I just read Poo to Peaches - A composting toilet book for you while using our Lone Bobcat Woods trench toilet. I'm donating this "first-of-a-kind" book to our Nevada County library. It teaches kids and adults about composting toilets and the nutrient cycle, and was my … [Read more...]
The Sharing Economy – By the People, For the People (281)
January 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment
"If you want to change something, don't attack the existing reality. Instead, build a new model that makes the old one irrelevant." Quoting Buckminster Fuller, David Van Seters believes the sharing economy will help make the current dysfunctional economy obsolete. Sharing is … [Read more...]
Free Geek — Reviving Computers, Empowering People (228)
February 16, 2013 By 1 Comment
Take a whirlwind tour of Free Geek, powered almost entirely by volunteers. Free Geek keeps electronic stuff out of the landfill while refurbishing computers. "Volunteer for 24 hours, and you get a free computer, a class on how to use it, and a year of free tech support," … [Read more...]
“Your Environmental Road Trip” – a film festival in one movie
January 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
"YERT - Your Environmental Road Trip" is an entire environmental film festival wrapped up in an absorbing and entertaining, fast-paced two-hour documentary that's both personal and planetary. Friends Mark, Julie and Ben pack themselves into a Prius to tour all 50 states in … [Read more...]
The Wealth in Waste
September 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Creating a Home Graywater System, Trathen Heckman Saving the Good Stuff - "The Exchange" at Orcas Island Dump, George Post RE Store - A Second Life for Building Materials, Nate Moore, Erin Marden, Robin du Pre The Pee and Poo Show, Laura Allen Four conversations, about … [Read more...]
Free Geek – Computers for the Community
August 20, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Wednesday, August 18, 2010. When our friend Daniel Lerch said we just had to get a tour of Free Geek, I wasn't sure this was Peak Moment show material. After the tour, I was sure. A few days later, Reuse Program Coordinator Alison Briggs gave us a tour of the huge busy … [Read more...]
The Pee and Poo Show (172)
May 30, 2010 By 13 Comments
Laura Allen gives an intimate tour of a home-built composting toilet in her Bay Area urban home. The nutrient-rich composted "humanure" is used to enrich the lush, edible landscape, and doesn't waste precious drinking water like flush toilets. The co-founder of Greywater … [Read more...]
Award winner! Creating a Home Graywater System (141)
February 12, 2009 By 8 Comments
News! Winner of 2009 Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Award in the category "Talk Show--Issues, Professional Producer." WAVE is sponsored by The Alliance for Community Media, Western Region, to support and encourage community-access television show … [Read more...]
Saving the Good Stuff – “The Exchange” at Orcas Island Dump
June 22, 2007 By 1 Comment
When you go to the "dump" on Orcas Island, you get a bonus. Along with dropping off your recyclables and trash, you can leave your re-usables and pick up what you need at The Exchange. This thrift + building materials + appliance + home furnishings + sporting goods store … [Read more...]
RE Store – A Second Life for Building Materials
November 2, 2006 By 2 Comments
Tour a fascinating used building materials store with retail store manager Nate Moore and building deconstruction manager Erin Marden. It's one of many projects discussed by Robyn duPre of RE Sources for Sustainable Communities. Episode 32. [re-sources.org] Watch video … [Read more...]
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