iPhone App Find Free Fruit: NeighborhoodFruit.com Introducing Find Fruit, your mobile companion of NeighborhoodFruit.com! Locate fruit trees on public land on the go! Looking for local blackberries for a pie? Want to smell fruit blossoms on a romantic walk? Interested to learn fun facts about common edible plants? Want to find fruit on the go in many metropolitan areas nationwide? Find Fruit unlocks cities, enabling you to explore in new ways. Features: Location of thousands of trees on public land nationwide on a standard Google Map. Requirements: iPhone OS2.0 or later Credits: Geocoding services provided by USC WebGIS. Available at iTunes. Study Finds Greening Vacant Lots Reduces Overall Crime slideshow bob/CC BY-SA 2.0 Green vacant lots make neighborhood residents feel safer while reducing overall crime, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published in the journal Injury Prevention, found its results by using randomized trial design to examine the impact of vacant lot greening. Two clusters of lots were selected for testing. Vacant Versus Greened Lots Twenty-one of the residents living near either the vacant or the greened lots were interviewed before and after the fact. "Vacant lot greening changes the physical environment of a neighborhood from one that may promote crime and fear to one that may reduce crime and make people feel safer," said lead author Eugenia C. Crime Rates Reduced After greening, residents felt safer and more comfortable in their environment. Again, Science Daily: [T]he research team analyzed police reported crime data from three months before and three months after the greening.
Clean Your Cooking Gear with Wood Ashes Using wood ashes as a cleaning agent makes alot of sense: they are readily available, free, and relatively safe for the environment when compared to many types of soap. In this Survival Topic we will cover this very handy method for the outdoorsman to clean his dirty dishes. Re-purpose Natural Materials When it comes to wilderness survival, large scale disaster, or even just camping outdoors we often try to do things in the same manner as we are accustomed to doing them at home. Solutions are available to most outdoor and survival problems, if only we have the knowledge and inventiveness to use them. Often it is simply a matter of key pieces of information missing in our expertise, which once provided suddenly gives us a powerful new way to accomplish necessary tasks. Consider the daily chore of cleaning your mess kit after a meal. Easy Access to Soap is Limited In a disaster or wilderness survival setting you will often lack soap with which to wash your camp cooking gear and mess kit.
Turning Vacant Lots into Profitable Urban Farms in Minnesota © Stone's Throw Urban Farm The rise of urban gardening has been a major theme on TreeHugger in the past few years, and efforts to bring fresh and local produce to city dwellers have become sophisticated and ambitious. In Minnesota, a group of young adults is taking abandoned lots around the Twin Cities and converting them into vibrant, profitable micro-farms. Full Disclosure: Alex and Emily of Stone's Throw are friends of mine from college. Stone's Throw Urban Farm is a combination of three separate urban farming initiatives. They began by biking around Minneapolis and St Paul to find vacant lots, pitching the idea of planting crops to their owners. Stone's Throw will sell the vegetables through a CSA, at the local Mill City Farmers Market, and through some wholesale accounts. The goals are to strengthen the local food system, provide a healthy and affordable source of nutrition to the community and turn unused city space into something beautiful and productive.
DIY: Beer Can Into Camping Stove You can whip one of these up in a matter of minutes. They’re so easy to make and they work really well. First find yourself some scissors and a beverage can and then start the above video. This is an inexpensive way to be prepared in the event of a power outage as these stoves give off a lot of heat and have the ability to cook large meals. They also make great holiday gifts for friends and family. For more great repurposing ideas, check out Repurposing 24/7 Image: Vimeo camp stoveDIYRepurposing Related Posts « After Reading This, You’ll Never Look at a Banana in the Same Way Again The Remedy For Everything But Death »
Permaculture - PermaWiki Permaculture is a design system which aims to create sustainable human habitats by following nature's patterns. The word 'permaculture', coined by Australians Bill Mollison and David Holmgren during the 1970s, is derived as a contraction of permanent agriculture, or permanent culture. The idea of permaculture is considered among the most significant innovations developed by Australians in the century since Australian federation [1]. I guess I would know more about permaculture than most people, and I can't define it. ... Nevertheless, today permaculture can best be described as an ethical design system applicable to food production and land use, as well as community building. Origins Edit In the mid 1970s, two Australians, Dr. The term permaculture initially meant "permanent agriculture" but this was quickly expanded to also stand for "permanent culture" as it was seen that social aspects were an integral part of a truly sustainable system. Influences Edit The work of Howard T. Core values
Feeding My Family Makes Me A Terrorist? According to Senator Rand Paul (and rampant internet rumor), "someone who has more than seven days of food in their house can be considered a potential terrorist." Because of this, a lot of people have expressed concern that I might be considered a possible terrorist because I am (quite publicly) trying to get a year's supply of food stored for my family's use. Am I worried? No. First off, I don't think someone that was amassing a supply of food for nefarious purposes would be so open and public about it. While stories like that of my family may not be that uncommon (or maybe it is, since I think a lot of people would have just given up by now instead of keep getting back up for more), there are bunches of other reasons I can think of that someone may amass enough food to last months or even years: How long could you go without buying food, if you needed to?
the most extensive inventory of rooftop gardens and resources in the world for the benefit of the property and facility management industry. Substitutes For Baking Ingredients Let’s say the power has been out for several days, social unrest and violence is at an all time high, and you and your family have decided to “bug in” until the worst is over. You all need a morale boost, so you decide to make pancakes for breakfast. You get your camp grill going, put a griddle on it, get out your Emergency Food Storage & Survival Handbook and look up the recipe for fluffy buttermilk pancakes. Baking powder only lasts 18 months at best, and only 3 to 6 months once you’ve opened the container.
Green Wiki Hello. I give up. User Votaw is probably a bot and seems determined to import the whole of wikipedia into this wiki along with a load of incoherent irelevant nonsense categories. I deleted thousands of page he created, along with many tens of thousands of categories. I just cant be bothered to keep banning him, and so I leave him to wreck this wiki. Notice to Votaw, do what you like, but as long as my name is down as the editor of this wiki this notice stays. How To Make Your Home More Energy Efficient by Craig L. There are many ways to make your house more energy efficient and save money in the process. Upgrading Attic Insulation Energy Efficient Window Coatings Energy Efficient Furnace or Air Conditioning Finding & Fixing Air or Thermal Leaks Fixing or Replacing Leaky Air Ducts Energy Efficient Lighting This article will explore the options to address energy efficiencies in these areas. Other Science Wikis Ad blocker interference detected!