Saturday Linkages:

April 5, 2014

The Japanese art of Furoshiki–a way of making packages with a reusable cloth. Via No Tech Magazine. Zero waste shopping in Japan with Furoshiki: http://www.notechmagazine.com/2014/04/furoshiki-zero-waste-shopping-in-japan.html … A solar powered grain grinder: http://www.notechmagazine.com/2014/04/solar-powered-grain-mill.html … Bee Friendly Gardening In The Pacific Northwest http://www.nwedible.com/2014/04/bee-friendly-gardening.html … Nesting fo...

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Saturday Linkages: Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind

Mr. Homegrown

December 14, 2019

Saturday Linkages

Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind, John Everett Millais 1892. Ornament Making in the Octavia Lab ‘The Best Thing You Can Do Is Not Buy More Stuff,’ Says ‘Secondhand’ Expert Do This Before It Snows! Snow Blower Maintenance A wheel education: the environmental diploma you earn by bike Cypress Park’s “Egghead Stonehenge” takes a hit Notes on an afternoon inside John Portman’s Bonaventure Hotel Should I Worry About Death Cap Mushroooms in California? Video:...

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Saturday Linkages: Naked Gardening, Ticks, Walking in LA and Eating Giant Rats

Mr. Homegrown

May 4, 2013

Saturday Linkages

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...once saw a neighbor doing so while I was walking our dog a few years ago.] Making Things Paul Elkin, Maker of Many Things http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2013/04/paul-elkin-maker-of-many-things.html#.UYSMGz1dyX8.twitter … The Climbing rope lamp http://www.recyclart.org/2013/05/the-climbing-rope-lamp/ … Tiny Houses Give Slum Dwellers a Safe Home in Just One Day | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/tiny-houses-give-slum-dwellers-a-saf...

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Saturday Linkages: Move On Up

Mr. Homegrown

October 12, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...sts reveal their fears for the future In its insatiable pursuit of power, Silicon Valley is fuelling the climate crisis Hey Mayor Garcetti, where’s my bus lane? Right Here Right Now Making messy look good The Mindfulness Racket: The evangelists of unplugging might just have another agenda Arthur Boon’s ‘Make Do’ Chairs...

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Saturday Linkages: On Sunday!

Mr. Homegrown

September 22, 2019

Saturday Linkages

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...The revived art of the Orkney Island chair Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze I tried the Light Phone for a week – could I survive on just texts and calls? Your Navigation App Is Making Traffic Unmanageable King Arthur: fable, fact and fiction...

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