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Using Gray Water When It’s Too Late to Design Your Home For It
USING GRAY WATER WHEN IT’S TOO LATE TO DESIGN YOUR HOME FOR IT Recently, I wrote an article about passively heating and cooling homes when they haven’t been designed well for it, and to my delight, lots of people left comments, many of them appreciative, regarding the tips. Within those post-article conferring, someone asked for […]
The Seeds of Agroecology and Common Ownership
The Seeds of Agroecology and Common Ownership The increasingly globalised industrial food system that transnational agribusiness promotes is not feeding the world and is responsible for some of the planet’s most pressing political, social and environmental crises. Localised, traditional methods of food production have given way to globalised supply chains dominated by transnational companies policies and actions which […]
Self Sufficiency Requires Knowledge, Tools and Parts
Self Sufficiency Requires Knowledge, Tools and Parts When most people think of self sufficiency they think of seeds, garden tools and canning jars but there is a lot more to consider. Being self sufficient also means you must build and fix things yourself to a large degree. It is easy today to take your problems to […]
Self-Reliance Strategies: Resources for Setting Up a Prepper’s Homestead Quickly and Inexpensively
Self-Reliance Strategies: Resources for Setting Up a Prepper’s Homestead Quickly and Inexpensively This week, the self-reliance report is about the resources and strategies I’ve used for setting up a prepper’s homestead quickly and inexpensively. A lot of research went into swapping environments – I moved from a low country rather dry farm to a cabin […]
The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom
The Self-Reliance Manifesto: More Than 300 Resources to Guide You on the Path to Radical Freedom Self-Reliance. It’s a revolutionary word these days and I thought it deserved a manifesto. Manifesto: noun man·i·fes·to \ˌma-nə-ˈfes-(ˌ)tō\ A declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer. ~~~~~ Have you happened to notice that our society is out of balance? The […]
IEA recommends more government funding for energy sector
IEA recommends more government funding for energy sector New report suggests public support for research is dwindling in Canada Canada should increase funding to the energy sector, according to a new IEA report. (Kyle Bakx/CBC) Canada’s energy industry needs more research and development funding from government, according to a new report by the International Energy […]
Fumbling Toward Independence
Fumbling Toward Independence Some blogs focus on single-word subjects like knitting or superheroes. This one wanders a bit; one week I might write about our neighbors here in rural Ireland, the next about our garden, then about old black-and-white movies or reading with my daughter. All of it, though, deals with our attempts to discover […]
There’s Nothing Heroic About Stealing Water From the Commons
There’s Nothing Heroic About Stealing Water From the Commons It’s not every day that someone who steals water from the commons for private use on his large estate gains folk hero status in the sustainability movement. But thanks to a few irresponsible members of the alternative press, and a well-earned reputation in several states for […]
Becca Martenson: Building Community
Becca Martenson: Building Community How to increase the value of the relationships in your life As we often stress here on PeakProsperity.com, nearly none of us can expect to become completely self-sufficient. It’s the (very) rare individual who can successfully live as a true ‘lone wolf’ — and being honest, who would want to? That’s […]
How to lower your foodprint | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation
How to lower your foodprint | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation. Your “foodprint” — the choices you make about what you eat — can make as big a difference for the environment as how you get around. This fall, a team of Queen of Green coaches are helping a community of Canadian families go from […]
German village Feldheim the country’s first community to become energy self-sufficient – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
German village Feldheim the country’s first community to become energy self-sufficient – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The rural village of Feldheim, 80 kilometres south of Berlin, is at the vanguard of Germany’s energy revolution, boasting a wind farm, solar plant, biogas and biomass facilities. Germany is undergoing an energy transformation called Energiewende, which aims […]
New England Can Feed Itself. Here’s How. | New England New Economy TransitionNew England New Economy Transition
New England Can Feed Itself. Here’s How. | New England New Economy TransitionNew England New Economy Transition. By Sarah Byrnes & Orion Kriegman On Wednesday October 8, one hundred people gathered at a church in Jamaica Plain, MA, to consider: Can New England Feed Itself? The answer is yes, New England can feed itself – […]
