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Summer Solstice Celebration at Holy Nativity

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...House across the entire campus. I will be speaking about saving water and greywater (three 15-minute talks, at 10, 11, 12) The open house will feature garden tours, oven explanation (the oven mud is now drying), highlights from other campus organizations like Teri Roseman’s LiveYoga Wellness, Patricia Rose’s Fresh-food-in-a-flash cooking classes, the Food Forward gleaning program, art tours by Steve O’Laughlin, and much more. Steve’s band will be...

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Saturday Tweets: Urine, Cats and Swedish Dresses Made From Ikea Bags

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...h c. pic.twitter.com/0AlIX5uNEt — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) June 9, 2016 Greywater Recycling Nutrient Film Hydroponic System https://t.co/j1dmFkKEoj — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 7, 2016 Swedish traditional costume made from Ikea bags https://t.co/PU5F8Jz5Yp pic.twitter.com/juEaVpO9sK — Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) June 6, 2016 Can Human Urine Replace Chemical Fertilizers? via @modfarm https://t.co/r7BHsORXNG — Root Simple (@rootsimple) June 6,...

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The problem with polar fleece: it’s in the ocean, it’s in sea creatures, it’s on our plates

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...hese stray fibers into the soil around our house, since we’ve been using a greywater system. I’m not sure what to think about that. I doubt that the fibers are as disruptive in the soil as they are in a marine ecosystem, but still, it’s not good, and I don’t like it. Thinking about my own household, I’m targeting certain items for disposal. I have some very old fleece in my life: a 15 year old bathrobe, a blanket and a throw of nearly same age. Th...

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Gray Miscellany

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Animals, Appropriate Technology, Chickens, Thoughtstylings, Water and Power
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...t I’d sweep a few of them into a brief missive. Grey vs. Gray In the great greywater vs. graywater debate I neglected to note a somewhat irrelevant factoid: Sherwin-Williams sells a paint color named after the actor/monologist Spalding Gray. When will Werner Herzog get a paint color? OED Access I couldn’t find my library’s online Oxford English Dictionary access. Then I did some digging and discovered it. For those of you in Los Angeles you can ac...

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Water Harvesting Rock Star Brad Lancaster

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Appropriate Technology, Water and Power, Water Conservation
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...h his brother’s family, his “living laboratory”. Here he plants around the greywater from his outdoor shower, bathtub and washing machine. He captures 100,000 gallons of rainwater per year on their property and surrounding public right-of-way. He cooks with a solar oven and heats his water using a 2 salvaged, conventional gas heaters stripped of insulation, painted black, and put in an insulated box with glass facing south to collect the sun’s ray...

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