I need the same thing, a reliable method of processing olives... in the past few years, I've tried several "formulas" that I saw on the web, but still ended up...
Laura, et all: Toby's "home" of Portland is another of the (few) cities that appear to have a head-start toward achieving sustainability in a post oil era....
http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/lectures/461 Has an audio / video presentation from the retired Professor of Physics from the University of Colorado in...
By generally accepted definition, a "desert" is hot, dry and dusty. But even non-technical civilizations were able to build communities in arid regions that...
James Kunstler in his book The Long Emergency says that the Southwest is one of the places that one should not be due to limited amounts of water. I would like...
Hi Patricia and fellow sustainers, Kunstler certainly has a knack for dark scenarios eh? The End of Suburbia was enough to ruin your day even when you eat,...
New solar incentives make this the time to get solar equipment Solar alert - TSA Buyers Group meeting Thursday 15 Tucson Solar Alliance meeting Thursday,...
Water use, like use of any limited resource, even those "renewable", depends on the total demand… How many people, and the per-person demand. Tucson, ...
There is so much in that 177 gallons per day per person that can and will be used differently should water become an issue. Which I believe it will. I know...
Laura, et all: If we're contemplating a community engineered and organized for the long-term, in the absence of cheap oil for tractors and transportation, oil...
Ronald, Are you saying that if I had a family of two and gardened to feed us both that it would take 177x2 gallons of water per day to keep the garden going?...
For the 177 gallon/day number, I was using info from Brad's website. Depending on what you plant, and the "micro-environment" you create, backyard experiments ...
Has there been a showing of The End of Suburbia in the Tucson area? If so, has it6 been recently? If not, are there any suggestions about organizing a...
The last showing I know of is the one announced at postcarbon, back in August. A I mentioned earlier, I've got a disk of the movie, and I'll loan it to...
Patricia - Although our fearless leader has the DVD somewhere in Yuma, I have a a copy here in northwest Tucson. I would consider hosting a showing on an older...
The City of Austin, Texas, has announced it is playing host to a nationwide competition and the prize is the title of "Clean Energy Capital of the U.S." The...
Excerpted from the website: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/mayor/climate/default.htm#what Climate disruption is an urgent threat to the environmental and economic...
I've been trying to find a "southwest" style, flat roof dollhouse for my daughter, but have had no luck... I'm looking for a 1/2" to 1' scale model house... In...
Hi, I can show it to about 100 people at the UUCNWT (http://www.uucnwt.org) as part of our Social Issus Film Series. Thanks, Vincent Pawlowski Sometimes, the...
Vincent, If you can't coordinate getting the DVD from Vincent, please remember I'm in Yuma, and let me know far enough in advance when you need me to send it...
I am in the first stages of planning an independent study project in "Zero Ecological Footprint living." Next year (2006-2007) I will be finishing up my degree...
Leona, Some feedback, please pardon me if I babble… Land / Location: If you are considering a purchase of a lot, a search in http://www.tarmls.com appears to...
Greetings to new arrival Robert, who in independent email asked why I'm connected to a Tucson group, if we are living in Yuma… Yuma does not however "fit"...
The following are examples of AZ news from the folks at www.sustainablearizona.org ARIZONA AT MID-CENTURY- UTOPIA OR NIGHTMARE? with Bruce Babbitt 6:30 p.m....
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