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Fresh new ideas for creating a sustainable society at the individual, family and community level. Suggestions from members even if they haven't been able to iron out the bugs. Not for rehashing ideas that have been out there for a long time, though new ways of doing things are .. Read more

Fresh new ideas for creating a sustainable society at the individual, family and community level. Suggestions from members even if they haven't been able to iron out the bugs. Not for rehashing ideas that have been out there for a long time, though new ways of doing things are .. Read more

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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 14, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
Sadly in suburbia these days, I did have a few acres on the coast a little further south 8 years back, sadly property settlements and so forth, so I start again - again - again. Son and I have a 5 year plan for this place, expires May 31st this year....
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Jun 22, 2018Jun 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
Energy prices are to take a slight drop in most of Oz next week, I am happy, I have just contracted to sell my surplus solar for a 25% increase for the next 2 years. This will cover more of my other expenses. Nice to have a win.
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Oct 4, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by JackPedigo
While in Friday Harbor, the county seat I discovered this guide. It says a lot for this area which, at one time was the food basket for W. Washington. We are the only county in this agricultural state that bans GMO farming
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Oct 14, 2018Oct 2018

Posted by JackPedigo
Natural systems in crisis. I found this an extremely interesting article. It says a lot about the concern we, in this area have for our local life-support system.
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Dec 12, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
I feel like I should be living in my grandparents time. Have been working like crazy past few months and it had paid off. Now 2 of my neighbours have dug there yards up and put in vegetable gardens. They have both come and asked for propagation ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 13, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
Just to kick this off I'll throw an idea not generally used in sustainability.I am chasing a sustainable lifestyle, even at my advanced age. Imagine you earned $3,000 per month, and your cost of living was $3,000 per month and all of your peers were ...
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Feb 23, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
Sustainable Communities. What makes a community sustainable?I am throwing this one open as it is not a one size fits all. We have "eco-villages" all around the globe, I have been involved with a few, most focus almost exclusively ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 15, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by farmboy2017
This is a one gallon olla used to irrigate garden plants. It works using capillary action. The vessel is porous and plant roots will wrap around it and drink from it!
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 15, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
Water Self Sufficiency. Looking for ideas on this one, for myself, but also to pass on. There is rain water harvesting of course, reusing grey water for gardens, if you are lucky and have a river or creek nearby you can pump, perhaps you can get ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 14, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Dida
The Roots and Shoots Program created by Dr Jane Goodall is the best idea for sustainability. It empowers the youth to identify needs, resources and a plan of action. I highly recommend checking it out. There is a course coming up soon if anyone is ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Dec 20, 2018Dec 2018

Posted by JackPedigo
Plastic free Salish Sea. More concerns/propaganda from my neck of the woods (waters) + a view of life here. I am a believer that place can shape mindset. This county is proof positive of this and this video shows it. There is a ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 15, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by farmboy2017
A whole bunch of olla ready for the garden?
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 14, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by Rugglesby
Mushrooms? Any body ever have much luck in growing them? I have tried a few types, only success was a kit 29 years ago. I think in the states you use horse manure for button mushroom compost, here we use cow, but I have had no success in recent ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 13, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by walklightly
Home in the bush, early days.
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 16, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by farmboy2017
An example of my work. Stoneware bowl fired in reduction.
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 1, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by JackPedigo
Citizen Science How people can help the environment through participating in scientific studies. One local example is KWIAHT Here is an example of citizen scientist in action.
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Feb 14, 2018Feb 2018

Posted by farmboy2017
I'm building a tiny house with an attached green house. It'll be off grid.
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Aug 1, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by kmaz
Tuesday July 30 was a particularly bad melt day in Greenland, which can be seen at some of the charts at this link: This article sums up some of the issues pretty well: "....In the 1980s, wintertime snows in Greenland roughly ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Aug 5, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by kmaz
consequences of climate change: A PhD carbon technology expert recently claimed to me that the possibility of many lives being lost due to climate change is exaggerated and not really there in the extremes that I was concerned about. I think this ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by kmaz
wonderful piece painting a somewhat brighter picture of moving on. Forward Guidance The Hydrocarbon Era’s Spectacular End Replacing fossil fuels is a tall order, but it has to happen. By Liam Denning August 6, 2019, 2:00 AM MST ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Aug 6, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by kmaz
I recently had a couple of these signs made because sometimes in trying to make a plug available (or urge others to do so) there are some nuances that come up, such as you don't want to scare combustion vehicles away from using the spot necessarily ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Aug 7, 2019Aug 2019

Posted by kmaz
A question about local regulations for those who operate farms or gardens and try to sell some produce: I've been wondering to myself if an opportunity for chain or individual gasoline station operators, perhaps along with converting over to ...
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Oct 9, 2019Oct 2019

Posted by JackPedigo
”A United Nations report released in May found that human activities have placed 1 million species in danger of extinction, many within decades.”
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Grassroots Sustainability.
Nov 18, 2019Nov 2019

Posted by Allamanda
I only found this group last week, and there's a lot of crossover with Ecology and environment for our Future group, and the discussion group from that, Common Cause Focus Group which is more active - I wrote to the founder @Rugglesby ...
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Posted by kmazI recently had a couple of these signs made because sometimes in trying to make a plug available (or urge others to do so) there are some nuances that come up, such as you don't want to scare ...

Posted by JackPedigoCitizen Science [re-sources.

Posted by RugglesbyI feel like I should be living in my grandparents time.

Posted by JackPedigo[islandgrownsj.

Posted by walklightly1519 days after successfully escorting metgasco off the land: bentley of the northern rivers, nsw, australia - clear air, pure water, clean soil.

Posted by walklightly1519 days after successfully escorting metgasco off the land: bentley of the northern rivers, nsw, australia - clear air, pure water, clean soil.

Posted by walklightly1519 days after successfully escorting metgasco off the land: bentley of the northern rivers, nsw, australia - clear air, pure water, clean soil.

Posted by JackPedigoI saw this today and even though it is a bit old it applies especially these days. It referenced the "boiling Frog Syndrome" which I have posted several times.

Posted by farmboy2017I call this piece "The Jurists" I'll cast it in a few weeks.

Posted by farmboy2017I make cast iron sculpture by recycling old steam radiators and re- melting the iron. This tile is about 4" x6".

Posted by farmboy2017I make cast iron sculpture by recycling old steam radiators and re- melting the iron. This tile is about 4" x6".

Posted by farmboy2017An example of my work. Stoneware bowl fired in reduction.

Posted by farmboy2017A whole bunch of olla ready for the garden?

Posted by farmboy2017This is a one gallon olla used to irrigate garden plants. It works using capillary action. The vessel is porous and plant roots will wrap around it and drink from it!

Posted by farmboy2017I'm building a tiny house with an attached green house. It'll be off grid.

Posted by RugglesbySadly in suburbia these days, I did have a few acres on the coast a little further south 8 years back, sadly property settlements and so forth, so I start again - again - again.

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