HOW TO – Trash Planner
Glue and Glitter is kicking off 2009 in a very green way with the handy planner she made for herself…out of trash! She got the inspiration from this tutorial on GreenUpgrader.
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RecycleMania
In my classroom, there is a shelf by the sink. Occasionally, I drink a soda and put the empty bottle or can on the shelf. For years, there has been no more than three or four bottles at a time on the shelf. Sometimes, I take them off to the store and return them for […]
Cheese and cider press
Dale recently posted about the similarities between making different fermented foods; now, you can make your cider and cheese with the same tool: Here is how I built my own combination cider and cheese press. After a great apple harvest this year, I was inspired to obtain my own cider press. However, after pricing one […]
DIY solar trackers
Here’s a great design for a solar tracker, using bicycle wheels and a linear actuator (salvageable from an old satellite dish): Even simpler, this tracker uses an old clock to drive a gear for the tracker: What other useful designs have you found?
Plan for your root cellar
Photo from Green Home Building During the winter iciness, lots of people warm up by reading seed catalogs and planning their gardens. If you are among those sitting by the woodstove contemplating books full of DNA, you might want to think of where you will store all your grown goodies. In a recent post about […]
Citizen-powered energy grid
The community house at Westwood, with lots of solar thermal collectors on top Here’s a case study about a community in North Carolina building their own power. In part: When most people think about solar strategies they generally consider using them in their own homes. But cooperative or community systems offer a lot of potential […]
Migratory birds
Goldenrod Foundation has created this nifty animated map to show how migratory birds use Plymouth Beach in Massachusetts. Check out their interactive map showing the migratory path of some of the birds that pass through Plymouth. It is fairly amazing to see that the birds seem to fly to specific regions and towns in far […]
