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My wife and I just got done with the first round of planting in our garden. I hope to do something to increase the food security of more than just the two of us soon, like participate in the Multnomah Food Summit, but this will have to do for now.



Today we planted bush beans, peas, and zuccini outside. We also got a few things started inside, such as herbs. We are using Mel Bartholomew's square foot gardening system to maximize the space… Continue

One of the most striking inefficiencies (both ecological and economic) in the modern work place is HVAC-related system of the server room.



Even in the dead of winter while an organization is spending money keeping the rest of the building warm, it's spending money keeping its server room cool.



There are a few ways around this.



A. Cloud Computing



To resolve the economic inefficiency only, they might move to… Continue

Third in my series on carbon-negative power is the The Mechabolic. The Mechabolic is a Burning Man art project currently in development. The Machabolic uses gasification to convert coffee grounds and other biomass into fuel for a moving "mechanical… Continue

Continuing on the subject of carbon negative energy, here's one existing project that's changing lives right now:



Amy Smith's "biochar" cooking stoves. From the write-up of her TED talk

Fumes from indoor cooking fires kill more…

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