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Back to Basics – Urban Micro-Farming

January 30, 2012

Much has been made about the inherent danger of our current society having moved off of farmland and into urban environments. It has been suggested that we no longer have the means, or the knowledge, to sustain ourselves within the cities on which we depend for employment and infrastructure. If the cities fail, we fail. Urban micro-farmers tend to disagree, citing that it is the very proximity to vast numbers of people and businesses that provide an immediate client base.

Chief Seattle’s Letter to All (Video)

January 30, 2012

Your destiny is a mystery to us. What will happen when the buffalo are all slaughtered? The wild horses tamed? What will happen when the secret corners of the forest are heavy with the scent of many men and the view of the ripe hills is blotted with talking wires? Where will the thicket be? Gone! Where will the eagle be? Gone! And what is to say goodbye to the swift pony and then hunt? The end of living and the beginning of survival.

New York City Could Open up 1,200 Acres of Rooftops for Farming

January 29, 2012

Besides the promise of fresh, city-grown vegetables (and fresh city-grown jobs), creating greenhouses up on these roofs has another benefit for New York. Rooftop greenhouses will be required to incorporate rainwater collection and reuse systems, which will help the city mitigate the pressure that big rainstorms puts on the sewer system.

Raw Milk Vending Machines Growing in Popularity Across Europe

January 28, 2012

But what is happening in Poland and throughout Europe with raw milk and the widespread installation of raw milk vending machines proves that American regulators and health authorities are willfully ignorant of the facts about raw milk, and have forcefully extended their ignorance onto the public with tyrannical laws against its sale and distribution.

Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining (Video)

January 27, 2012

During the last two decades, mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia has destroyed or severely damaged more than a million acres of forest and buried nearly 2,000 miles of streams. Leveling Appalachia: The Legacy of Mountaintop Removal Mining, a video report produced by Yale Environment 360 in collaboration with MediaStorm, focuses on the environmental and social impacts of this practice and examines the long-term effects on the region’s forests and waterways.

Step 1 for the Urban Homestead: Dream and Plan

January 27, 2012

Coming up with a master plan for your garden is always a good idea. A master plan allows you to do three things: 1) it allows you to really think about what your goals and needs are, and plan to those needs through time, 2) it allows you to build and expand as your budget allows while sticking to those plans, 3) it allows you have a lot of fun.

Setting Up & Running a Permaculture Group

January 26, 2012

As things change in the world, and particularly as the economy creaks and groans and contracts more people will be looking for alternatives and wanting to connect with others in their community. First it will be the early adopters, who are doing it pro-actively by choice, then it will be those having to do it by necessity.

Activist John Trudell Regarding Hemp (Video)

January 26, 2012

Activist and poet John Trudell talks about the benefits of hemp as foundation for a new economy. This amazing plant can produce energy, food, shelter, oxygen, and much more, and until 1885 hemp was the largest growing crop on this planet. Then came the petro-chemical revolution. With over 25,000 beneficial uses, it is amazing that it is illegal to grow this non-intoxicating plant that grows easily, abundantly and almost anywhere.

Live Like You Come From the Future

January 26, 2012

We are not, as the old guard preaches, feeble and passive observers of a fixed, objective order or cogs in a giant, lifeless machine. Nor are we, as the new guard intones, the all-powerful masters of our own destiny, capable of instantly conjuring anything we want out of pixie dust and wishful thinking. We are co-creative participants in a great cosmic adventure, the outcome of which must always remain unknown.

The Fungal Fantastical (Video)

January 25, 2012

An excerpt from the 3D documentary feature about Paul Stamets, renowned mycologist, author and visionary, on how mushrooms can save the world.

Garbage Warrior (Video)

January 24, 2012

Frustrated by antiquated legislation, Reynolds lobbies for the right to create a sustainable living test site. While politicians hum and ha, Mother Nature strikes, leaving communities devastated by tsunamis and hurricanes. Reynolds and his crew seize the opportunity to lend their pioneering skills to those who need it most. Shot over three years and in four countries, Garbage Warrior is a timely portrait of a determined visionary, a hero of the 21st century.

Strange Sounds In The Sky All Around The World

January 23, 2012

Could these sounds have something to do with changes in the magnetic field of the earth? That is much more realistic that many people may think. Some really weird things have been going on with the magnetic field of the earth lately. This is definitely one area that should be investigated further.

Teenager Uses Fibonacci Sequence to Improve Solar Power Collection

January 22, 2012

Dwyer applied the Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical principle widely occurrent in nature, to solar panel arrays in a months-long backyard experiment. He found that small solar panels arranged according to the Fibonacci sequence found in tree branches produced 20 percent more energy than flat panel arrays, and prolonged the collection window by up to two and a half hours.

The Ancient “Doctrine of Signatures” Suppressed By The Establishment

January 22, 2012

The Doctrine of Signatures is profound ancient wisdom that is purposely being suppressed. It states that every fruit and vegetable has a certain pattern that resembles a body organ, and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to that fruit or vegetable’s benefit to us. Modern science confirms that the ancient “Doctrine of Signatures” is astoundingly accurate. Why does this vital knowledge remain hidden?

Polar History and Polar Mysteries

January 20, 2012

Agnew is planning to lead the “North Pole Inner Earth Expedition” sometime this year. Agnew explained that there is a legend – a belief – that at a certain place above the Arctic Circle, there exists an oceanic depression (where the sea level is not sea level) or an entrance into the interior of the Earth, giving credence to the idea that the Earth is hollow.

Help Ecuador by Supporting Amazon Watch (Video)

January 20, 2012

After nearly 18 years of legal battles, the communities in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest devastated by oil giant Chevron’s reckless pump-and-dump oil operations have scored a landmark victory. Chevron has been ordered to pay $9.5 billion for cleanup of widespread contamination, and potable water and healthcare facilities for affected communities.

A Look at the $175 in Your Compost

January 19, 2012

Have you ever considered what that rotten food in your refrigerator costs? The average American family of four throws out an estimated $130-175 per month in spoiled and discarded food. That’s real money going straight into the garbage or compost bin instead of paying off your credit card bills.


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