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Hume An Mushroom Farm

I bought a Shiitake mushroom farm while on my trip to San Francisco from a place called Far West Fungi.

When I started it on Saturday, it was basically an empty brick. This is what it

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Added by Hume An on March 4, 2010 at 9:30pm — 4 Comments

Charletta Erb Milton's Eco-Tours

With spring approaching let's start thinking about getting to know the our "City in a Garden." Milton Dixon provided me with an excellent tour of Rogers Park, full of knowledge of wild edibles, and medicinal plants. We explored the wild ecosystem for motherwort, crab apples, and picked wild grapes. Even during the winter, he's plucked crab apple trees to make mead wine. As a permaculturalist, he can show you places to find wild foods safe from pollution. As a personality, he is playful and imagi… Continue

Added by Charletta Erb on March 1, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Pam Richart ACTION! Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-energize America

So. You've seen the film. Now it's time to take action! Click on the links below to learn how you can reduce your energy footprint and demand for conservation and efficiency. Be sure to share your success stories and additional resources with others by means of this blog.

Here are tips from film-maker Jeff Barrie's blog that include links and references to other organizations. He's compiled these tips by category, for easy reference:
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Added by Pam Richart on February 10, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Hume An useful web-based resources

Yeah, it's a Friday night, but my wife and I are wiped from a hellacious week, so I thought I'd write a blog entry. I just wanted to touch on a few cool web resources I've come across:

http://www.organicnation.tv/ - Great multimedia website run by two recent U of C grads. The two tour the country searching for the best organic farms and food. Nice presentation, excellently prod

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Added by Hume An on February 5, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Hume An Growing Power!

I recently took part in one of Growing Power's weekend "From the Ground Up" workshops. It was a great experience, and I thought I'd share a few notes with you all. Soil:

Soil is the foundation of GP's entire operation, and that's why GP makes it themselves. Quite a few of the inputs of the soil are… Continue

Added by Hume An on January 11, 2010 at 9:17pm — 1 Comment

Megan Wade Antieau When Will Your Neighbor Join the Movement?

I thought I would share a piece I wrote earlier this year, to help us think about what it means to bring people into the transition movement. I wrote it with the growing movement for greater self-governance and democracy in mind, but I think it applies for us in the transition as well. The piece is called "When Will Your Neighbor Join the Movement?" and is available at http://www.poclad.org/bwa/September09.htm. Or, you can… Continue

Added by Megan Wade Antieau on November 17, 2009 at 10:38pm — No Comments

Christine Wellman Passive Haus

The concept of the Passive House originated in Germany but has spread elsewhere. Unlike the LEED certification the Passive House standard has specific measures that must be achieved for a house or commercial building to meet the standard. The measures are specific and include measures of energy use. I would suggest that we purse the Passive House standard rather than LEED. Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on November 10, 2009 at 3:47pm — No Comments

Christine Wellman Building Retrofit - The Empire State Building

Found over at The Oil Drum. This article talks about the retrofit of the Empire State Building with a focus on the mundane, simple, and doable. Take note of the information regarding CO2 emissions coming largely from buildings. Also note the comments about LEED certification. It does not require quantifiable energy savings, which I think is a problem. WIthout measures how can we be sure people aren't… Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on November 6, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Christine Wellman Sustainable Bioenergy

From Robert Rapier, a presentation on sustainable bioenergy. This is particularly important in vew of last night's discussion at the Transition meeting - what 3-5 things do we need to do now. Robert's presentation is about sugarcane ethanol in particular. Along the way he points out that the Brazilians produce and consume oil in almost equal amounts, whereas US production and consumption are gros… Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on November 6, 2009 at 1:38pm — 3 Comments

Christine Wellman News Piece on Community Gardens

An article community gardens in Chicago with links to some garden groups. Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on November 5, 2009 at 1:59pm — No Comments

Leah Marshall Development in Gardening: Providing food and community for HIV-positive individuals in developing countries

DIG is a 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to improve the health and well-being of HIV-positive and other at-risk individuals in developing nations. We do this by teaching the skills and providing the infrastructure to create sustainable community gardens, thereby empowering people to improve both their nutrition and earning potential. www.developmentingardening.org Continue

Added by Leah Marshall on November 5, 2009 at 12:18pm — No Comments

Ellen Baren Beautiful Fall Colors!

Is this the most gorgeous fall we've in years or what? OMG...besides the fact that I can't stand the heavy clouds (anyone else feel bogged down by the weight of the clouds?), it has been picture perfect beautiful! I hope it lasts a while...mainly because there is way too much raking involved with all this! Continue

Added by Ellen Baren on October 27, 2009 at 7:34am — No Comments

Christine Wellman Adding Poor People to the Climate Change Agenda

I was sent this article by a friend from Sophia Center in Oakland California. It's a blog post about the poor and climage change at Sojourners. Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on October 20, 2009 at 7:54am — No Comments

Pam Richart Neighborhood Orchards . . . Why NOT Rogers Park, Too?

Last week we gathered at the home of Barbara and Joe Moore to explore planting urban orchards in Rogers Park. MANY ideas were brought to the table . . . . and those attending agreed to reconvene at Loyola University on November 11, 6:30 PM to talk more specifically about locations (e.g., park district property, school property, church property, etc.). But here's another idea of what an orchard in our neighborhood might look like, from Nance Klehm,… Continue

Added by Pam Richart on October 18, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Christine Wellman URBAN COASTER ARTICLE -- YEAH!!!!

Our first shot!! Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on October 17, 2009 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Christine Wellman ASPO-USA #2

Another good, plain English assessment of the recently concluded ASPO conference from an investment analyst. Take close note of his comments about Cantarell and Pemex's machinations. I said we'd be in trouble, and he is of the same mind. Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on October 17, 2009 at 10:39pm — No Comments

Christine Wellman Taking Deniers Seriously

Ten years ago I started a Masters program on Culture and Spirituality at Holy Names University. One of the issues I brought up was my concern that the program lacked visible diversity and could be perceived as a bunch of navel gazing white folks looking for something to feel good about. The truth is that most of my peers genuinely wanted, and still want, to create positive change leading to a more peaceful society that values cooperation over competition.… Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on October 17, 2009 at 10:28pm — No Comments

Christine Wellman PUBLICITY!!

The Phoenix has risen!! Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on October 15, 2009 at 4:04pm — No Comments

Christine Wellman ASPO-USA Conference

Last week the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) - USA held a conference in Denver. The Energy Bulletin posted this article about the conference. It's pretty clear that while there is a consensus about Peak Oil and Climate Change there is no real consensus about what its impact on society. Collapse or no collapse? Will life be better or worse? Are we expecting to substitute electric for oil in the search for BAU? Continue

Added by Christine Wellman on October 15, 2009 at 3:55pm — No Comments

Pam Richart La Revolucion Energetica: Cuba's Energy Revolution

Havana, Cuba Renewable Energy World Magazine "...A new revolution is sweeping the island of Cuba, which is making massive progress on energy efficiency and renewable generation. Indeed, such is the success of the two-year old programme on this small island of 11 million people, that many other countries could learn from its efforts to be energy indepe… Continue

Added by Pam Richart on October 11, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

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