Here's a behind-the-scenes view of our first Peak Moment Conversation taped with a remote guest — Carolyn Baker in Boulder, Colorado — with Janaia in our home "studio" in the kitchen (chosen for the interesting background). What you're seeing is Janaia talking with Carolyn … [Read more...]
Talking with Carolyn Baker, Discerning Info-Sifter
March 22, 2010 by 1 Comment
We just videotaped a conversation with Carolyn Baker in Boulder, Colorado from our home in the Sierra Nevada mountains. I've wanted to tape Carolyn for over a year, hoping to do so when we traveled east, but it wasn't meant to be. Fortunately for us, software has recently … [Read more...]
Do our DVDs Qualify as Sustainable?
March 19, 2010 by 3 Comments
We received a letter inviting us to donate items, as we've done for years, for the annual fundraising auction for the South Yuba River Citizen's League. SYRCL has achieved state Wild and Scenic designation of eight miles of our cherished river and are working to return the … [Read more...]
The Most Important Convenience in your Kitchen?
March 11, 2010 by 3 Comments
What's the most important convenience in your kitchen — Microwave? Refrigerator? Blender? Cookstove? Coffeemaker? Someone asked that question awhile back in a blog and then pointed out: Running water. Bet you didn't think of that one. I sure didn't. We take running water … [Read more...]
Greeting Lowered Expectations with Gratitude
March 7, 2010 by 2 Comments
As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life This is one of the daily offerings I … [Read more...]
Storing Bulk Food — for Neighborhood Sharing
February 9, 2010 by 2 Comments
As a matter of community food security, what if on every street, in every neighborhood, people had a cache of dried foods stored? Not just for their family, but to share with their neighbors if the trucks stopped rolling. Such sharing brings more security and community than … [Read more...]
Turning Wood to Gas to Electricity
February 5, 2010 by 3 Comments
While in Berkeley recently, we scoped out a future Peak Moment show with the innovative folks at All Power Labs. They produce (and, with their online forum of local tinkerers, are continuing to improve) a low-cost, open source design, "wood gasifiers experimentation kit" … [Read more...]
Chris Martenson, Creator of the “Crash Course,” on the 3 Big E’s
February 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I've wanted to tape a conversation with Chris Martenson since I viewed his Crash Course last spring. Chris opens the Crash Course by saying the next twenty years will be totally unlike the last twenty: we'll face "the greatest economic and physical challenge ever seen by … [Read more...]
Richard Heinberg: What Nobody Talked About
January 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
Richard Heinberg is a big-picture thinker who I find trustworthy and credible. That's why we've produced several Conversations and presentation DVDs with him. In his latest Museletter he paints a planetary big picture following the Climate Conference in Copenhagen. These … [Read more...]
The One-Watt Christmas Tree
December 27, 2009 by 2 Comments
This year we hadn't planned to put up a Christmas tree, since we were going to my family's for an extended holiday. But when colds took over multiple family members, Robyn and I postponed our trip. Yet as Christmas Eve day dawned, we couldn't imagine Christmas without even … [Read more...]
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