: https://t.co/BqIysFjovk — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 17, 2015 New winterizing the beehives #beekeeping vids on https://t.co/1y6V4k5kYj pic.twitter.com/C5wuxtE1OD — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) December 3, 2015...

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Saturday Tweets: Cheap Heaters, Paper Airplanes and Lost Ornaments

...-world numeracy https://t.co/n4IvJEytGn — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2015 Gorgeous book of paper airplanes collected by anthropologist Harry Smith https://t.co/GFtA3w8rUO — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2015 It’s time for food justice in Ramona Gardens https://t.co/SoXTBK27L0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2015 Beautiful, free/open 3D printed book of lost Louis H. Sullivan architectural ornaments https://t.co/IPgqsjSELq...

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