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changing habits to change the world: August 2010
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Friday, August 20, 2010. Situational and Social Awareness. I am continuing my discussion of skills that I think we will need in the future and today I will talk about two that we need to develop now if we don’t already possess them. They are situational and social awareness. Basically they are skills that let you be aware of what is happening around you and in your community. The next point I want to make is not just paying attention to your immediate surroundings but to the happenings and attitudes in y...
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changing habits to change the world: Giving up on the Future to save the Past
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Saturday, July 3, 2010. Giving up on the Future to save the Past. I will give you an example, how many of you own a slide ruler much less knows how to do calculus with it? One of the things that will be most helpful is the scientific method as it pertains to ecology. Understanding how to observe and model an ecosystem will be extremely helpful with food production when we do not have fossil fuels to rely on. July 3, 2010 at 3:33 PM. Within the next five years I will:. Buy all the Fox Fire books. Ill agre...
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changing habits to change the world: Regarding Meat
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Friday, July 30, 2010. Aka: Kristina's first post,. With some apologies to my husband for changing the layout of his blog without his knowledge]. So, I’m not going to even broach that whole issue. Rather, I’m going to talk about MEAT. If you have decided to remain/become a carnivore, then there are two ways to approach it, that I can see:. 1 The CAFO way. In any case, there are reasons people may opt to follow the CAFO way:. Limited income but desire to eat meat. 2 The OTHER way. The impetus behind my wr...
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changing habits to change the world: March 2010
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Extremists and Other Wacko’s. I have mentioned to Kristina many times in the past that one of the things that I fear living here in the south is how the general population will act when and if gas becomes unaffordable and the economy completely collapses. 8221; are being courted by not just fringe groups but also Fox News, and the Republican Party. How can we work together to solve or deal with the very real problems that we face, when almost a third of the country is prepari...
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changing habits to change the world: Situational and Social Awareness
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Friday, August 20, 2010. Situational and Social Awareness. I am continuing my discussion of skills that I think we will need in the future and today I will talk about two that we need to develop now if we don’t already possess them. They are situational and social awareness. Basically they are skills that let you be aware of what is happening around you and in your community. The next point I want to make is not just paying attention to your immediate surroundings but to the happenings and attitudes in y...
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changing habits to change the world: December 2009
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009. Lets live within our means. Our economic system based on constant growth, which is composed of us selling each other things with money borrowed from China and given to Saudi Arabia to drive us to the stores in our SUV’s was and is doomed to collapse. We have outsourced our production capabilities in search of the all mighty dollar with out regard to the good of our country. Short term monetary gain has won out over long term stability and prosperity. Am I saying that the wor...
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changing habits to change the world: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010. Kristina and I believe that individual actions can have a global effect, which is why we have chosen to change our lifestyle. We believe that how we chose to live not only makes a statement about what we value but can influence others and eventually change the world. We do not think that one company (Monsanto) should have control of 80% of the US corn crop and 95% of the Soybean crop. We will not (or at least try very hard to) support corporations that actively causes harm to p...
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changing habits to change the world: Skills for the Future
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Skills for the Future. They are drilling there because we are running out of places to drill. Even if we open up ANWAR it will only be a tiny drop on the price of oil in 10-15 years (the amount of time to get an average oil field into production). The point is that the oil we have left is going to steadily increase in price as the decade’s progress. From your utility company, or the creation of microgrids. June 16, 2010 at 3:06 PM. June 16, 2010 at 8:04 PM. Ahmen Benji, and if y...
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changing habits to change the world: Compost Bin
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Monday, August 16, 2010. This is a compost bin that my lovely and talented wife made. Materials for our compost bin: only the chicken wire was bought expressly for this project. Most of the wood is from a taken-apart boxspring, and the rest is scrap wood we had and taken-apart bean poles. Here I am using some cross-pieces temporarily, to hold up the corner posts, so that I can wrap the chicken wire (unruly stuff! With chicken wire around 3 sides. The fourth side, facing front, is the opening/door. Finish...
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changing habits to change the world: July 2010
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Friday, July 30, 2010. Aka: Kristina's first post,. With some apologies to my husband for changing the layout of his blog without his knowledge]. So, I’m not going to even broach that whole issue. Rather, I’m going to talk about MEAT. If you have decided to remain/become a carnivore, then there are two ways to approach it, that I can see:. 1 The CAFO way. In any case, there are reasons people may opt to follow the CAFO way:. Limited income but desire to eat meat. 2 The OTHER way. The impetus behind my wr...
