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Hexayurt

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Preparedness
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...ill, responding to our rant about designing for a world dominated by 4 x 8 building materials, sent a link to this unique yurt-shaped emergency shelter which can be built out of 4 x 8 sheets of nearly anything (the globe shaped thing on the right is an inflatable satellite dish). Designed by software engineer Vinay Gupta, who is working on this project full time, the “Hexayurt” costs somewhere between $200 and $500 to build, and requires only six...

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Tomato Can Stove

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Preparedness
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...ks on the same principle as a charcoal chimney starter and it is simple to build. 1. Use a 28 ounce can – I used a Trader Joes tomato can. First, drill a bunch of 1/8 inch holes in the bottom. 2. Next, drill eight 1/4 inch holes about 3/4 of an inch from the top and bottom of the can. 3. Lastly, thread three pieces of heavy wire up through the 1/4 inch holes in the top and bottom to function as a stand for the pot. The wires should extend about tw...

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All Politics Are Local

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Thoughtstylings
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...ronment: our household, our block, our school district, our city. All politics are local and the good thing about local politics is that you can make a difference. For instance you can: start a community or school garden volunteer to teach gardening or food preservation plant trees build neighborhood resilience and tolerance create bike lanes and walking paths legalize backyard poultry and bees Not that these local goals are necessarily easy, but...

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Chicken Coop Deconstructed

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Animals, Chickens
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...n. Dust and spiderwebs flew everywhere. They practically had to be dragged back to the classroom at the end of the period because they were having so much fun they didn’t want to stop. The old chicken coop is now stripped down to the studs. As soon as we can get the supplies, we will start rebuilding. The students will get some real hands on construction lessons and get to build it themselves. Once the paint drys the school will be ready for a big...

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Saturday Tweets: Counting Poultry, Cocktails and Homesteading Without a Garden

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...s://t.co/aoBY3uLJT7 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 10, 2017 R-PiAlerts: Build a WiFi Based Security System With Raspberry Pis https://t.co/fO1wOgEfFr — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 9, 2017 Poultry census results: https://t.co/bu2q0xOrgp — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 10, 2017 L.A. keeps building near freeways, even though living there makes people sick https://t.co/TlKPhiSWeQ — Root Simple (@rootsimple) March 7, 2017 Five methods to remov...

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