We heal together

June 4, 2013

..., egregore, which is used to describe the spirit of a meeting, that unique energy that arises when a group of people come together to eat, work, or talk. It is almost a thing in itself, if you see what I mean. It rises out of certain combinations of people coming together for a specific purpose. Surely you’ve felt it, at that amazing dinner party you still think about, or perhaps you’ve experienced it in some sort of club, or with a group of frien...

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Happy Cranksgiving

Mr. Homegrown

November 25, 2020

Thoughtstylings

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...we should blame individuals for espousing it. Rather we need to focus our energy on changing the systems that promote toxic individualism. Let’s tell stories about solidarity instead. Not me us, in other words. Stats, stats, stats and more stats I never studied statistics. Most people never studied statistics. This is probably why there are so many statistical errors in the media. If I’m spotting them it must drive the mathematically inclined ins...

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Maggots!

Mr. Homegrown

July 29, 2006

Composting, Gardening

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...osting requires time and initiative. Unfortunately both our garden and our energy level are at a low point, both sapped by the record breaking heat – anyone see Al Gore’s movie? The result of this lack of effort has been the maggot party currently going on in our compost pile. The best compostin’ revolutionary I ever met, photographer Becky Cohen maintained a three pile system contained in bins she made out of scrap lumber. When the first bin woul...

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Saturday Tweets: Beet Raisins, Seed Libraries and a Pepperoni Disaster

Mr. Homegrown

April 7, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...e sure to click on "biographies." This project inspires me and returns the energy I put into it in spades. Earth scientists (and others), please consider joining us! — Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman) April 6, 2018 Why So Many Public Libraries Are Now Giving Out Seeds @atlasobscura https://t.co/YpPQZo4K4h — Rachel Surls (@RachelSurls) April 6, 2018 Eric Garcetti can’t be a ‘climate mayor’ while he’s making more room for cars https://t.co/sg9Uf83izf —...

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LED Light Bulbs

Mr. Homegrown

October 18, 2006

Domesticus

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...umens to watts ratio of 34. For more on these issues see the Department of Energy’s FAQ on LEDs. As the DOE notes in the FAQ, it’s not entirely fair to directly compare compact fluorescents to LED lights, since LED bulbs have a more directed light making them perhaps better for applications such as bedside reading lights, where you don’t want to bother a dozing partner. LEDs, due to their exceptionally long life — upwards of 60,000 hours — are als...

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