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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 83 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago
A quick video that shows a cool urban farming exhibit at the Seattle garden show.
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submitted by Gretchen Wright for team Green Living 189 weeks 2 days 9 hours 23 minutes ago
For the high-profile crowd that turned out to celebrate a new home in Venice, Calif., the attraction wasn’t just the company and the architectural detail. The house boasted the builders’ equivalent of a three-star Michelin rating: a LEED platinum certificate.
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submitted by Jazz for team Urban farming 90 weeks 5 days 22 hours 18 minutes ago
"Urban chicken farming is like the new black" in San Francisco. Funny quote in this short video.
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 91 weeks 2 days 22 hours 40 minutes ago
Small-space vegetable gardening can be remarkably productive. Even a 4-foot by 4-foot raised bed can yield a substantial amount of produce, while being easier and more enjoyable to maintain than a large garden area. Adding trellises for vertical growth and selecting space-saving bush and dwarf varieties...(more)
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submitted by Lisa for team Obama Watch 147 weeks 4 days 14 hours 52 minutes ago
The international press may have been exclusively interested in what Michelle Obama was wearing on her first trip abroad last week. But the first lady said that the world leaders she met were curious about something else entirely: "The number one question I got as the...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team renewable energy 86 weeks 3 days 9 hours 25 minutes ago
Though solar panels definitely hog the renewable energy stage when it comes to home installations, a number of new, innovative wind turbines have entered the market in the past couple of months. Not all of these are intended to be mounted on your roof, some you’ll...(more)
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team Urban farming 91 weeks 2 days 22 hours 41 minutes ago
If you have never had a vegetable garden before, this may be the year to devote a part of your garden to vegetables. It's hard to beat the fresh flavor and high nutritional value of vegetables harvested directly from your own garden. As well, with World...(more)
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submitted by Jazz for team Urban farming 90 weeks 5 days 22 hours 28 minutes ago
This urban farming thing is fun. Here's a PBS report on urban chickens and goats in Atlanta.
I've got to try this...
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn for team renewable energy 89 weeks 1 day 18 hours 10 minutes ago
An overview of the solar setup for a couple who focus on self-sufficiency in the UK.
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submitted by Lisa 118 weeks 1 day 21 hours 31 minutes ago
West Oakland is undergoing a transformation with Central Station, a series of housing developments in the neighborhood around the historic Southern Pacific Train Station.
Approved by city leaders five years ago, the plan calls for more than 1,000 homes to replace 26 dusty acres. They'll be clustered...(more)
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submitted by Jazz for team Urban farming 91 weeks 4 days 23 hours 25 minutes ago
This is a nice overview of raised bed gardening -- it's the best single video on the subject I've seen.
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submitted by Julia Leigh 186 weeks 2 days 16 hours 24 minutes ago
In rebuilding the Oakland and Berkeley hills after the big 1991 fire, people faced nearly identical circumstances. They were all building in the same era, in the same climate and on similar terrain. Many had experienced the same unspeakable trauma. Stronger codes after the fire meant...(more)
