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7 Inexpensive Ways To Cool Off Without Air Conditioning!
7 Inexpensive Ways To Cool Off Without Air Conditioning! With the hottest days of summer quickly approaching for most of us, it’s important to know how to stay cool, especially when you’re working outside and doing those homestead chores. It’s really easy to get hot but here are a few inexpensive ways to stay cool […]
Cracks in the supply chain: Is metastable turning into unstable?
Cracks in the supply chain: Is metastable turning into unstable? You who are reading this sentence are metastable systems. So, is the biosphere, and so is all of human society. A metastable system is one that remains stable so long as the inputs necessary to maintain its stability are available. For humans this includes food […]
Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ to Fry U.S. With Record Temperatures from 90F to 121F for Several Weeks
Extreme ‘Heat Dome’ to Fry U.S. With Record Temperatures from 90F to 121F for Several Weeks It appears that a sizzling “heat dome” will be frying most of the continental United States for several weeks starting this weekend. (TMU) – It was only to be expected that in an already brutal year, the summer of 2020 […]
As coronavirus surges in Hong Kong, mysterious pneumonia hits Kazakhstan – is this a new pandemic?
As coronavirus surges in Hong Kong, mysterious pneumonia hits Kazakhstan – is this a new pandemic? (Natural News) Even as one of Asia’s major financial hubs braces for a resurgence of Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, a potential new threat looms as a deadly new pneumonia has broken out in the center of the continent. In […]
Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture
Polyculture Trial – Apple Polyculture vs Monoculture How Do they Compare in Terms of Costs, Soil Health, Biodiversity, Production and Time? I’m so looking forward to the spring to meet our Polyculture Study crew and get back into the gardens. This season we’ll be shifting our focus to perennial polyculture experiments and forest garden yields. […]
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson Time is running short to brace for impact Like a windstorm toppling a hollowed-out tree, SARS-CoV-2 didn’t cause the current recession so much as it exposed how rotten things already were. Even before SARS-CoV-2, households were struggling. Far too many were limping along without any savings at all, one […]
The Delusion of a Seamless Reopening Is About to be Obliterated
The Delusion of a Seamless Reopening Is About to be Obliterated During the first wave of pandemic lockdowns, America became a rather surreal place. The initial shock that I witnessed in average people in my area was disturbing. Half the businesses in the region closed and a third of the grocery store shelves were empty. […]
Water Procurement: Setting Up a Low-Budget Water Catchment System and Why It Will Save Your Life
Water Procurement: Setting Up a Low-Budget Water Catchment System and Why It Will Save Your Life Using the information from Part 1 & 2, the setup of a water system, decontamination station, and rain catchment procedures entailed to blend all parts together. How are you doing, Ready Nutrition Readers? This article is the final segment […]
Integrated Pest Management – Part 2
Integrated Pest Management – Part 2 Suggestions for specific IPM techniques to help you obtain a yield In part 1(1) of this article, we looked at the history of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the spectrum of IPM techniques. In this part we will explore some specific ways to apply IPM with your own ecosystem, whatever […]
Enrich Garden Soils without Paying for Amendments
Enrich Garden Soils without Paying for Amendments A big part of permaculture is building soil. The loss of quality soils is one of the largest, most prevalent concerns on the globe, and of course, without good soil, producing healthy food just isn’t in the cards. So, really, before we can fill those storage bins with […]
Cheap, Simple DIY Water Catchment and Irrigation
Cheap, Simple DIY Water Catchment and Irrigation Last year in foothills North Carolina, we had a hundred-year flood in June. Then we went three months without any rain at all. Some things produced well in spite of drought, but tomatoes really suffered and I hardly got any pumpkins. I was not able to keep things […]
Avalanche
Avalanche How bad could it get? For the United States, it seems there is no bottom. Back in March, I wrote that the nation’s response to the coronavirus pandemic would likely shape its economic, political, and geopolitical fortunes for years or decades to come. Four months later, it’s time for a check-in. How’s that pandemic response going? […]
Tropical System Could Bring Heavy Rainfall To New York City
Tropical System Could Bring Heavy Rainfall To New York City Chances are, as early as Thursday, the 2020 hurricane season could get its sixth tropical system – now forming offshore of the North Carolina Outer Banks and likely headed to New York City. Earlier this week, the National Hurricane Center (NWS) had a 70% probability the storm would develop into […]
By Many Calculations, LNG Is a Fail for BC: Report
By Many Calculations, LNG Is a Fail for BC: Report The math for liquefied natural gas is bad on emissions, revenues, jobs, even offsetting coal in China, finds a new study. David Hughes, one of the nation’s foremost energy analysts, has a simple message for the governments of British Columbia and Canada when it comes to […]
We Can’t Grow Our Way Out of Poverty
WE CAN’T GROW OUR WAY OUT OF POVERTY For more than half a century, economists and policymakers have focused fanatically on growth as the only feasible way to end global poverty and improve people’s lives. But in an era of planet-wide ecological breakdown, that comfortable conventional wisdom is crashing to an end. Jason Hickel lays it on […]
