Saturday Tweets: Upcycling and Blizzards

Lounge chair made out of pallets and denim http://t.co/kTYAVWeVt8 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 27, 2015 Car makers must prepare for the obesity epidemic | via @Telegraph http://t.co/lnToVSHVcr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 30, 2015 Scotts Miracle-Gro, you can stop asking. | Garden Rant http://t.co/7Uz2mP7xTi — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 30, 2015 Artist Upcycles Dolls By Giving Them “Makeunders”: http://t.co/R1xoilm2zY via @mak...

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Saturday Tweets: Methane, Almonds and Werner Herzog’s Life Advice

...Simple (@rootsimple) January 15, 2015 Your House Ain’t Property, it’s Habitat http://t.co/iwVi65EN3a via @SomeDayAllThis — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 12, 2015 What America’s nutty demand for almonds is doing to California http://t.co/YnZBU7dEBx via @grist — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 17, 2015 Werner Herzog’s 24 pieces of advice for filmmaking and life via @BoingBoing http://t.co/s99Amw3nKl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 16, 2015...

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Saturday Linkages: Straw Bales and Bike Hacks

Photo by Tracy Walsh/Poser Design Gardening Straw bale gardening in the New York Times: http://nyti.ms/10kt1Hf DIY How to fix a bicycle tube http://www.afrigadget.com/2013/02/22/how-to-fix-a-bicycle-tube/ … Bike headlight displays speed: http://boingboing.net/2013/03/20/bike-headlight-displays-speed.html Build-It-Solar Blog: A Inexpensive DIY Blower Door http://www.builditsolarblog.com/2013/02/a-inexpensive-diy-blower-door-that.html?spref=tw … Fo...

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Saturday Linkages: Don’t seek the truth – just drop your opinions

DIY Rear-cycling: Minimalist Stool Grows With Old Magazines | Designs & Ideas on Dornob http://dornob.com/rear-cycling-minimalist-stool-grows-with-old-magazines/ … Bastard chairs of China: http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/bastard-chairs-of-china.html … Tiny Home With Metal Siding in Texas http://lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com/2012/10/tiny-home-with-metal-siding-in-texas.html#.UIBNRCkp2Ys.twitter … Life is swell in a fallout shelter!: http://boing...

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Saturday Linkages: Black Soldier Flys, DIY Power Bars and CDFA Thugs are Killing Bees Again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5g5SgomqHsI DIY How to Build a DIY Black Soldier Fly Composter (Video) : TreeHugger http://www.treehugger.com/lawn-garden/how-build-diy-black-soldier-fly-composter-video.html … Are You A Chicago Gardener? Take This Survey http://greenroofgrowers.blogspot.com/2013/02/are-you-chicago-gardener-take-this.html#.UTo_UPrAm4A.twitter … My Solar Adventures- DIY solar and arduino projects: How to : DIY...

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