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Street Signs and Solar Ovens

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Design, Solar
...ibit currently at the Craft and Folk Art Museum entitled “Street Signs and Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles” which is on view until December 31st. Curated by the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, this timely show focuses on objects that demonstrate creative, low-tech solutions to the environmental and political mess we find ourselves in. We were particularly struck by the display case full of soda cans transformed by LA survivalist Christo...

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Saturday Tweets: Squirrels, CIA Snail Mail and a Home Solar Array

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Saturday Linkages
great #DIY solar array how to on @instructables 6.3 kiloWatt Ground Mount Home Solar Array https://t.co/cUZi3Nj10P pic.twitter.com/jTsSHG9o3j — Eric Rochow (@GardenForkTV) January 26, 2017 Get inspired by environmentalist Rachel Carson's political fights https://t.co/Bu9Vydt3Z9 — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 26, 2017 Squirrels you may encounter https://t.co/SVMxQhXFFg — Root Simple (@rootsimple) January 26, 2017 How to Securely Send Snai...

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004 Egg Ethics, Solar Food Dryers and a Question about Earth Ovens

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Animals, Chickens, Podcasts, Solar, Water and Power
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...ly and Erik discuss the tricky ethics of eggs and mayonnaise, what kind of solar food dryer is the best and we answer a question from Ed about earth ovens. Plans for the Appalachian Solar Food Dryer can be found in an article on Mother Earth News. We have a detailed post on how we built our adobe oven here. If you want to leave a question you can call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to [email protected]. The theme music is by Dr. Frankenstein....

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Beans 101 (Return of Bean Friday!)

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Bean Fest, Food, How-to
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...e them in the water, or they’ll get nasty. How many beans?: I never bother cooking less than a pound, which is about two cups of dried beans, give or take. Two cups of dried beans equals about 6 cups cooked, broth included. What kind of beans?: All dried beans may be cooked with this generalized method. Smaller beans cook a little faster than big beans. (Lentils are an exception: they don’t need pre-soaking or long cooking–so are good for last min...

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Saturday Linkages: Goats in Sweaters, Evil Gardeners and Cooking in the Dishwasher

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Saturday Linkages
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...dget.com/recipe/no-queso-dilla/ … Is there norovirus where you are going? There’s an app for that http://barfblog.com/2013/11/is-there-norovirus-where-you-are-going-theres-an-app-for-that/ The sous vide of the suburbs: Cooking Thanksgiving in the dishwasher http://barfblog.com/2013/11/the-sous-vide-of-the-suburbs-cooking-thanksgiving-in-the-dishwasher/ For these links and more, follow Root Simple on Twitter: Follow @rootsimple...

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