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An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1552 seconds Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental home -- a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, "How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?" Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in progress. [www.whitesagegarden s.com] Related: garden, gardening, renter, saving, seed, sustainability, sustainable |
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Go Electric: Bike Commuting Made Easy Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1657 seconds Peak Moment 40: Catch Sally Lovell's enthusiasm for her electric-assist bicycle. Her comprehensive primer covers bicycle types, battery recharging, practices and products for security, inclement weather, and road safety. Gotta love that trailer for hauling stuff! Related: bicycle, bike, commuting, electric, energy |
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Learning from Cuba's Response to Peak Oil Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1656 seconds Peak Moment #27: Megan Quinn of The Community Solution discusses her visit to Cuba, and the movie "The Power of Community". This young woman sees Peak Oil as an opportunity to create the communities we want, but notes that we must reduce our consumption despite environmentalists' assurances that biofuels will save us. Related: community, cuba, economy, farming, food, local, localization, moment, oil, peak |
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How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House? Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1672 seconds Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system - watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort. Related: bees, catchment, chickens, composting, donella, food, gardening, home, irrigation, meadows, rainwater, vermiculture, worms |
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"Pondering our Post-Petroleum Future" with Michael Ruppert Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1679 seconds Peak Moment 28: Michael Ruppert, publisher of FromTheWilderness.co m, has made connections between money, Peak Oil, and geopolitics for years. He discusses his move to Ashland and offers specific to-do's around money and investment "in light of the imminent collapse of the U.S. economy": invest locally. Related: collapse, economy, investment, michael, money, oil, peak, ruppert |
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Self-sufficient Small Farms Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1733 seconds Peak Moment 6: Small acreages can produce a lot! Janet Brisson shows the home-canned and dried vegetables, fruit, and beans she cultivates along with chickens and bees. Renee Wade talks about practices that suit the land: her drier property is better suited to raising goats. Related: farm, farmer, food, local, self, small, sufficiency |
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Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1456 seconds Peak Moment 37: Jan Spencer shows his quarter-acre permaculture project transforming a typical suburban lot. Lawn and driveway were replaced with fruit and nut trees, vegetables, brambles, and native habitat, plus a 3500 gallon rainwater catchment system, a sunroom heating the house, and a small detached bungalow to increase residential density. Related: food, garden, gardening, jan, permaculture, renewal, spencer, suburb, suburban |
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Bullock Brothers Homestead - A 25-Year Permaculture Project Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1679 seconds Peak Moment 68: Take a tour with Joe, Doug and Sam Bullock on their Orcas Island homestead, site of a yearly Permaculture design course. Using nature as their model, they create edges and wildlife habitat, move water through the landscape, promote diversity, and raise an astonishing variety of plants from sub-arctic to tropical -- a wise investment in these climate-changing times. Related: brothers, bullock, ecology, farming, permaculture, sustainability |
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Alcohol Can Be a Gas, Part 1 Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1625 seconds Peak Moment 78: David Blume, Founder, International Institute for Ecological Agriculture, Soquel, California Related: alcohol, biodiesel, ethynol, fuel, liquid |
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Peak Oil, Peak Coal, and Beyond Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1679 seconds Peak Moment 63: Hot topics from Richard Heinberg: record-high U.S. fuel prices; the ethanol big-business boondoggle; coal projected to peak about a hundred years early (around 2020); what the climate change discussion is missing; and the benefits of "going local." [www.richardheinberg .com] Related: change, climate, coal, ethanol, gasoline, oil, peak, prices |
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101 Solutions to Global Climate Change Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1680 seconds Peak Moment 26: Author Guy Dauncey's lively, optimistic solutions for Peak Oil and climate crisis are do-able here and now. Conservation, efficiency, proven technologies, and emerging innovations will take us through this critical planetary energy transition. Related: change, climate, dauncey, energy, guy, moment, oil, peak |
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An Urban Developer Goes for the Green Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1657 seconds Peak Moment 36: Inspired by the book Natural Capital, developer Joe Van Belleghem transforms a toxic site into a green development that's totally backed by the city and community in Victoria, B.C. Conserves energy, water, heat, materials, and shares some with the neighbors. Related: developer, development, dockside, green, mixed, sewage, treatment, use, victoria, water |
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MagneGas: From Sewage to Fuel Tank Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1743 seconds Peak Moment 25: Watch Ron Cole demonstrate converting any water-based liquid to a gas similar to natural gas--and then drive off in the compressed-gas vehicle so fueled! He envisions its use in sewage treatment and neighborhood 'gas production' units that could plug into the natural gas grid. Related: energy, flex, fuel, gas, magnegas, natural, oil, peak, sewage, treatment |
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A Natural Builder Creates an Ecovillage Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1323 seconds Peak Moment 38: Tour an urban ecovillage on less than two acres only five minutes by bicycle from the center of Eugene, Oregon. Builder Robert Bolman uses natural materials like sensitively-harveste d wood, earth and straw in the several beautiful, well-insulated, non-toxic structures surrounding the central shared gardens. Related: bolman, builder, building, community, ecovillage, intentional, maitreya, natural, robert |
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Waking Up to Peak Oil Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1714 seconds Peak Moment 10: After sisters Loretta and Karen O'Brien learned of Peak Oil, their lives became transformed as they worked to gather their family, learn permaculture, move towards more self-sufficiency, and deal with emotional challenges. Related: action, emotional, oil, peak, permaculture, personal, response, women |
