Mark Shephard’s Farm is thriving using Sheer. Total. Utter. Neglect. permaculture principles (STUN). The main job skill apparently is the ability to eat popcorn on the couch with one hand and flip channels with a remote with the other. Hmm. I think could do that.
Owen Geiger
Restoring Paradise with Regenerative Agriculture
“Regenerative agriculture offers a future for sustainable farming in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic management and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in the fight against climate change. At Mangarara, in New Zealand’s beautiful Hawke’s Bay, Greg Hart and his family are in the process of restoring 1500 acres of land conventionally farmed for over 150 years into the paradise it once was.”
100 Mile Home: First Straw/Clay home permitted in Eugene
“A 100 Mile Home is Eugene’s first permitted residence with a natural light straw/clay wall system, and it’s being built at Emerald Village Eugene!
Open Frame Shipping Container Housing
“Shipping containers have their pros and cons. What if you can take the pros and leave the cons behind?
Walkable Cities by Janette Sadik Khan (New Urbanism) NYC
New York City has greatly expanded their bike lanes, high speed bus lanes and in general made the city much more pedestrian friendly. Janette Sadik-Khan was the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) from 2007-2013.
Make a $4 emergency biomass stove from concrete blocks
“In the aftermath of a disaster, purifying drinking water may be a priority. The quickest, safest method could be boiling. This biomass stove only requires four concrete blocks, a tin can with both ends cut out and a gas stove eyelet top. The completed stove is sturdy enough to hold a several-gallon container of water, stew or a heavy cast iron Dutch oven.”