Update! — 2 peace-liberty organizations use logos with a similar theme — a natural? See their sources in the link above.
This video of David Eagleman, neuroscientist and fiction writer, is dense with exciting ideas. Each of us can be part of the retention of all knowledge and help push it forward, through the medium of the internet. For a thrilling intellectual adventure watch the whole video start to finish. If you’re short on time and want to try smaller bites, check in around the 40-minute mark, and at the end around 1:40. I think you’ll be hooked. You can be a possibillionair too.
Archive for the ‘Energy Autonomy’ category
6 Steps to Avert the Collapse of Civilization
May 6th, 2010Cheaper solar energy with community purchasing
May 16th, 2009Join with neighbors for group rates on converting to solar energy. 1 Block Off the Grid, the country’s largest residential solar community purchasing group, can help you join with your neighbors to purchase solar power cheaper. They offer expertise and proven experience to help you contract with the best solar installers in the region. Below is a short promo video, and their website which offers links to a lot of information about effective green energy businesses: 1bog.org
Solar cooker, solar generator for computer backup for blackouts
February 15th, 2009IF THE ENERGY GRID GOES DOWN
Storms, malfunctions, whatever: Here are simple solutions from a reader of survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com
SOLAR OVEN/COOKING POT: Available from http://www.kensolar.com for about $260
This is a travelling cooking pot/oven which may be used for camping or at home cooking alike. It acts like a crockpot, cooking your soups or roasts at a slow rate. Temperature ranges between 350-400 degrees. Slow cooking preserves nutrients, and solar energy ionizes food cells, releasing nutrients and making them more assimilable. This is a handy gadget to have during energy black-outs and for saving your energy consumption.
SOLAR GENERATOR: May be used to run your computer for as much as 4 hours every day, with batteries which store the solar energy. Very useful during black-outs and just to minimize your energy bill and carbon footprint on a daily basis. Very reasonably priced at this link: http://www.kensolar.com
City Chickens Here’s a great information resource for getting started:
Lots more information, forums, fun at these links:
Easy chicken coop plans, kit: http://www.catawbacoops.com
A chicken “bible”: Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens by Gail Damerow
And a delightful look at poultry breeds: http://feathersite.com