Carbon Connections Paleo Diet Lifestyle is now Paleo Leap | Tips & Recipes - Iceweasel Renewable Energy Systems – providing solar and wind energy systems Jackie’s tips for hardcore homesteading by Jackie Clay Many of us have a garden and enjoy fresh vegetables during the summer and fall. Maybe we even have a few chickens for eggs and meat. But many of us may want to extend our homesteading to what I call "hard-core" homesteading. This is serious homesteading, aimed at being able to provide your family with nearly all of its basic needs. Luckily, most of us with a piece of out-of-the-way land can become nearly "store-bought-free," raising much of what we need in nearly the same way as did our ancestors. There is a vast difference between this type of survival homesteading and stars-in-the-eyes, back-to-nature, recreational homesteading to relieve stress and provide enjoyment. The survival garden It has been said that one can raise enough food for a family of four in a 50- by 50-foot space. When one needs a garden to put up food, not only for the winter but possibly for a year or two, we're talking about at least an acre of intense cropping. You can't grow everything, everywhere.
WWF Together 5 Brain Disorders That Started as Evolutionary Advantages | Cracked.com - Iceweasel #2. Dyslexia Is a Symptom of an Ancient Brain Superpower agsandrew/iStock/Getty Images Dyslexia is one of those strangely specific disorders that make you wonder just who the hell designed the human brain, anyway. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock/Getty "Dammit, I can never figure out these damn things." For these people, all sorts of mindless, everyday things you take for granted, from reading menus to browsing the Internet, become laborious chores. How It May Have Helped Humanity: When you look at the stats, something strange starts to jump out: According to some surveys, over 30 percent of entrepreneurs describe themselves as dyslexic, and tons of influential people -- from Albert Einstein to Steven Spielberg -- have struggled with the condition. Digital Vision. Dr. luoman/iStock/Getty ImagesBilly may have a reading disability, but he's already surviving at a Bear Grylls level. #1. stokkete/iStock/Getty Images
U.S. Green Building Council's Green Home Guide Guide to planting by the moon - The Gardeners Calendar Moon planting calendar for fruit, vegetables and flowers In ancient times when man had not quite got round to inventing the wristwatch, the most reliable source of telling the time was the sun, moon, and stars. There seems to be several opinions of who came up with the moon planting calendar first. Was it the Egyptians or the Babylonians? It is more than likely that each and every farmer had a planting calendar based on the moon phases, and there would be different variations depending on the geographical location. It was noticed that different plants grow better when they are planted during different phases of the moon. To provide more accurate records it was noted that certain crops faired better when planted whilst the moon was in a specific constellation. Planting was not the most important time for the farmer, harvest time also had to be recorded. Moon planting rediscovered Three Moon planting methods There are three methods for planting by the moon. Synodic (waxing and waning) cycle
LogiCity - Introduction Offshore Wind Farms Guard Landscape Against Hurricanes | I Fucking Love Science - Iceweasel The construction of wind farms in coastal waters could have a benefit besides clean energy. Turbines take energy out of the wind, and modeling shows this could be a significant enough effect to reduce the damage from major storms. Professor Mark Jacobson of Stanford University has spent 24 years modeling atmospheric behavior, including air pollution and climate. "We found that when wind turbines are present, they slow down the outer rotation winds of a hurricane," Jacobson said. Jacobson's model used enormous numbers of turbines. For so many turbines the effect is large. The reductions Jacobson found for Hurricane Sandy were smaller, but still enough to slash the cost in lives and property damage. Proposals to protect against hurricanes usually involve the construction of seawalls. Excessive winds can damage turbines, but Jacobson points out there is safety in numbers – if windfarms are big enough the storms will never become sufficiently powerful to destroy them. Video by Kurt Hickman
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