Saturday Tweets: Dumb Appliances, Chinatown Produce,

May 6, 2017

...po12wOLpI — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 https://t.co/SKIBofeNZS: Solar Cooking with the Solavore Oven (“Moron’s Mea… https://t.co/gIDicJqrtl — Root Simple (@rootsimple) May 6, 2017 I love how Metro construction downtown has created narrower bike-friendly streets and extra wide pedestrian crossings. Can we keep them? pic.twitter.com/zxe1GfravV — Alissa Walker (@awalkerinLA) May 3, 2017 The Real Reason Chinatown Produce is Crazy Cheap | SA...

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Water Harvesting Rock Star Brad Lancaster

Mr. Homegrown

January 11, 2019

Appropriate Technology, Water and Power, Water Conservation

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...his “living laboratory”. Here he plants around the greywater from his outdoor shower, bathtub and washing machine. He captures 100,000 gallons of rainwater per year on their property and surrounding public right-of-way. He cooks with a solar oven and heats his water using a 2 salvaged, conventional gas heaters stripped of insulation, painted black, and put in an insulated box with glass facing south to collect the sun’s rays. Via Lloyd’s blog. Tha...

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Saturday Tweets: Naked Gardening Day Edition

Mr. Homegrown

May 2, 2015

Saturday Linkages

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...on — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 29, 2015 Something from Nothing – DIY Solar heater from scrap bottles http://t.co/Ygle3ndjDD — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 29, 2015 CNN: Home-canned potatoes to blame for botulism outbreak http://t.co/cyjUmx4dNr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 29, 2015 Britain has a poo-powered bus. But does its design campaign stink? http://t.co/DBNhOmYD1T via @slate — Root Simple (@rootsimple) April 29, 2015 Where can y...

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Los Angeles: A New Beginning

Mr. Homegrown

February 15, 2019

Appropriate Technology, Bikes, Thoughtstylings, Transportation

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...ing that makes oxygen and shade,” replied the mayor. “Won’t they block the solar panels?” asked Lauren. “Ba, ba, bu, buuuuuu . . . bus,” said the mayor. “Huh? Mr. Mayor are you okay?” said Lauren. “It’s . . . it’s like a car but carries over 100 people,” said the mayor. “We’ll have to run that past minister Musk,” said Lauren as she gazed out the window. “We could have lanes dedicated to buses,” blurted the mayor. “Maybe there could be affordable...

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A Springtime Poetry Break

Mr. Homegrown

April 23, 2019

Thoughtstylings

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...ree they know-the meaning of Arboreal life, how from earth’s salty lap The solar beam uplifts it; all the holiness Enacted by leaves’ fall and rising sap; But never an angel knows the knife-edged severance Of sun from shadow where the trees begin, The blessed cool at every pore caressing us -An angel has no skin. They see the Form of Air; but mortals breathing it Drink the whole summer down into the breast. The lavish pinks, the field new-mown, th...

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