Archive: January 2013

If you liked Garbage Warrior, and really get into the idea of Earthships, here’s an opportunity to sit in on a seminar by Mike Reynolds, the garbage warrior himself. Reynolds explains the evolution of earthship design by sketching on a whiteboard, frequently commenting on the screwiness of government regulations. Actually, Reynolds goes beyond the screwiness […]

“Why are there never enough AA batteries? Sometimes AAA.” ~Two-bit Guru~ If you’ve got a guy who calls himself an “environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer,” who is to farming what Einstein was to physics, well, then you’ve got Joel Salatin. I first heard of him, or from him, in Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and after […]

What kind of bunch are these Pachamama people to be making such an audacious statement? They admit it’s audacious themselves, but they also firmly believe that now is the time for such a mission. I agree with them. The documentary Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream, expresses a reality that many of us already know, […]

If you’re squeamish when it comes to mucous maybe you’d be best off not reading this.” ~Two-bit Guru~ Today, I set out to write a piece about using handkerchiefs in preference to tissues. As sometimes happens, my irresponsible mind wandered off track and I found myself writing a fond childhood reminiscence about snot blowing. Read […]

Architect Mike Reynolds is the Garbage Warrior, in a documentary about his drive and determination to save planet earth from human destruction. He invents dwellings he calls earth ships in the area of Taos, New Mexico. He believes architecture is not addressing our serious planetary issues. He succeeds in making sustainable housing that functions completely […]

“There’s a pretty good chance that the ancient Gods and Goddesses who lived on mountains and cavorted with human beings were space aliens.” ~Two-bit Guru~ In this week’s link list: The benefits of eating an alkaline diet, a raw milk dairy is suing the FDA, how to build an Amish cold frame, a circuit bent […]

When I wrote about the cold frame heater I’d just made, I didn’t mention that the other side of this story involves the several hundred thousand red wiggler worms I’ve got living in plastic buckets in the garage. They aren’t squatters. They are there because I built an insulated room for them and now I’d […]