There’s no water in this well. It’s art. In the interest of environmental goodness, to create art like this the land must first be covered with a continuous sheet of woven black plastic […]
Car Culture in the Okanagan
Earth Batteries Are Superior for Energy Generation and Transport
Clouds join the poles… not of positive and negative electron charges, but of light and dark hills, created by clouds. In these grassland valleys, wind is the electrical charge. Notice: no wires. […]
Sagebrush and Global Cooling
The image below shows a water strider. It uses the intermolecular bonds of water to hold itself up. If you look closely you can see the water bend beneath it, as if […]
Low Tech, Self-Sealing Water Storage Device
Each of these packages weighs about 150 grams. It has a protective skin, covered with moisture-preserving wax. It’s about 83% water, or 125 grams of water, or 1/2 cup of water. Yes, […]
Dig a Hole to Save the World
That’s it. That’s all you have to do. This hole was left here unintentionally eight years ago. It’s a nice wetland now, in the midst of a sterile gravel pit. See the smoke […]
What Exactly IS Global Warming Anyway
The earth is warming, globally. There are many factors for this warming, including carbon emissions, methane emissions and urbanization (which changes light absorption patterns), among others, likely even including long-term non-human cycles, but […]
Crossing the Road While the World Burns
Well, the sidewalk, too. And from the other side. Crickets, look out. Oh, see that shadow? The world is burning away, but the sun has made it through the smoke today.
Gardening is Just Too Hard
Even if you spend many thousands of dollars to cover most of your whole yard in black plastic tarp and to cover it in river gravel, there is no guarantee of success at […]
Romantic Farmyard in the Okanagan
Ah, the family farm. It would be nothing without a gas tank for the machinery, and a pile of 1/2 ton bins to take the apples away. None of this stuff with horses and […]
Alien Architecture in the Okanagan
Here’s a trail in the grasslands. Note the old house to the right of the trail. Ya, the round brown hillock. You got it!Here’s who lives there. Weaver ants! Thatch, in the earth, […]
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