An Open Letter to Our Mammalian Friends

...ytime activity such as the bold raid on our chicken run that took place on Saturday? I’m not going to apologize for spraying you with a hose. Thankfully you had the good sense to run away. If you had grabbed a chicken I’d be organizing small game hunting trips for dentists. It’s bad enough, because of you and your robust fingers, that I had to build a coop that I’ve dubbed “chicken Guantanamo.” I thought I could have a less robust daytime chicken...

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Stuff You Learn When the Power Goes Out

What our weekend looked like. On this past sweltering Saturday, Kelly and I holed up in our bedroom, the only room of the house graced with any kind of air-conditioning. Around 4 pm the power sputtered and went out. Sprawled across the bed with the cats, we opened the window hoping to cool the room down. Instead, the unrelenting bright sunshine, palm trees, the police helicopter hovering over an adjacent street and our lack of electricity lent a...

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New Slow City

...ted to put up his schedule so you can catch him if he comes to your town. He’s an engaging speaker, so do get out and see him if you can. See his events page for details on each event. Wednesday, Sept 30 – SAN FRANCISCO Friday, Oct 2 – CLAREMONT Saturday, Oct 3 – LOS ANGELES Tuesday, Oct 6 – ASHLAND Wednesday, Oct 7 – CHICAGO Thursday, Oct 8 – CHICAGO Sunday, Oct 11 – ALBUQUERQUE Thursday, Oct 15 – SANTA FE Wednesday, Nov 4 – NEW YORK Thursday, No...

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Soil Positive or just Soil Curious? Join Nancy Klehm For a Workshop on Soils

...conservation, so come and learn! Soil Truthing – A Hands-On Workshop When: Saturday, February 6th Hours: 10am – 4pm Where: Silver Lake, address provided upon registration Cost: $75 Class size: 6 – 15 people Facilitator: Nance Klehm, Director of Social Ecologies , www.socialecologies.net (See bio below) Class Plan: 1. introductions and bio-remediation presentation 2. landscape reading exercise in neighborhood ~potluck lunch 3. compost bin and soil...

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Stuff to do in February and March

...piscopal Cathedral that will dump freeway speed traffic right in front of a new bike lane. Tell them no! More info here. Wednesday, 2/24 Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council Meeting to SAVE PROYECTO JARDIN Thursday, 2/5 Save The Hahamongna Nursery Saturday, 2/27 Curious about aquaponics? Come help and with the aquaponic installation at the Micheltorena School Garden. Tuesday, 3/15 CERT training in Silver Lake (the LAFD site erroneously reads “Echo P...

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