While in Portland we videoed Paul Cienfuegos. This energetic and articulate firebrand is the Portland area regional organizer for the Community Rights movement. What's that, you ask? In a nutshell,"communities across the country are practicing non-violent, civil … [Read more...]
The Primal Diet for Body and Mind
August 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We've eagerly anticipated videoing a conversation with Nora Gedgaudas during the past few months while Robyn and I read aloud her book Primal Body, Primal Mind: Beyond the Paleo Diet for Total Health and a Longer Life. We flagged dozens of passages that spoke to us. Nora … [Read more...]
What is GENUINE Sustainability?
August 17, 2013 by 2 Comments
I've looked forward to meeting Rick Reese since I read his thoughtful and highly readable book What is Sustainable: Remembering Our Way Home a year ago. Rick's driving question is "what is genuine sustainability?" In his just-published Sustainable or Bust, he reviews over … [Read more...]
The Giving Is Growing at Monroe’s Sharing Garden
August 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In 2010 we videoed Chris Burns and Llyn Peabody in Sharing Gardens - Giving and Receiving (episode 193). Since then, they've moved the garden to a much larger plot. Their community's support has grown, too: volunteers and materials keep pouring in. Their project pretty much … [Read more...]
Jan Spencer’s Permaculture Food Forest
August 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There's no way we could stop by Jan Spencer's in Eugene, Oregon without getting an updated tour of his permaculture project. Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time with Jan was our first permaculture show (2006, episode 37). True to his permaculture roots, Jan is … [Read more...]
Peak Moment TV – We’re on the Road!
August 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It's the first week of our 2013 Peak Moment Road Trip. We reached escape velocity following a major marathon at Lone Bobcat Woods. In Chico we videoed a Tiny House with Logan Smith. Near Eugene Oregon we popped in on Suburban Backyard Permaculturist Jan Spencer, and … [Read more...]
A Forest View – and Smoky Wildfires
August 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
July 30,2013. As I painted this view from Dunsmuir in northern California, layers of smoky haze filled the air. Smoke from multiple wildfires in southern Oregon reduced visibility like thick fog. I found it difficult to get a good deep breath as we traveled north. The … [Read more...]
Simple Living Enables Dreams – A Tiny House Tour
August 5, 2013 by 1 Comment
July 29, 2013: Chico, California. After visiting with our friend Mary Nelson, we biked to the Tiny House where Logan Smith and Tammy Strobel are now living. Their dedication to simple living has enabled them to achieve several dreams since we taped Young Couple Find Freedom … [Read more...]
Escape Velocity Reached! Peak Moment On the Road 2013
August 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
We reached escape velocity Sunday evening July 28th. It was a major marathon wrapping everything up at Lone Bobcat Woods for three tenants on our non-automated homestead, especially with the possibility we may be gone through the winter. While I provisioned our "Little … [Read more...]
Living with the Predicament – Ivey and Me
May 8, 2013 by 2 Comments
You asked for it! After we had our Connect the Dots: Systems in Collapse video panel discussion, some Peak Moment TV viewers asked to hear more of my perspectives. Host and producer Ivey Cone said sure, so she and I did Take Two. Ivey and I got on a roll in Living with … [Read more...]
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