As I See It

Want to Build a Guerrilla Garden? This Crowdsourcing Platform Could Help

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:11:36 -0600

Want to Build a Guerrilla Garden? This Crowdsourcing Platform Could Help :

“This Local Crowdsourcing Platform Built Ten Backyard Gardens in a Single Saturday”

Tahoe Blue by @joshjet (time lapse series on Lake Tahoe, by...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:56:05 -0600

Tahoe Blue by @joshjet (time lapse series on Lake Tahoe, by Magic Window)

"With limited funding, engineers at Eole Water sized a 30-kW turbine to drive its condenser. If the..."

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:38:25 -0600

“With limited funding, engineers at Eole Water sized a 30-kW turbine to drive its condenser. If the unit were to scale to, say, a 1.5 MW model, a size for which several production lines are already running, water production could top 60,000 liter/day. One hundred of these units could produce 6,000,000 liter/day, and 42,000,000 liters in a week. That could quench a lot of thirst.”

- Can the wind industry solve the world’s potable water shortage?

The Rap on #Permaculture (by Word Worms)

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:46:40 -0700

The Rap on #Permaculture (by Word Worms)

10 Ways Permaculture Principles Can Help Your Relationships

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:00:16 -0700

10 Ways Permaculture Principles Can Help Your Relationships

mothernaturenetwork: Hay heists signal hard times on the...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:59:25 -0700

mothernaturenetwork:

Hay heists signal hard times on the farm
You know things are bad when thieves resort to filching fodder.

Christmas needs fixing - the story of a visionary elf, by...

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:43:02 -0700

Christmas needs fixing - the story of a visionary elf, by @sugru.

(by projectsugru)

Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world?...

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:52:06 -0600

Do we really need industrial agriculture to feed the world? #food #ag (by RealFoodMediaProject)

(via The Cost of Coal)

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:03:58 -0600

(via The Cost of Coal)

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Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:30:42 -0600

"“Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced..."

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:50:35 -0600

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“Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. It puts the aspirations and needs of those who produce, distribute and consume food at the heart of food systems and policies rather than the demands of markets and corporations.”

– Declaration of Nyéléni, the first global forum on food sovereignty, Mali, 2007

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- Food Sov Prize | Food Sovereignty - Food Sov Prize

The global food waste scandal

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:40:32 -0600

The global food waste scandal

At the nexus of hiphop, puppets, and tar sands: TAR SANDZ...

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:28:18 -0600

At the nexus of hiphop, puppets, and tar sands: TAR SANDZ PIMPIN’: a Puppet Rap (by Deep Rogue Ram)

Seeds of Freedom: “The story of seed has become one of...

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:34:56 -0600

Seeds of Freedom: “The story of seed has become one of loss, control, dependence and debt. It’s been written by those who want to make vast profit from our food system, no matter what the true cost.
It’s time to change the story.

(by The ABN and The Gaia Foundation)

GMOs = Genetic Roulette: This seminal documentary provides...

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:32:13 -0600

GMOs = Genetic Roulette: This seminal documentary provides compelling evidence to help explain the deteriorating health of Americans, especially among children, and offers a recipe for protecting ourselves and our future. (by GeneticRoulette)

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Species From Fracking in California

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:30:18 -0600

Risky Drilling Technique Threatens Condor, Other Wildlife on Monterey Shale

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity launched federal litigation today challenging the Bureau of Land Management for failing to properly evaluate hydraulic fracturing’s threats to endangered species on public lands leased for oil and gas activities in California. Fracking has already been documented in Kern, Monterey and seven other California counties that are home to more than 100 endangered and threatened species.

In a formal notice of intent to sue under the Endangered Species Act, the Center showed that the arrival of fracking in California threatens to unleash a new drilling boom that would severely damage much of the last remaining habitat for some of California’s most endangered species, including California condors and San Joaquin kit foxes. Yet the BLM continues to issue oil and gas leases and drilling permits, all the while relying on outdated wildlife analyses that don’t factor in the dangers of the new technology, which involves blasting millions of gallons of water, mixed with sand and dangerous chemicals, deep into the earth.

“A fracking boom could push some of California’s most beloved endangered species over the edge,” said Brendan Cummings, the Center’s public lands director. “Yet the federal government is leasing out large tracts of our public lands for drilling with no real consideration of the risks fracking development poses to the California condor and other imperiled animals. That’s bad for wildlife, and it’s a tremendous breach of trust.”

Recent advancements in fracking techniques are driving a growing interest in the Monterey Shale, a geological formation holding an estimated 14 billion barrels of oil — 40 percent of U.S. shale-oil reserves.

Studies and reports from other states where fracking is already common suggest links between fracking and a wide range of threats to wildlife. Fracking fluid often contains dangerous chemicals, including some that are known to cause cancer and disrupt hormonal and reproductive development. Fracking wastewater is often stored aboveground, creating the risk of contact with wildlife and surface-water contamination. Fracking also requires enormous amounts of water, posing a threat to rivers vital to California steelhead trout and other fish species.

“Not only do dangerous chemicals used in fracking pose a direct threat to wildlife, but fracking is making important habitat areas, where it was previously not cost-effective to drill, a prime new target for oil companies,” said Cummings. “Our government needs to protect endangered species habitat, not auction it off to be fracked by oil companies.”

Today’s 60-day notice of intent to sue is required before a lawsuit can be filed to compel the BLM to comply with the Endangered Species Act.

The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 375,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.

"40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. That is more than 20 pounds of food per..."

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:57:57 -0600

“40 percent of food in the United States today goes uneaten. That is more than 20 pounds of food per person every month. Not only does this mean that Americans are throwing out the equivalent of $165 billion each year, but also 25 percent of all freshwater and huge amounts of unnecessary chemicals, energy, and land. Moreover, almost all of that uneaten food ends up rotting in landfills where it accounts for almost 25 percent of U.S. methane emissions.”

- NRDC: Wasted: How America Is Losing Up to 40 Percent of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill

GMOs: Corporate charlatans versus Organic Heroes (Prop. 37)

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:28:51 -0600

GMOs: Corporate charlatans versus Organic Heroes (Prop. 37)

UGE & GE Skypump: The world’s first wind-powered EV...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:18:51 -0600

UGE & GE Skypump: The world’s first wind-powered EV Charging Station (by urbangreenenergy)

LaughingSquid: Undead Disney Princesses: Snow ...

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:22:29 -0600

LaughingSquid: Undead Disney Princesses: Snow ...:

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