I happened across the Mother Earth News YouTube channel the other day as I was watching some stove videos. Mother Earth News has always been my favorite sustainable living magazine and so I was pleasantly surprised to find their YouTube channel. Take a look when you have time.
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Back to the Land Movement
“The back-to-the-land movement calls for occupants of real property to grow food from the land on a small-scale basis for themselves or for others, and to perhaps live on the land while doing so.
Evaporative Refrigerator no electric bill
“This is my powerless Fridge design that can bring temps from 96deg down to 64deg.”
Off The Grid in Kansas in a Straw Bale House III
“The dream continues – an updated video of building a straw bale house and living life off the grid – somewhere in Kansas.”
Terra Preta Theory
How were the rich terra preta soils in the Amazon created (the most productive soil in the world)? Terra preta soils maintain their fertility forever. Scientists are racing to unlock the secrets to help feed a hungry planet, restore depleted topsoil and curb adverse climate change. A reader who wishes to remain anonymous sent me a summary of his theory.
Sedgwick, Maine is first town to declare total food sovereignty
Sedgwick, Maine is first town to declare total food sovereignty, opposing state and federal laws
This is the right attitude toward gaining back our basic rights, whether it’s food rights (the right to buy and sell meat, eggs and produce with neighbors) or building codes. So even though the article may seem off-topic, it’s really not.