Monday, August 16, 2010. When you turn into the driveway from the busy four-lane thoroughfare, you're greeted by trees and flowers within the central parking lot and in front of the surrounding warm-colored apartments. It's an oasis of lush green biodiversity, a … [Read more...]
Tool Lending Libraries
August 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Saturday August 14, 2010. The helpful volunteers at the Northeast Portland Tool Lending Library greeted a steady stream of people this day. People were returning garden tools, construction tools, mechanical tools, and electrical tools they'd borrowed the week before — all … [Read more...]
Fences Down: Creating Community in the City
August 14, 2010 by 1 Comment
Friday, August 13, 2010. We taped an engaging show with about a half-dozen members of a residential community formed between three adjoining houses in southeast Portland. The fence in between two parcels had been torn down, and a concrete driveway broken into chunks and used … [Read more...]
Test Riding a Range of Cargo Bikes
August 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The bumper sticker shows a cargo bike and reads "One Less Truck." Given the cargo bikes we rode at Joel and Barb Grover's Splendid Cycles in Portland, it also could read "One Less Car." Or "One more parent getting fit while carting the kids around." We had a long enjoyable … [Read more...]
A Sharing Garden that Grows Community
August 10, 2010 by 1 Comment
We taped garden coordinators Llyn Peabody and Chris Burns in the middle of their Alpine Sharing Garden. The premise underlying their unique community garden is the notion of sharing "because it feels good to share," Chris notes. Rather than multiple small plots for the … [Read more...]
A Taste of Working On the Road
August 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
After three days of taping about Aprovecho center, we pulled up stakes to head north for the next stop. It was also a full-on working day. Before we left, Robyn captured a mini-DV tape to her computer to edit the next show. I printed some DVD covers and prepared the … [Read more...]
Exploring Sustainable Living at Aprovecho Center
August 7, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Friday August 6, 2010. We set out to tape an overview show of Aprovecho Center, and found such richness that we taped enough for three. Land stewards Tao Orion and Abel Kloster provided background to the center. Aprovecho has been on this 40 acres of land since the early … [Read more...]
Taking a Ride on Pedal-Powered Machine(s)
August 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I had a lot of fun riding several different bikes today. I went nowhere. But they did a lot of work! Matthew Corson-Finnerty gave us a grand tour and demonstration of his human-powered machines. A bicycle-powered water pump. An electricity generator. A food blender. A … [Read more...]
A World of “Rocket” Wood-Burning Cookstoves
August 5, 2010 by 1 Comment
Mike Hatfield gave us an engaging education about rocket cook stoves at Aprovecho Research Center. Tucked away in Cottage Grove Oregon, this is an offshoot of the Aprovecho center, which has been working on numerous appropriate technologies, including rocket stoves, since … [Read more...]
Meet Scott McGuire, “Maniacal” Co-Creative Gardener
August 3, 2010 by 1 Comment
When we drove into the long roadway approaching Scott and Kaela McGuire's new homestead, I was struck by the solo sunflower greeting us like a towering beacon. Scott said it was a volunteer, probably from their previous garden where we'd taped An Experiment in Backyard … [Read more...]
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