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DIARY ENTRY  :: January 15 :: The guys are repainting, adding extra insulation and touching up the sun oven they made two years ago. I'd really love them to make me another one so I can bake many dishes (and desserts) at once.

 

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Garden Harvest

Small is beautiful

Our city lot under cultivation: ~ 3,900 square feet.

03' Yield:

6,097 lbs

03' Goal:

6,000  lbs

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Thank you so much for the wonderful website you have created. It is ex-tremely informative, inspiring, and thorough. It is my favorite "simplicity" website, although it contains so much more with the great links you provide.   

 

I have just stumbled across your site,wow! What an inspiration! I am starting my path to freedom today. I only have a small yard but imagination will aid me in my quest. Keep up the good work!

 

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It's the Earth, Stupid
(MSNBC) - Why would Bush spend billions to get to Mars when our own planet is so sick?

 

Always Time For A Change (Observer) - First principle: we overestimate the short-term impacts of technology while underestimating long-term effects.

 

Nature Produces No Waste (Mindfully) - The are no landfill sites on the outskirts of forests where forests dump their wastes to become a problem for future generations.

 

Anti-Miracle on 34th Street? (CSM) - Life in our culture has become one big advertisement.

 

The Age Of Oil Is Over (AlterNet) - What would you do differently if you knew you would run out of oil in your lifetime?

 

Radical Solutions Inspiring Hope (HopeDance) - Radical is defined as getting to the root of the matter. If our actions are going to be effective, they need to go to the root of our problems.

 

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The Perils Of Living In A Consumer Paradise (CSM- With so many things to choose from, why aren't Americans happier than ever?

 

Seduced By Speed (Resurgence- Fast-lane living ranks high in the list of pseudo-satisfiers.

 

Dried Food is Simplicity Itself (via Rebecca's Pocket- Drying foods when they are in season is nothing new. Drying, using techniques passed from generation to generation, is probably the oldest method of food preservation.

 

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Eco Punks Model Of Sustainability (PBS) -  "Whoever is not doing something right now for the earth to save it is living here as a tourist," says Raul. "And as tourists who don't see the planet as their own, they will continue to sink further down."

 

Coal Mountain (Salon) -  With its abundant sunshine and urgent need to clean up air pollution, Los Angeles could make a natural shift toward renewable power So why are they investing in coal?

 

Building A Better Mosquito (Salon) -  Bioengineered insects could help defeat malaria -- or they could turn out to be Frankenbugs, wreaking havoc on our ecosystem.

 

Mad Cow USA: The Nightmare Begins (AlterNet) -  Those who did read "Mad Cow USA" when it was published in November, 1997, however, realized that the United States assurances of safety were based on public relations and public deception, not science or adequate regulatory safeguards.

 

Get Plastic Out Of Your Diet (Mindfully) -  When you eat or drink things that are stored in plastic, taste it, smell it, wear it, sit on it, and so on, plastic is incorporated into you. In fact, the plastic gets into the food and food gets into the plastic and you.

 

Mother's Milk (AlterNet) -  Despite support by the medical community and positive coverage in the media, the culture of breastfeeding continues to face troubling challenges.

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Personal Column Dec-Jan

New Year's Eve.  Bah! Humbug! I am Scrooge when it comes to frivolous partying. When I was a kid, I felt like I was missing a thrill at the stroke of midnight.
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