Here’s a new money generating idea that I haven’t seen anywhere. It wouldn’t be difficult to attach a chili roaster to a bicycle. The bicycle would serve two purposes – rotate the drum and transport you and the roaster to wherever you want to make sales.
Month: April 2015
Tiny House Video Explains Why Codes and Zoning Regulations are a Scam
I was expecting this to be just another tiny house video. Instead, this video does a fantastic job of explaining how building codes and zoning regulations are largely unnecessary and a huge drain on local economies. The video highlights some cities in Texas that are doing just fine without all this bureaucracy and added expense. As a result, housing costs per square foot are only a small fraction of many other US cities.
Pine Ridge Community Garden Fundraiser
“Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is a food desert, where many tribal members still do not have access to fresh produce and a nutritious diet. The Federal Commodity Foods Program serves food high in fat, sugar, and preservatives, causing Oglala Lakota people to suffer from epidemic levels of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Average life expectancy … Read more
Online Natural Building Encyclopedia
Here are two more endlessly scrolling sites with thousands of natural building images. They might be the largest image databases of natural houses in the world. Wonderful sites. Some of the images are absolutely amazing.
Bustani Permaculture Project Tanzania
“We’re a small NGO on north coast of Tanzania run by a French couple who have decided to help the community in a Permaculture way. We’ve built our first dome a year ago then sand bag water cistern. ….Never followed any workshop since difficult for us but read and watched few videos. All your websites help us a lot, thanks again.
What are Geopolymers Made of?
This blog post is highly relevant for those living in Canada and Alaska who are looking for a low cost replacement for Portland cement. Alaska buys most of their cement from Korea. This video shows how to make geopolymer using dirt cheap local materials, many of which are from industrial waste streams.