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An Experiment in Back Yard Sustainability Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1552 seconds Peak Moment 51: Tour Scott McGuire's "White Sage Gardens" in the back yard of his rental home -- a demonstration site for suburban sustainability. He ponders, "How might a household produce and preserve a significant portion of its own food supply?" Composting, a water-conserving greenhouse, and seed-saving are all facets of this beautiful work in progress. [www.whitesagegarden s.com] Related: garden, gardening, renter, saving, seed, sustainability, sustainable |
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Learning from Cuba's Response to Peak Oil Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1656 seconds Peak Moment #27: Megan Quinn of The Community Solution discusses her visit to Cuba, and the movie "The Power of Community". This young woman sees Peak Oil as an opportunity to create the communities we want, but notes that we must reduce our consumption despite environmentalists' assurances that biofuels will save us. Related: community, cuba, economy, farming, food, local, localization, moment, oil, peak |
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How Much Food Can I Grow Around My House? Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1672 seconds Peak Moment 87: In summer 2006 Judy Alexander embarked on an experiment to see how much food she could grow, and how many neighbors could benefit, from the garden around her house. Check out her homegrown rainwater collection and irrigation system - watering her 60+ edible crops. Meet the bees, the chickens and the worms. And catch her joy in producing so much food for so little effort. Related: bees, catchment, chickens, composting, donella, food, gardening, home, irrigation, meadows, rainwater, vermiculture, worms |
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Self-sufficient Small Farms Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1733 seconds Peak Moment 6: Small acreages can produce a lot! Janet Brisson shows the home-canned and dried vegetables, fruit, and beans she cultivates along with chickens and bees. Renee Wade talks about practices that suit the land: her drier property is better suited to raising goats. Related: farm, farmer, food, local, self, small, sufficiency |
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Suburban Renewal - One Backyard at a Time Posted by: peakmoment
Video duration: 1456 seconds Peak Moment 37: Jan Spencer shows his quarter-acre permaculture project transforming a typical suburban lot. Lawn and driveway were replaced with fruit and nut trees, vegetables, brambles, and native habitat, plus a 3500 gallon rainwater catchment system, a sunroom heating the house, and a small detached bungalow to increase residential density. Related: food, garden, gardening, jan, permaculture, renewal, spencer, suburb, suburban |
