Tesla Motors Announces A New Home Battery; Living Off The Grid Will Soon Be Status Quo
How to Set up an Urban Permaculture Garden
The Permaculture Neighbourhood Centre in California feeds the community whilst teaching people how to turn urban lots into edible oases. The garden is just 1/3 of an acre and is filled with edibles and plants beneficial to wildlife. It has been consciously designed to address issues of food security, environmental degradation, water scarcity and more! What used to be an asphalt car park, three years later is now an edible garden for everyone. Erik Ohlsen explains how through a wide range of permaculture techniques, they have created an abundant and educational garden. Erik's main focus is how benefical the set up of their rainwater harvesting system has been. The garden also works heavily on stacking functions - the fence prevents children from getting on to the road, whilst food can also be grown up it. To fill the space with as many edibles as possible, fences and structures are built from living trees. This is a garden packed with permaculture and food but also education.
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NSA Spying Wins Another Rubber Stamp
February 27, 2015 A federal court has again renewed an order allowing the National Security Agency to continue its bulk collection of Americans' phone records, a decision that comes more than a year after President Obama pledged to end the controversial program. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved this week a government request to keep the NSA's mass surveillance of U.S. phone metadata operating until June 1, coinciding with when the legal authority for the program is set to expire in Congress. The extension is the fifth of its kind since Obama said he would effectively end the Snowden-exposed program as it currently exists during a major policy speech in January 2014. Obama and senior administration officials have repeatedly insisted that they will not act alone to end the program without Congress. More than a year's worth of efforts to reform the NSA stalled last year, as the Senate came two votes short of advancing the USA Freedom Act in November.
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Se desmonta el bluf: Hacienda podría devolver 150.000 euros a Monedero tras su declaración adicional
El Sindicato de Técnicos de Hacienda (Gestha) no descarta que Hacienda termine devolviendo hasta 150.000 euros al número tres de 'Podemos', Juan Carlos Monedero, tras la declaración complementaria que éste ha presentado por los 425.000 euros que cobró en 2013 por supuestos trabajos para Gobiernos latinoamericanos. Así lo señaló en declaraciones el secretario general de Gestha, José María Mollinedo, quien explicó que esta posible devolución a Monedero “no es automática” y sólo podría producirse una vez concluya la investigación fiscal abierta y se analice el contrato. El requisito principal para que se concrete la devolución es que se comprobase que los trabajos que este dirigente de 'Podemos' dice haber realizado para Gobiernos latinoamericanos se hubiesen llevado a cabo durante un período de más de dos años y se cumpliese con los requisitos establecidos en estos casos. "Alternativa prudente"
Off-Grid Power
Off Grid System This section is dedicated to off-grid power as well as back up power systems. Articles: Brooks Solar Living Off Grid – 12/10/2010 Build Your Own Generator – 12/10/2010 Cheap Solar Power Setup – 12/10/2010 Choosing a Backup Generator – 12/10/2010 Emergency Power Options – 12/10/2010 Generator Buying Tips – 12/10/2010 Generator Sizing – 12/10/2010 Getting Started in Solar – 12/10/2010 Home Power Magazine – 12/10/2010 How much is enough? Living Without Electricity – 12/10/2010 Low Voltage Living – 12/10/2010 Power Outages – Things to be Aware Of – 12/10/2010 Red Cross Power Outages – Things to be Aware Of – 12/10/2010 SunWise RV Kits - 12/10/2010 Video’s: To Download Video’s – Right Click on Link and Select “Save As” , then Select Download Location on Your Computer If you click on the link itself – video may not play.
What’s the Real Cause of Heart Attacks?
By Thomas S. Cowan, MD In a previous article in this journal ("What Causes Heart Attacks," Fall 2007), I presented the case that the spectrum of heart disease, which includes angina, unstable angina, and myocardial infarction (heart attack), is better understood from the perspective of events happening in the myocardium (heart) as opposed to events happening in the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply the heart).As we all know, the conventional view holds that the central event of heart disease occurs in the arteries, with the buildup of blockage called plaque.In this follow-up article I will go into more detail about the conventional theory and why it is largely misleading; then I will describe the precise and well documented events that do lead to MIs (myocardial infarctions or heart attacks). Rebuttal of Conventional Theory Meet the Unstable Plaque The Etiology of Myocardial Ischemia Heart Rate Variability How Heart Attacks Occur Nourishing the Parasympathetic Nervous System Dr.
Zeer Pot Instructable - Simple Off Grid Refrigeration Technique Transforms Food Storage In Africa
If you found yourself stuck without power following a hurricane, earthquake, or other disaster, there is no reason anyone should be without this kind of knowledge. In this day and age where we can share the knowledge around, I love this idea. Be sure to watch the video on its use and effictiveness as well on the second page of this article, and share it around to all of your loved ones. A zeer pot is an evaporative cooler used in rural Africa and the Middle East to keep vegetables fresh. They consist of two terra cotta pots, one nested inside the other, with the gap between them filled with wet sand. Here are the supplies used to build it. Zeer pots were re-discovered and popularized in the early 2000s by the Nigerian teacher Mohammed Bah Abba. Unless the air is very dry and the pot is exposed to a constant breeze, they generally do not become as cold as a refrigerator, but they will keep vegetables fresh for a couple of weeks. Think of it as an open-cycle refrigerator.
The White House
Opening the Doors to the White House President Obama is committed to making this the most open and participatory administration in history. Learn How You Can Participate White House Petitions A new way to petition the Obama Administration to take action on a range of important issues. Visit We the People White House Social Media Explore all the ways you can engage with the White House online and see our most recent updates.Visit the Hub Support for Our Heroes Joining Forces is dedicated to connecting our servicemen and women, veterans and military spouses with the resources they need to find jobs at home. Learn More Let's Move! America's movement to raise a healthier generation of kids. Let's Move Together
Trying out the SunRocket Solar Kettle - Living Big In A Tiny House | Living Big In A Tiny House
In our Tiny House, we are going to be completely off grid. For that reason, we are especially interested in anything that will help us to save energy and fuel. We’ve been really interested in solar cooking for a while, and when we stumbled upon the SunRocket Solar Kettle, we were really keen to give it a go. The good people at Solar Cooking Australia sent us one to try out, and this is what happened. I'm a film-maker who is currently in the process of designing and building an off-the-grid Tiny House and filming the whole journey to help others who would like to do down the same path.
