Kauai Hindu Sustainability

SOURCE: Linda Harmon (lindaharmon@hawaiiantel.net)SUBHEAD: Kauai’s Hindu Temple - Our Sustainable Neighbors at Wailua-Kapaa Neighborhood Association Meeting.By Rayne Regush on 25 March 2011 for Wailua-Kapaa Neighborhood Association -Image above: Meditation pavilion overlooking the Wailua River at Kauai Hindu Monastery. Photo by Juan Wilson.WHAT:Presentation on sustainability of Kauai Hindu

Solar PV Use Accelerating

SUBHEAD: Mid size solar photo-voltaic installations grow at light speed across Unit.by Lauren Sommer on 16 March 2011 for KQED Broadcasting - (http://www.npr.org/2011/03/16/134341220/midsize-solar-installations-grow-at-light-speed?sc=17&f=1001)Image above: Solar panels at the midsized Sunset Reservoir solar array in San Francisco. From original article.As Tim Nilsen steps into one of his barns

Fast Crash?

SUBHEAD: If oil supply declines quickly, how do we deal with it?By Gail Tverberg on 9 March 2011 in Our Finite World - (http://ourfiniteworld.com/2011/03/09/if-oil-supply-declines-quickly-how-do-we-deal-with-it/#more-1595)Image above: Daniel Boone escorting settlers through the Cumberland Gap by George Caleb Bingham 1851-52. From (http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com/2010/01/

The Truth About GMOs

SOURCE: Kenneth Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: GMO Lie #1 - Developing countries want and need GM crops.By Staff on 5 March 2011 for GMWatch - (http://www.gmwatch.org)Image above: Young adults demonstrate against Monsanto BT Brinjal (eggplant) in India in 2008. From (http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/news/youth-outrage-at-geac-meeting/).The last 12 months have seen a number of

Build a Self-Watering Container

SUBHEAD: Construct your own reliable waterer with a few easily scavenged materials and about an hour’s worth of time.By Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen on 21 February 2011 in Mother Earth News -(http://www.motherearthnews.com/do-it-yourself/self-watering-container-ze0z11zhir.aspx)Image above: Illustration of Self Watering Container design. From (http://www.motherearthnews.com/multimedia/

Permaculture as a Venture

SUBHEAD: We're into helping people to become responsible and effective Permaculturists. Grow your food. Pay your own way.By Chuck Burr on 8 November 2010 in SOPI Permaculture - (http://www.sopermaculture.org/SOPI/Blog/Entries/2010/11/8_Mark_Shepard%E2%80%99s_106_Acre_Permaculture_Farm_in_Viola,_Wisconsin.html)Image above: Example of animal and plants in permaculture setting. From (http://

My Dad, in 1984

SUBHEAD: “Pop? What if Mondale gets elected, and guns are outlawed and some people come to take them?” “Open fire, boy.”By Danny Showalter on 30 December 2010 in Nature Bats Last - (http://guymcpherson.com/2010/12/my-dad-in-1984)Image above: Father and son in scene from post-apocalyptic movie "The Road". From (http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/08/07/six-new-photos-from-cormac-mccarthys-the-road).I

Beyond Chaos

SUBHEAD: Help those for whom immediate care might make a positive difference in outcome. Ignore the rest.Image above: Triage in France during WWI. From (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wounded_Triage_France_WWI.jpg).By Peter Goodchild on 10 November 2010 in Countercurrents - (http://www.countercurrents.org/goodchild101110.htm)We need to keep in mind the big picture: the imminent collapse