Tag: water

National Geographic presents an infographic about how much water we use and how to use less. It’s not too late to change the course. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

How to use one paper towel to dry your hands and save over 571 million pounds of paper per year if we all just did a very simple thing. Watch the above video by Joe Smith at TEDx to see how it’s done. TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

If you wring out a washcloth in the bathroom it’s no big deal, but this astronaut wrings out a washcloth in space. Fascinating short video. [via: LA Times] TweetFacebookLinkedInTumblrStumbleDiggDelicious

The thing is, things are a huge problem. ~Two-bit Guru~ As I’ve written previously, the Pachamama Alliance recognizes that we in the industrial world are in a trance. In my estimation this trance is centered on greed, power, destruction of nature, and ultimately results in an ocean of things that are bad for the environment. […]

Worm tea may have had its origin in a series of eight agricultural lectures given in 1924 by the spiritual scientist, Rudolf Steiner. These teachings are available in his book “Agricultural Course: The Birth of the Biodynamic Method.” To my way of thinking, Steiner thoroughly understood the link between the spiritual and physical realms. He […]

View Part I here. Still, no rain. I can’t recall a time when we’ve gone so long without rain. Nor can I recall a time when it’s been so hot. A few days ago I drove several miles away from Lake Michigan. The temperature was 103º F. I believe this is the highest natural temperature […]

IF we had these 90° temperatures, day after day after day, along with substantial rainfall, this could be an ideal growing season. Fact is, we have had no rain for weeks and no rain in sight for the future forecast. With the rain barrels empty, we are watering, watering, watering with village water from the […]

New stuff coming up: Extensive Garden Video, Part I will be posted on July 5. Movies for Saturday Night, starting on Saturday, July 7. We’ve made a video taking a look at the garden as of June 22. It looks like we will do this in two installments with Part I posting on Thursday, July […]

The only justification I have for bothering to make seed pots out of toilet paper roll cores is that it gives me the opportunity to honor one of my life principles: Find at least one secondary use for most everything. Although this practice might not contribute hugely to the sustainability movement on planet earth, it […]

It might seem like a screwy idea to use a plastic container for a water conduit but it works perfectly well, and it’s free. I like free. Besides liking free (who doesn’t?) I also like the idea of reusing and upcycling–in a minor sort of way in this case. I considered writing a highfalutin bit […]