Well, I think I’m going to retire this blog.
It hasn’t gotten much attention in the past year, as I’ve shifted most of my attention to The Year of Mud, and soon, The House That Millet Built. Those two are more than enough to keep me occupied, as far as the personal blogging is concerned. Plus [...]
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Retiring this blog
Glimpse of community life at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
Fellow Dancing Rabbit Member Nathan Brown will be interviewed in an Awake Now Radio interview. Check out the description here:
Back by popular demand, Nathan Brown joins us for a second guest appearance to take us on another fascinating journey to Dancing Rabbit Eco-Village in NE Missouri. During this show, we will focus upon: What [...]
The Ithaca farming and food scenes
I recently visited my friend Sean up in the Ithaca area of New York state for a few days. It’s a great little community up there. I’m a fan. There are strong progressive / environmental / farming / natural building / permaculture / local foods scenes. It’s definitely something of a hotbed.
Sean recently got himself [...]
Five ways to prevent global warming
I tried out something a little different with my latest Planetsave post. Instead of writing about the usual super-niche topic, I addressed global warming with Five Ways to Prevent Global Warming That Big Media Won’t Tell You. It is also in a writing style totally different from what I am used to doing, so that [...]
Cook with a hot box and save energy
Whenever I cook rice, I use a hot box. I boil the rice for five minutes, and then throw the pot into an insulated hot box for about three hours, and then have perfectly cooked rice for dinner. It’s a no-brainer way to use less energy.
I wrote up an article for Planetsave about how to [...]
Superheroes bike across Missouri
This weekend, I met some Superheroes. These were bike-riding Superheroes who take a month to do public service without any plans or agenda. This year’s location is Missouri, and they started off their ride by visiting Dancing Rabbit, Sandhill Farm, and Red Earth Farms, doing a day of service for each community.
The Superheroes headquarters is [...]
Missouri rainfall ain’t over yet, apparently
It’s been the wettest spring, wettest summer, and perhaps it will even be the wettest fall on record here in Missouri.
Last week we got a whopping nine inches of rainfall, totally separate from anything Hurrican Ike delivered elsewhere. (Thankfully, Ike merely skimmed this part of northeastern Missouri, so we were spared any extra rain.)
It’s really [...]
Interview in TCNJ Magazine
At some point over the winter, someone from TCNJ Magazine interviewed me about living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. (TCNJ was the college that I attended).
Here’s the article: Alumnus finds fulfillment living in a sustainable community
New DRTV video | Rocket Stoves: superefficient wood heaters
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A few buildings here at Dancing Rabbit feature rocket stoves. Rocket stoves are superefficient wood-fired stoves that can easily be built using readily available and recycled materials.
In this DRTV video that I just wrapped up, Nathan and Tony describe two different rocket [...]
DRTV #6: Seasonal living at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
I just finished up the latest Dancing Rabbit TV video. This one’s all about seasonal living at Dancing Rabbit. Check it out below:
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Human-powered transportation
Today, Thomas and I went out to the land to collect and transport some of the pin oak trees I’ve cut to the village. We went out with the infamous ‘Cynder cart’ (a homemade handcart), which would serve as our sturdy, two-wheeled transport vehicle.
First, we had to drag the 30 foot long trees out to [...]
Lumberjacking
The days have been packed recently. A few days ago, I began cutting down pin oak trees for the living roof of my cob house. On Tuesday morning, Dan lent me a hand and we took down three trees in an hour and a half, despite the ground being quite muddy.
This morning, I went out [...]
