Saturday Linkages: Bus Offices and Secret Doors

January 26, 2013

...e.html … A just plain cool site: inspirationgreen.com/index Thanks, Davis! Gardening grounded design by Thomas Rainer: No They Didn’t!: A Gallery of Mockable Landscapes http://landscapeofmeaning.blogspot.com/p/no-they-didnt-gallery-of-mockable.html?spref=tw … Ancient wheat: making a comeback http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Artisanal-Wheat-On-the-Rise.html#.UQM4YKWpmhs.twitter … Soul Searching The secret to feeling like you have more ti...

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Make Your Own Chalkboard Paint II

Mr. Homegrown

October 30, 2017

Design

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...is: 1 cup latex paint 1 tablespoon cool water 2 tablespoons unsanded grout Making your own chalkboard paint is a lot cheaper than buying the pre-made stuff. Plus you can use any color of latex paint. The paint has stood up to repeated erasing and re-chalking. Eric of Garden Fork just did a video where he made a chalkboard/pallet wood frame. In the video he uses an adhesive chalkboard film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFIi9s4uVAg Our workshop/g...

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How to Make a Simple Paint Can Rocket Stove

Mr. Homegrown

February 24, 2016

Appropriate Technology, Rocket Stove, Water and Power

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...a five gallon bucket, but metal five gallon buckets are harder to find. I’ve also used bricks to make a rocket stove. If you know how to weld a world of other design options are open to you. Do you have a favorite rocket stove design? Leave a comment!...

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Greywater Guerrillas in LA this Weekend

Mr. Homegrown

July 15, 2008

Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...Time: 7-9pm Cost: $25 To register: email Ray Cirino 818-834-7074 Greywater Design Workshop; Interested in reusing your greywater? Want to learn more about it and how to build your own system? Come to our design workshop. We’ll present you with information on the most common, low-tech, low-cost, effective, residential greywater systems. Then we’ll break into groups and help you plan a system for your own home. Participants will be emailed a greywat...

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Enzo Mari’s Autoprogettazione

Mr. Homegrown

December 7, 2020

Design

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...Therefore the way should be to involve the user of a consumer item in the design and realization of the item designed. Only by actually touching the diverse contradictions of the job is it possible to start to be free from . . . deeply rooted conditioning. It’s no easy feat to make attractive furniture from 2x4s and nails but, especially with his tables, Mari succeeds, in my opinion. Some clever folks have even, in a subversive judo move, made En...

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