The Elf and Ethics

April 22, 2014

...YHRNG95duU The Elf is a kind of aerodynamic, electric assist tricycle with solar panels to charge the batteries. It’s a type of vehicle, somewhere between a bike and a car, that a number of inventors have tinkered with over the years. Good arguments exist for and against this type of transportation. On the one hand it uses far fewer resources than an automobile. But one could also argue, as does the owner of a bike shop in this video, that we’d al...

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Our New Straw Bale Garden–Part I

Mr. Homegrown

April 23, 2013

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Straw bales–ready to prepare. Pot in the center will be a solar powered fountain. We’re going to experiment with a straw bale vegetable garden in our backyard, inspired by Michael Tortorello’s article in the New York Times. The plan is to grow in the bales and harvest the resulting compost for use in permanent raised beds (that have yet to be built). We’ll keep growing in bales until we have enough compost for the beds. The problems presented by...

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Picture Sundays: The Unintentionally Groovy Cover of the High Desert Corridor Envionmental Impact Report

Mr. Homegrown

October 5, 2014

Picture Sundays

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...sing a chipmunk in the upper right corner). Every time I look at it I see something new: psychedelic condors riding bicycles, butterflies transformed by contact with solar panels and what might be a portal to another dimension just to the right of the project i.d. number....

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Saturday Tweets: Addictive Snacks and Ninja Houses

Mr. Homegrown

January 23, 2016

Saturday Linkages

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...iller) https://t.co/u79ixiFHLG — Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) January 23, 2016 Ninja House: Open-Ceiling Layout is an Agility Course | Designs & Ideas on Dornob https://t.co/6V12RzOYJD via @dornobdesign — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 19, 2016 Build this Solar Powered Hydroponic Water Garden on Wheels – MUST READ! https://t.co/PXhU21ji7m — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 18, 2016 Internet of Things security is so bad, there’s a search eng...

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Water Harvesting Rock Star Brad Lancaster

Mr. Homegrown

January 11, 2019

Appropriate Technology, Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...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 rays. Via Lloyd’s blog. Tha...

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