Pet Peeve: Texting at the Gym

March 17, 2016

...acknowledge that I’ve probably been guilty of searching for just the right podcast episode between sets. But the gym should be for exercise not sending out texts. Smartphone use on the gym floor has become an epidemic at my local YMCA. Once the New Years resolution crowd thins out in a month or so it won’t be so bad, but right now you have to wait a long time for some benches and machines due to texting millennials. The solution is simple. If you’...

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Douglas Rushkoff on How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity

Mr. Homegrown

March 30, 2016

Podcasts, Thoughtstylings

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In lieu of an episode of our podcast this week, (I’m still debating whether to post every week or every other week) I thought I’d point to this inspiring lecture by media thoughtstylist Douglas Rushkoff. You simply must listen to this talk, entitled “How Growth Became the Enemy of Prosperity,” and let us know what you think! The lecture is an indictment of the cult of individualism, the false promises of the “sharing” economy and the extractive m...

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Low-Tech Magazine

Mrs. Homegrown

April 19, 2016

Appropriate Technology, Podcasts

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...you fall into and stay for days. Our interview with him will appear on our podcast next Wednesday, but in the meantime I suggest you whet your appetite by reading some of our favorite articles: How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware How to Downsize a Transportation Network: The Chinese Wheelbarrow If We Insulate Our Houses, Why Not Our Cooking Pots? Restoring the Old Way of Warming: Heating People, Not Spaces Recycling Animal and...

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Erik Talks Straw Bales on C-Realm Radio

Mr. Homegrown

May 11, 2016

Gardening, Podcasts, Straw Bale Gardening, Vegetable Gardening

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KMO with his new straw bale garden. Instead of producing our own podcast this week, I had the honor of being on C-Realm Radio in Vermont, hosted by my favorite podcaster (and, as of last month, radio host) KMO. The topic is straw bale gardening. KMO talks first to straw bale garden expert Joel Karsten. Then I chime in enthusiastically on the topic. I’m followed by gardener and artist Lauren Blair. We’re all sort of an opening act for an entertain...

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