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004 Egg Ethics, Solar Food Dryers and a Question about Earth Ovens

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Animals, Chickens, Podcasts, Solar, Water and Power
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...ly and Erik discuss the tricky ethics of eggs and mayonnaise, what kind of solar food dryer is the best and we answer a question from Ed about earth ovens. Plans for the Appalachian Solar Food Dryer can be found in an article on Mother Earth News. We have a detailed post on how we built our adobe oven here. If you want to leave a question you can call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimple@gmail.com. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein....

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Street Signs and Solar Ovens

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Design, Solar
...ibit currently at the Craft and Folk Art Museum entitled “Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles” which is on view until December 31st. Curated by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, this timely show focuses on objects that demonstrate creative, low-tech solutions to the environmental and political mess we find ourselves in. We were particularly struck by the display case full of soda cans transformed by LA survivalist Christo...

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Made in the shade- Passive cooling

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Domesticus
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...s in the Winter can allow sunlight to enter your house in the cool season, making them ideally suited to passive heating and cooling. You can also shade your windows. Solar shades project out over a window, thus blocking the highest angle of the sun. When the angle of the sun is lower and the heat and sun less extreme, in Winter and during sunset and sunrise in summer, sunlight can still get in the windows. A roof that projects past the walls of t...

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Saturday Tweets: Toilets, Energy and Deep Old Age

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How much energy do we need? https://t.co/T8YSsPY1s0 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 A Lesson in Sharpening https://t.co/ZfP9sLMW40 via @rudemechanic — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 Toilet History Museum @atlasobscura https://t.co/EjpAxKshLf — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 A Lesson in Sharpening https://t.co/ZfP9sLMW40 via @rudemechanic — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2018 The elite belief in Uberized...

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