Surface Walk with Nance Klehm Saturday February 11th

February 9, 2017

Events

Our friend Nance Klehm (and guest on episode 38 of the Root Simple Podcast) is in town! Here’s the 411: Sat, Feb 11, 2017, 2–4 pm Bowtie Project 2780 W. Casitas Ave Los Angeles, CA 90039 TICKETS $30 Ecologist and professional forager Nance Klehm will lead a walk at the Bowtie Project exploring the human uses and ecological functions of the native and spontaneous vegetation at the site. On this walk we will investigate how the vegetation relates t...

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Saturday Tweets: One Crazy Week

Mr. Homegrown

November 3, 2018

Thoughtstylings

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Cat crashes a fashion show catwalk, hilarity ensues https://t.co/6ijoZweum8 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) October 30, 2018 A Mandarin Duck Mysteriously Appears in Central Park, to Birders’ Delight https://t.co/WBnURUNyTN — Root Simple (@rootsimple) November 3, 2018 Here’s Why Climate Activists Are Hitting The Panic Button Over Brazil’s New President. If Jair Bolsonaro opens the Amazon to more business, as his backers want, the new president threate...

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Saturday Tweets: DIY WiFi Antennas, Cardboard Drones and Giant Crabs

Mr. Homegrown

February 4, 2017

Saturday Linkages

...Early morning random thought: Aldrovandi's cat is very Rousseauesque [ca. 1580] pic.twitter.com/ziS6xqQLqE — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) January 31, 2017 To build his empire, Alexander fought many enemies, the most ferocious of which were giant crabs [BL, Royal 19 D I] pic.twitter.com/HCTc7deJXC — Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) January 31, 2017 Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the imprisoned, from 14th-cen...

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Saturday Tweets: Goodbye 2018

Mr. Homegrown

December 29, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...issue growing from the trees’ roots…” Giant coast redwoods, cut down in the 19th century, successfully cloned. https://t.co/FHL7Nzgj6H pic.twitter.com/dsAFkVoUp2 — Geoff Manaugh (@bldgblog) December 27, 2018 The shutdown comes to Joshua Tree, where, with no federal employees to keep an eye on things, people are littering, lighting illegal fires, and “stringing Christmas lights from delicate Joshua trees that they are supposed to leave untouched.”...

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Saturday Tweets: Rocket Emissions, Tarkovsky and Borges Quoting Furby

Mr. Homegrown

December 15, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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Why it’s time to study how rocket emissions change the atmosphere https://t.co/Kf4AgCMsjS via @Verge — Root Simple (@rootsimple) December 14, 2018 "To improve energy security, we need to make infrastructures less reliable". Keeping Some of the Lights On: Redefining Energy Security https://t.co/vQajUrme0v pic.twitter.com/sAUZyd3ObO — lowtechmagazine (@lowtechmagazine) December 10, 2018 Fumigate your home with the Colonel’s salty musk!https://t.co/...

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