A New Water Cycle
This summer, I read a fascinating book call "The Humanure Handbook; a guide to composting human manure"
For two decades now I have imagined waste water recycling systems for domestic use.
We are planning to build a green home in a semi-arrid desert space, with a solarium and (hopefully) attached green house(s). Water conservation is very important!
This book details how human sewage can be composted to provide safe, balanced, and fertile soil fit for gardening. This promotes a direct, synergistic relationship between you, your food, and your immediate environment!
Blog Action Day 2010
I just signed up for Blog Action Day 2010. The topic this year is "water" and I have been wanting to write up my thoughts on that topic for some time. Stay tuned!
Finally, I Have Finished My Vegan Mouse Trap Project
My vegan mousetrap (live trap) project is now live! I have finished adding the images to the document that I started last fall. With the completion of this project page, I have also published the video that I made last fall, showing the capture of a mouse in my trap!
Dreaming of Year-round Gardening
For most of my life I have wanted a greenhouse. I'm not sure when that desire started, or how. Something intrigues me about the mini-world within, safeguarded from the fickle elements and productive in the face of winter famine. Being vegetarian, I dream of cheap year-round greens and extended growing seasons for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Free Issues of Solar Today!
As a birthday present in 2006, my wife gave me a subscription to the Solar Today magazine. She knew I was very interested in solar energy and renewable energy at large. I may yet start a business related to that.
TED Talk: Adam Grosser on Renewable Refrigeration
First, watch the presentation. It's short, to the point, and effective.
Great Idea! Inflatable Concrete Structures
TED Considers Ethnograpic Extinction
TED released a presentation by Wade Davis on the extinction of culture and ethnicity. While viewing it, I was astounded at the pace of the extinction and the scope of the loss and destruction. I also wondered how to reconcile my religion with this issue (my Christian religion certainly contributes to the decline of diversity). I also had to decide if this extinction was really a travesty, or simply a natural, even essential form of progression and change unavoidable in our mortal experience.
Electric Motorcycle Mystery Solved
The owner of the electric motorcycle contacted me! He emailed me last night. He's an Electrical Engineering student and he built the entire bike himself. I'm hoping he'll meet with me to go over the details of how he made it, where he bought the parts, challenges, etc.
I'll make a more thorough report after I review the bike.